Empire State Building

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  • Address
    350 Fifth Ave at 34th St, Midtown, 10118
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  • Phone
    212 736 3100
  • Website
  • Transport
    underground rail: B, D, F, N, Q, R, V, W to 34th St-Herald Sq

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Lonely Planet review

Catapulted to Hollywood stardom as the vertical perch that King Kong was knocked down from, the Empire State Building is one of the New York skyline's most famous landmarks. It's a limestone classic built in just 410 days, or seven million man-hours, during the depths of the Depression at a cost of over 40 million dollars. The view is a dandy.

The famous antenna was originally meant to be a mooring mast for zeppelins, but the Hindenberg disaster slammed the brakes on that plan.