Empire State Building
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The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.
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Using a chart titled "Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers," Trump compared the scale of the pool with the height of three famous buildings, including New York's Empire State Building.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The Cube – a massive structure of flats and offices that could have contained the Empire State Building 20 times over – has been jettisoned entirely.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Sony and Marvel released the first full-length trailer for the film on Wednesday 11:00 GMT, a moment marked by Holland on top of the Empire State Building, joined by a crowd of costume-clad children.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Tech companies are desperate to plug in their AI data centers, each of which can use 50 to 100 times as much power as the Empire State Building to run and cool their servers.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Then I thought about my dream of Rachel’s sketch—dark clouds closing on the city, an army gathered around the Empire State Building.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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