Tuesday 2 May 2006

Empire State - 75 years young

Happy birthday Empire State Building, seventy-five years young today , and once again New York's tallest building.

LINKS: Empire State Building celebrates 75 years - VOA News
Photos by Lewis Wicks Hines: The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-31 - NY Public Library

TAGS: Architecture,
History-Twentieth_Century

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually, the picture of the workmen is from the RCA building in the Rockefeller Centre - not the ESB.

Anonymous said...

But regardless, that was a time without Department of Labour OSH inspectors!

Anonymous said...

That's why I have to poster on my wall!!