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Empire State Building

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  1. An office building in New York City, over one thousand feet high. Opened in the 1930s, it was for many years the tallest skyscraper in the world.


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The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.

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On July 1, extreme climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus announced their engagement by scaling the Empire State Building and unfurling a banner from its famous antenna that proclaimed the healing power of love.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

New York City’s Empire State Building turned its lights blue to celebrate the color’s arrival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

From the Empire State Building to One World Trade Center, skyscrapers have been lighting up the city's skyline orange and blue - the Knicks' team colours.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

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 tree I really wanted to climb looked as tall as the Empire State Building, but I couldn’t reach even its lowest branches.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

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