Empire State Plaza

Empire State Plaza
Aerial view, looking eastward to the Hudson River
Interactive map highlighting the Empire State Plaza
Alternative names	Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
General information
Architectural style	Modernist, Brutalist, International
Location	Albany, New York
Address	Between Madison Avenue and State Street, and Swan Street and Eagle Street
Coordinates	42°39′01″N 73°45′35″W / 42.650347°N 73.759688°W / 42.650347; -73.759688
Current tenants	Various government agencies of the State of New York, New York State Museum
Construction started	1965
Completed	1976
Renovated	2001
Cost	$2 billion[1]
Owner	State of New York[2]
Height	44 stories, 589 feet (180 m)
Technical details
Structural system	Reinforced concrete
Floor count	6-story platform; 44-story tower
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Wallace Harrison
Architecture firm	Harrison & Abramovitz
Renovating team
Architect(s)	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates

The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza (known commonly as the Empire State Plaza, and also as the South Mall) is a complex of several state government buildings in downtown Albany, New York.

The complex was built between 1965 and 1976 at an estimated total cost of $2 billion.^[3] It houses several departments of the New York State administration and is integrated with the New York State Capitol, completed in 1899, which houses the state legislature. Among the offices at the plaza are the Department of Health and the Biggs Laboratory of the Wadsworth Center. The Empire State Art Collection, a major public collection of 1960s and 1970s monumental abstract artworks, is on permanent display throughout the site. The New York State Office of General Services maintains the plaza. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center Corporation is a New York state public-benefit corporation that was created in 1979 to manage the performing arts facility in the plaza.^[4][5]