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Originally Posted by America 117
Wow!!!
No matter how tall skyscrapers get the empire state building will always be the king!!!!!
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That's true, for so many reasons. But mainly because for nearly four decades it stood, the tallest of the tall, in really the only city in the world that built them tall. It's nearest rival was the Chrysler Building (legendary in it's own right), but the scale really wasn't the same. When you talked of a
really tall skyscraper, the ESB was it. No questions asked. But things are so very different today. It's exciting for skyscraper lovers to see so many superskyscrapers growing around the world. But there's really no
one that captures that essence the ESB had (and still has). It's the tower that gave some comfort and hope to its hometown in its darkest hour - after 9/11. The lights shone bright throughout the night - all night, a sign that the skyline was still there. And the people were thankful for it. The end of it's
2nd reign as New York's tallest will come in a few years, but it will forever be special. In a sense, it's still the tallest of the tall.