The story of the workers who built it is ‘off the main path, overlooked, and only dimly legible,’ writes Kurtz in ‘Men at ...
In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...
If there’s one structure nearly everyone who’s even thought of visiting New York City can name, it’s the Empire State Building (ESB). Located at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, it’s one of ...
The majestic Empire State Building, now the Grand Old Lady of the New York City skyline, opened amid great civic fanfare just 14 months after construction on it began on this day in history, May 1, ...
Even before the Empire State Building officially opened on May 1, 1931, it represented something greater than just the world’s tallest office building. From the moment of its conception in August 1929 ...