Complete History of the Empire State building. As the victor of the 1930s’ race to the sky, the Empire State Building has long been hailed as one of America’s biggest landmarks and tourist destinations, second only to the Statue of Liberty. With its incredible feats of construction, it is nothing short of a marvel of architecture that holds fast as a beacon of light and hope to all of America even today. But this magnificent building wasn’t always so successful— opening in 1931 to an incredibly bleak financial prospects and a mostly empty building, it quickly began to be referred to as the “Empty State Building” on account of the shockingly low amount of tenants that rented space in it. Despite its great promise, what could have caused such a disastrous start? And how did the building recover from it? Who was the Empire State Building built for? Did the Empire State Building get destroyed? Was the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression? Was the Empire state building a blimp port? Watch our video to find out » CREDITS Video editor - Rishi Mittal Script writer - Imana Schoch Host - Ryan Socash Chapters: 00:00 - The History of the Empire State building 01:00 - The Empire State building in modern day 02:00 - History of the worlds largest Hotel, The Waldorf-Astoria 4:46 - Demolition of the Waldorf Astoria hotel and plan for Empire State building 05:34 - Competition for the tallest building in the world 07:35 - The Chrysler buildings “spire” surprise 08:14 - The construction of the Empire State building (Part 1) 09:41 - How the empire state building became the tallest building in the world 10:55 - The History of the Empire State building’s airship port 12:21 - Attempts of blimp docking at the empire state building? 13:44 - The construction of the Empire State building (Part 2) 15:14 - Who were the labourers of the Empire state building? 17:22 - Empire State buildings grand opening 18:28 - The “Empty State building” 20:26 - The technology of the empire state building 21:58 - When the Empire State building lost its title as the tallest building in the world. 22:39 - The legacy of the empire state building Creative commons: thenails: https://flic.kr/p/6c12e6 Ken Lund: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Empire_State_Building_as_Seen_from_Liberty_State_Park,_Jersey_City,_New_Jersey_(7238047078).jpg IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash. » HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL? You can support us by sharing our videos with your friends and spreading the word about our work. » SOURCES https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/great-depression-history https://www.waldorftowers.nyc/en/history https://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON017.htm https://www.historichotelsthenandnow.com/waldorfastorianewyork.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66837/15-things-you-might-not-know-about-empire-state-building https://untappedcities.com/2021/03/16/secrets-waldorf-astoria-hotel-nyc/ https://www.esbnyc.com/about/history http://www.cowenconstruction.com/a-race-for-the-sky-the-chrysler-building-the-mahattan-co-building-40-wall-street/ https://demo.processwire.com/cities/new-york-city/40-wall-street/ https://wgntv.com/weather/weather-blog/the-march-1930-snowstorm-that-paralyzed-chicago/ https://www.warburgrealty.com/nabes/the-battle-to-be-the-worlds-tallest-building/ https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/realestate/26scapes.html https://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/pdf/2010/177631.pdf Empire State Building Fact Sheethttps://www.esbnyc.com › esb_fact_sheet_4_9_14_4 http://www.pakalertpress.com/empire-state-building/ https://skyscraper.org/tallest-towers/empire-state-building/ https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/empire-state-building-facts?slide=62bb8422-5f6d-43cf-aa79-4a22878a92ef#62bb8422-5f6d-43cf-aa79-4a22878a92ef https://www.thoughtco.com/the-empire-state-building-1779281 https://www.history.com/news/10-surprising-facts-about-the-empire-state-building https://www.walksofnewyork.com/blog/how-was-the-empire-state-building-built https://time.com/5955419/empire-state-building-history/ https://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/docking-on-the-empire-state-building-12525534/ A "New" New York State of Mind: Empire State Building ...https://www.signify.com › news › press-release-archive The history behind the Empire State Building, and why it ...https://www.washingtonpost.com › outlook › 2021/05/01 » NOTICE Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word / spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.

• published: 21 Oct 2021
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