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18 unusual facts about Empire State Building


457th Air Expeditionary Group

The aircraft crashed headlong into the 79th floor level of the Empire State Building, killing Lieutenant Colonel Smith, two passengers and eleven office workers.

Bedwas Navigation Colliery

The two shafts (North and South) were 768 and 802 yards deep respectively (more than twice the height from ground to the roof of the Empire State Building), both with a diameter of 21 ft.

Black Mountain Tower

In 1989 the World Federation of Great Towers invited the tower to join such distinguished monuments as the CN Tower in Toronto, Blackpool Tower in England and the Empire State Building in New York.

Dublin Wives

It was agreed between NBC and TV3 that the 'Housewives' title of the series would be replaced by 'Wives' and that Dublin's Spire be removed from the programme's logo, which appeared similar to promotional material for The Real Housewives of New York City which features the iconic Empire State Building.

Francis Whitmore

He was a keen traveller, including a visit to the Empire State Building in New York in 1931 when it opened.

Groundscraper

China Vanke headquarters in Shenzhen is as large as the Empire State Building, but is laid out horizontally and 5 stories above ground level.

Helmut Friedlaender

He became an adviser to philanthropist William Rosenwald in 1944, helping arrange the financing for the construction of 1407 Broadway and the purchase of the Empire State Building by the Rosenwald Group.

Inductive output tube

During the 1939 New York World's Fair the IOT was used in the transmission of the first television images from the Empire State Building to the fair grounds.

Jazzy and the Pussycats

A giant ape who looks like Homer grabs Marge through the window and takes her to the top of the Empire State Building as biplanes begin attacking him.

Narkomtiazhprom

Building size was set at 40,000 square meters built-out area, 110,000 square meters usable floor area (comparison figures for contemporary Empire State Building: 8,100 and 200,000 square meters, respectively).

Pepsi Max

The star of the show, Samantha Morgan Nicholson, claimed that Pepsi Max took away her fear to go to the top of the Empire State Building.

Romonet

On 24 June 2011 Romonet opened two new offices in the United States, a US HQ in San Francisco and an office in the iconic Empire State Building in New York.

The Princess Diaries, Volume V: Princess in Pink

This ruins the venue for the senior prom, but Grandmere steps in and gives them a place: The Empire State Building.

Thomas Dold

Dold has competed a number of times in the most prestigious tower run of the world, the Empire State Building Run Up in New York.

Thor Alex Kappfjell

Previously, he had jumped from the 86th floor of the observation deck of the Empire State Building and the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building (on October 24 and 27, 1998 respectively).

Tom Mulroy

He attained this feet on top of a platform at the top of the Empire State Building.

WDVB-CD

However, it mainly serves the New York City area, broadcasting on channel 23 from a transmitter located at the Empire State Building.

WNYJ-TV

The issue was that TV signals transmitted from the Empire State Building (about three miles north of the WTC) would bounce off the WTC skins, leading to viewers on that north/south direction getting excessive ghosting.


1501 McGill College

For example, it is lit white, green and red during the Christmas holidays (in a similar manner to the Empire State Building), purple and yellow for Easter, orange for Halloween, green for Saint Patrick's Day, red for Valentine's Day, and, as of April 2011, blue, white and red to support the Montreal Canadiens during the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Avala Tower

After completion, with the 202.87 m (666 ft) height it was the fifth tallest self-supporting construction in the world, after Empire State Building, La Tour Eiffel, Chrysler Building and Grande Dixence Dam.

Florence-Roebling, New Jersey

The steel mill was also responsible for the production of the elevator cables for the Empire State Building in New York City, the Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. John A. Roebling & Sons company made the wire for the original slinky as well.

Gregory Krikko Obbott

Some of his works are on display in large public transit hubs, and can be bought from vendors at tourist attractions such as the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Fifth Avenue, and the Skyscraper Museum.

Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse

Their wanderings take them to the basement of the Empire State Building and to Gramercy Park, among other places.

Jesse Kalisher

Prints of his fine art photography are sold at popular American travel destinations including the Grand Canyon, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Empire State Building.

Logos and uniforms of the New York Mets

The skyline itself includes, from left to right, representations of a church spire (symbolizing Brooklyn, the "borough of churches"), the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building (tallest building in Brooklyn), the Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building, and the United Nations building.

Samuel M. Rubin

He managed concessions for several major movie theater chains and Broadway theatres, as well as several sports stadiums, Central Park, and the Empire State Building.

Stair climbing

Every year several stair climbing races are held around the world with the competitors running up the stairs of some of the world's tallest buildings and towers (e.g., the Empire State Building, Gran Hotel Bali), or on outside stairs such as the Niesenbahn Stairway.

Violet Barclay

Initially using the name Violet Barclay, she went on staff at Timely in January 1942, when the company moved from its first location, the McGraw-Hill Building, to its home of the next several years, the Empire State Building.