My Trip to the Sky
By: Ellie Wimmer - Hour: 4
The Empire State Building
I took an elevator all the way to the top floor where you look out and see the amazing New York City. The building was made in 1929 and opened in 1931. The floor we went to was floor 102 and it took approximately 5 minutes to get up there in the elevator. We had to wait in line for quite a while since a lot of people of course want to see it. We had to order our tickets online since there were going to be so many people there. Going to the Empire State Building was the highlight of my trip to New York City.
We went to the Empire State Building the summer of June 2015. It was a really hot day with temperatures in the high 90's. We went on Sunday the seventh. My dad and I ended up staying for a week in NYC after we went to the Empire State Building.
I went to the Empire State Building with my dad, sister, and brother in law. My dads name is Dave and he's the one that brought us and payed for the tickets. My sisters name is Leah and she had just had her baby so she had to leave early with her husband. My brother in law is Mike and he also had to leave early after we went to the Empire State Building. I'm happy I got to go with these people because they made the experience ten times better.
We were originally staying in Buffalo New York not NYC. When we decided to go we said we were going to stay there for a week. The drive was six hours and the wasn't very long considering that before we went to New York from Missouri and it's about a two day drive from there. On the way to NYC there was a lot of starting and stoping because we had two dogs in the car with us. We stopped about the third time to let the dogs out and I found a baby blue lizard and my dad said I could keep it so we took it with. The rest of the ride was just a lot driving in a lot of traffic, but I ended up letting the lizard go on our way back.
We ended up going to the Empire State Building because it was my first time ever going to New York and my sister lived there. At the time my sister was pregnant and she wanted to see me and my dad before and after she had her baby. We weren't going to go at first because it was really far from where my dad was working but my dad travels for business so he got a call from his boss and ended up having to go and work in New York only 40 minutes away from my sister. So we went to New York and when we were ready to leave my dad said since I had never been there before that he would bring me to NYC.
While we were there I also got to go to Niagara Falls and to Canada. Also while we were there my sister had her baby and that was really fun but my sister was upset about leaving her baby for a day and going to the Empire State Building but she got over it once we got to the top because that was something that she had never done before. Going to the Empire State Building was a really fun thing for me to do and I hope that Ivan go again some time or even go to the Statue Of Liberty.
What's it looks like from the outside
The view from the Empire State Building
The inside of the Empire State Building
The Science of it
The Science of it - Elevators
The Science of it - Empire State Building lights
My thoughts/questions
2. I wonder what it would be like today if material was never found strong enough to support sky skyscrapers?
3. I wonder what would happen if the computer to generate things we use on a daily bases was not invented?
4. I wonder what life would be like if we didn't have the things we have today to be able to make large buildings like the Empire State Building.
Citations
"Empire State Building @EmpireStateBldg." Empire State Building. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
Harris, Tom. HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks.com, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.
"Inside the Empire State Building, New York, United States." Inside the Empire State Building, New York, United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2015.