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ESB in the Movies
Find out what great movies used the ESB as a backdrop. Movies such as Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally and An Affair to Remember – to see what other movies the ESB makes appearances in click on the link above.
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Books and Videos
We have hand-picked reference materials and history books about the ESB so you can find all the information you want about America’s favorite landmark.
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Manhattan Transfer
Lester A. Reingold
Air and Space Smithsonian
The photograph on the left evokes a Golden Age of air travel. Dirigibles would cross the Atlantic, then appear over Manhattan and glide up to the Empire State Building. After a dirigible docked at the world's tallest building, passengers would transfer from airship to skyscraper, and an elevator would whisk them to street level. Through it all, New Yorkers would be treated to the behemoth hovering overhead.
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Plane Hits Building
William Roberts
Elevator World
NEW YORK- Lost amid the hoopla surrounding the celebrations of the end of World War II has been the 50th anniversary of the army plane crash into the Empire State Building. Many do not know of the tragic incident of July 28, 1945 -- the day a B-25 bomber, lost in fog, rammed into what was then the world's tallest building. Fewer, still, remember the miraculous survival of the woman who fell 75 stories when the cables to her elevator were severed...
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Purchase your tickets online, it's easy and convenient. You can either print your tickets online or have them delivered right to your door step. |
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The world's famous have come to admire the unmatched view from the Empire State Building's Observatory. |
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Click here to learn about some of NY's other landmarks.
Brooklyn Bridge
Central Park
Chrysler Building
Liberty Island
Ellis Island
Madison Square Garden
Shea Stadium
USS Intrepid
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Find out the history of the ESB, from who owned the land to who first turned on the lights. |
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The Empire State Building has appeared in a long list of movies. |
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