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 ...

At ADWEEK's Social Media Week 2025, Abigail Rickards, chief marketing officer at Empire State Realty Trust, and Tyler O'Day, senior social media manager, shared how they've revitalized the Empire ...

A skyline view of Manhattan and the Empire State Building. Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens ...

and a room with floor-to-ceiling video screens immerses guests in an average day at the Empire State Building’s worksite. True to history, there’s not a harness or hard hat in sight!

The celebration of lights comes as a collaboration between the Empire State Building and the New York City Fire Department.

the Atkins family has always believed this was a piece of the B-25 bomber that flew into the Empire State Building. Irv Atkins asks History Detectives host Eduardo Pagán, if he can, to give this ...

The Empire State Building would still go up. The problem? It might turn out to be the biggest real estate boondoggle in American history. Still, the project was good news for at least one group of ...

this iconic skyscraper offers breathtaking views of the city skyline and is steeped in history and culture. One of the main reasons a tourist would want to visit the Empire State Building is for ...

Douglas, George H. Skyscrapers: A Social History of the Very Tall Building in America. McFarland, 2004. Goldman, Jonathan. The Empire State Building Book. New York : St. Martin's Press ...

Willig, then 20 years old, was working for Catholic Relief Services on the 79th floor of New York City's iconic Empire State Building when a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bomber accidentally crashed ...

The Empire State Building is conscious of its history and its image — how it became the image that “emerges above New York like a great inland lighthouse,” as the 1939 W.P.A. Guide to New ...