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‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building

They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are finally being celebrated

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Exclusive: Empire State Building tour guide sues over ‘career-ending PTSD’ after getting stuck in elevator 67 floors up

Exclusive: Following the incident, Maxine Malcolm, 55, ‘found that she could no longer enter an elevator as an unnatural fear would overcome her,’ according to court papers obtained by The Independent

The Independent UK

Gossip Girl and Friends made me want to move to NYC — I visited to see if the city still lives up to the hype of millennial TV shows

Having spent her teenage years watching the likes of ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, Queenie Shaikh imagined a New York of rent-controlled apartments, cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery, breakfast on the steps of The Met and rendezvous at the top of the Empire State Building — but…

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Big East Conference is moving its headquarters to the Empire State Building

The Big East conference is moving its headquarters to the Empire State Building

The Independent UK

“Be A Witness To The Events That Changed Mankind”: 40 Important Historical Photos That Might Change Your Perspective On Things

We cannot get into the minds of the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building and find out what they were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, but we can get a rather good glimpse into that moment thanks to photography.

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Paige Bueckers, Hailey Van Lith Looked So Over It at Pre-WNBA Draft Festivities

The WNBA draft class of 2025 had a mostly fun time at the top of the Empire State Building on Monday.

Sports Illustrated

The Empire State Building Was Draped In Green & Gold For Our Queen Kylie Minogue

Singer Kylie Minogue was honoured by the Empire State Building through green and gold lights to celebrate her sold-out NYC shows.

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Angel Reese Shares Awesome NYC Selfie With Caitlin Clark, Top Prospects Before WNBA Draft

The top prospects of the WNBA draft visited the Empire State Building on Monday, April 15, hours before their lives will change forever when being drafted to th

Sports Illustrated

"If you're going to do something like this, this is where to do it": Watch Billy Idol play Rebel Yell live at the top of the Empire State Building

Not since King King straddled the top of the Empire State Building in 1933 has New York borne witness to such an event

Louder

Time to Buy? Empire State Realty Stock(s) Hit 52-Week Highs.

New York City-focused REIT Empire State Realty hit its 17th 52-week high on Tuesday. Shares of its operating partnership hit a 15th 52-week High. With little analyst coverage, here’s why it might be time to buy despite a lack of interest from investors.

Barchart

Sweet Strawberry Moon, first full moon of summer, thrills stargazers around the world (photos)

June's Strawberry Full Moon of 2024 delighted skywatcher from across the globe, and was captured in some amazing photos.

Space

Q&A: Newgarden explains the laps that decided the 2024 Indy 500

“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when we ask how he's been since winning the 2024 edition of the Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a…

Autosport

Josef Newgarden breaks down the wild last laps of his Indy 500 victory

“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when I ask how he's been since winning the 108th Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a whirlwind NYC media…

Motorsport

The Force Is Strong in this Light Show

'Star Wars' takes over the Empire State Building.

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The Guardian - US

New Yorkers rail against luxury tower blocking Empire State Building: ‘The mighty dollar rules the sky’

Amid a nationwide housing crisis, residents say 262 Fifth Avenue – a batch of condos for the wealthiest – is ruining the view downtown

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Taylor Swift backlash is well overdue, but she and Travis Kelce don't deserve this Maga conspiracy madness

Have we finally reached Taylor Swift saturation point? Right now it’s impossible to move for the micro-updates. From a flurry of amateur sleuths insisting that she somehow found time to write the terrible new spy thriller Argylle (spoiler alert: of course she didn’t) to the Empire State Building turning itself…

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Oprah Winfrey Experiences Empire State's Majestic Purple Hue Firsthand

Experience Oprah Winfrey's joy as she visits the Empire State Building, luminous in purple for 'The Color Purple', a memorable cinematic journey.

The Guardian - UK

The attention seeker’s attention seeker: Jared Leto climbs the Empire State Building

His band is going on tour so how else to publicise it than by ascending the New York landmark? Or has the method actor found a new motivation?

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The Daily Bugle won't cover it, but Marvel's Spider-Man 2 hero Peter Parker holds the Rubik's Cube world record

Spidey holds the record for solving a Rubik's Cube the fastest while diving off the Empire State Building

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Photos: 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 main, co-main event faceoffs atop Empire State Building

Check out these photos of 2023 PFL Playoffs 2 competitors facing off at the Empire State Building in New York.

The Guardian - US

‘Nowhere is safe now’: wildfire smoke brings climate crisis home to Americans

With the Empire State Building and the Lincoln Memorial blotted out, the US is experiencing the climate catastrophe first-hand

Liverpool Echo

Link between sleepy Wirral village and the Empire State Building

The stone was also used on some of Liverpool's most notable buildings

Liverpool Echo

Woodland with 'ghostly giggling' a 'hooded man' and dinosaur footprints

The woods have a connection to dinosaurs, Romans and even the Empire State Building

The Independent UK

Landmarks redesigned by AI with historic architectural styles, from the Empire State Building to Big Ben

Artificial intelligence shows off what a Byzantine-style Buckingham Palace might look like

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