Chrysler Building  It was the tallest building in the world until the Empire State came along a year later. The French called it "the ultimate essay of the deco style".		Empire State Building Built in 1930, The Empire State  has 6,500 windows, 70 miles of plumbing, 2.5 million feet of electrical wiring and 72 elevators. And what other  object do you know has been in 89 movies!? The Empire state has never been completely rented out.