First visit to the Empire State Building from
a U.K. Prime Minister Since Churchill
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Empire State
Building (ESB) today hosted the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Liz
Truss for her first media interviews.
The Empire State Building was Truss' first stop on her first
U.S. tour as Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom. Truss is the first U.K. Prime Minister to visit the
Empire State Building Observatory since Winston Churchill's appearance in 1932. Empire
State Realty Trust Chairman, President, and CEO Anthony E. Malkin welcomed the Prime Minister
and escorted her through the Empire State Building Observatory to
her interviews which she conducted on the Observatory's
102nd floor.
"We were pleased to welcome Her Excellency on her first tour in
the United States as Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom,"
said Malkin.
Hi-res imagery of the visit can be downloaded here. More
information about the Empire State Building can be found
online.
About the Empire State Building
The Empire State Building, the "World's Most Famous Building,"
owned by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT: NYSE), soars 1,454
feet above Midtown Manhattan from base to antenna. The $165 million reimagination of the Empire State
Building Observatory Experience creates an all-new experience with
a dedicated guest entrance, an interactive museum with nine
galleries, and a redesigned 102nd Floor Observatory with
floor-to-ceiling windows. The journey to the world-famous
86th Floor Observatory, the only 360-degree, open-air
observatory with views of New York
and beyond, orients visitors for their entire New York City experience and covers everything
from the building's iconic history to its current place in pop
culture. Learn more at www.esbnyc.com. Declared "America's
Favorite Building" by the American Institute of Architects, the
world's most popular travel destination by Uber, the #1 Attraction
in the United States in
Tripadvisor's 2022 Travelers' Choice Best of the Best, and the #1
New York City attraction by Lonely
Planet, it welcomes more than 4 million annual visitors from around
the world.
Since 2011, the building has been fully powered by renewable
wind electricity, and its many floors primarily house a diverse
array of office tenants such as LinkedIn and Shutterstock, as well
as retail options like STATE Grill and Bar, Tacombi, and Starbucks.
For more information and Observatory Experience tickets visit
esbnyc.com or follow the building's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
Weibo, YouTube, or TikTok.
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