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Zapatan

Jun 8, 2011 5:58 AM

best building ever...

why are so many of the upper windows boarded up though? kinda depressing

meh_cd

Jun 8, 2011 5:01 PM

Renovations, I believe.

STR	Jun 8, 2011 9:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Zapatan (Post 5307778)

best building ever...

why are so many of the upper windows boarded up though? kinda depressing

They're not boarded up. They're louvers, for ventilating (mostly) all of the broadcast equipment.

MolsonExport

Jun 9, 2011 4:31 PM

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Originally Posted by philofra (Post 5262938)

My favorite building in the world:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/766/dscn1948k.jpg

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a great view, but the tower is listing to the left.

marvelfannumber1

Jun 11, 2011 9:44 AM

Ah pure domanance for 80 years :D

http://i.imgur.com/LFj09.jpg

tommaso

Jun 12, 2011 8:31 AM

How far along is the ESB renovation?

Zapatan

Jun 14, 2011 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by STR (Post 5308600)

They're not boarded up. They're louvers, for ventilating (mostly) all of the broadcast equipment.

hmm, but I assume theyll turn back into offices once 1WTC is completed because that building will also house broadcast offices/space.

marvelfannumber1

Jun 16, 2011 6:02 PM

http://i.imgur.com/xnS88.jpg

meh_cd

Jun 20, 2011 4:04 PM

Photo from The Atlantic's In Focus picture blog: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...he-war/100089/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...7_60808075.jpg

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The zeppelin Hindenburg floats past the Empire State Building over Manhattan on Aug. 8, 1936. The German airship was en route to Lakehurst, New Jersey, from Germany. The Hindenburg would later explode in a spectacular fireball above Lakehurst on May 6, 1937. (AP Photo)

hunser

Jun 21, 2011 10:54 AM

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5273/...4d8f0c7e_o.jpg
Downtown Manhattan von betancourt auf Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5152/...85d137a2_o.jpg
New York City Skyline Panorama, Midtown Manhattan, View from East River Ferry von Vivienne Gucwa auf Flickr

xnyr	Jun 25, 2011 7:00 PM

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...7_60808075.jpg

Wow, this is an incredible shot. not only capturing the ESB at a particular point in time, but knowing what disaster was about to happen a short while later.

Thanks for posting.

marvelfannumber1

Jun 25, 2011 10:18 PM

:previous:

Anyone know what happened to those round, black windows on the very top of the mooring mast? If they even are windows.

Traynor

Jun 29, 2011 1:01 AM

I read through most of this thread, but I didn't see mention of this and I have always wondered...

Above the 86th floor observation level and on only on the East side, there are slanted windows that look like an Air-Traffic control tower. Considering there are two major airports to the East of ESB, is that what it is?

http://i.imgur.com/i97GV.jpg

STR	Jun 29, 2011 2:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Zapatan (Post 5314176)

hmm, but I assume theyll turn back into offices once 1WTC is completed because that building will also house broadcast offices/space.

Don't get your hopes up. That broadcast space could quickly become server space. Well ventilated, reinforced floors are hard to come by these days. That's if the broadcasters decide to leave. They might decide to keep their ESB site as a backup, given the likelihood of a disruption at the downtown site.

QUEENSNYMAN

Jul 3, 2011 10:54 PM

FROM: NYMAN

http://www.flickr.com/photos/5194949...in/photostream

xnyr	Jul 4, 2011 12:54 AM

Go inside the top of the mooring mast & climb to the top of the antenna!!!

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Originally Posted by marvelfannumber1 (Post 5328627)

:previous:

Anyone know what happened to those round, black windows on the very top of the mooring mast? If they even are windows.

I think they were meant to be portholes for beacons; which were never installed.

However, I did find this chilling video of a National Geographic photographer documenting the changing of the red light at the very top of the antenna mast.

http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-co...urope_-461.jpg

Go inside the very top of the mooring mast!!