| 词条 | Empress State Building |
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The Empress State Building is a high rise building on the West Brompton/Earl's Court border in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (West London). Its full address is Empress State Building, Empress Approach, Lillie Road, West Brompton, London, SW6 1TR. HistoryThe building is named after the Empress Hall which formerly stood on the site, and in tribute to the Empire State Building.[1] It was built between 1958 and 1961 on the site of the former Empress Hall and ice rink as a commercial building and was {{convert|100|m|ft|0}} tall with 28 floors, designed by Stone, Toms & Partners and was briefly the tallest commercial building in London until Millbank Tower was built in 1962. It was renovated in 2003 to a design by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Three floors and {{convert|17.3|m|ft|0}} were added to its height. 'Orbit' is the name given to the private revolving bar on the top floor which offers panoramic views of London. This building was originally designed as a hotel but was first used by the Admiralty and GCHQ. The Directorate of Naval Shore Telecommunications (formerly the Naval Shore Telecommunications Authority) had their national headquarters in the building in the 1980s and 90s. Metropolitan Police officesThe building is occupied by staff from the Metropolitan Police Service[2] who refer to it as ESB.[3] It is used by the MPS to assess Police Constable candidates. Some of the upper floors were occupied by staff from Transport for London until 2010. An annexe at the entrance to the site houses the Metropolitan Police Heritage Centre. In March 2018 the London mayor's office agreed to buy the ESB estate for its MPS operations from Capco Plc, the developer of the adjacent Earl's Court regeneration scheme, for £250 million.[4] NotabilityFor many years, the Empress State building was seen on TV during Chelsea F.C. matches at their home ground Stamford Bridge. This would be when the camera zoomed from the old West Stand (where the cameras were then mounted) looking over the North Stand (now the North Stand covers up views from beyond it and the main TV cameras are located in the East Stand). See also
References1. ^{{cite web |title=Empress Theatre/Hall|author=Arthur Lloyd|url=http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EmpressHall.htm|date=|accessdate=24 January 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Earls Court redevelopment: grasping the scale |author=Dave Hill |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/davehillblog/2011/apr/01/earls-court-project-masterplan-exhibition |work=The Guardian |date=1 April 2011 |accessdate=4 December 2011|quote=Empress State Building next to Earls Court 2 (currently given over to police business that entrance security staff won't specify)}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Firearms licensing contact page|publisher=Metropolitan Police|url=http://content.met.police.uk/Site/firearmslicensingenquiryteams|quote=ESB is also within an easy walking distance of Earls Court underground station}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Capco sells Empress State Building to Mayor of London's office|publisher=Propertyweek|date=15 February 2018|accessdate=15 February 2018|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/capco-sells-empress-state-building-to-mayor-of-londons-office/5094966.article}} External links{{commons category}}
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