The Empire State Building was built to land airships on the roof. I kid you not. That didn’t work and in fact, during the depression, it was so empty it was nicknamed the empty state-building. The site started to be prepared in January 1930, with construction starting on March 17—St. Patrick’s Day with over 3,400 workers mainly Mohawk Indian ironworkers, many from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal and immigrant workers from all over Europe. Despite working at height without the safety one insists on today, with workers walking out on beams and leaning into the wind for fun, and as we have seen from classic pictures sitting astride beams eating lunch, only 5 workers were reported to have died. The building was opened on May 1, 1931, but it did not become profitable until 1950 and was sold in 1951. You will learn a lot from the story and pictures shown in the exhibition hall near the top. The first time we visited New York we did not go up because it was always in the cloud, this time the sky was clear and we decided to go up and night as you will see from the pictures. As you will not know whether it is in the cloud or not, the Big Bus Adventure ticket is a good idea because you get any five of a list of attractions, which means you can change your idea to fit the location and weather. See below to buy the Big Bus ticket in advance and miss the queue because your QR code will be able to be read by their operators on the street at any bus stop. The Empire State Building stands 1250 feet high to the top of the roof, the antennae make it to 1454 feet. It gets its name from the nickname of New York, the Empire State. Every state has a nickname, like the Sunshine State.
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New York can be confusing, and it took us a few days to feel easy. The metro can be confusing. It did come together after we had done all three loops of the bus tour. Although they change, and we hear there are no toilets in the office at Time Square, they will be very similar to the routes shown.
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