Empire State Building
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The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.
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On Thursday, thick haze of smoke blocked views across New York City, including the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Their two-day wedding celebrations led news broadcasts, lit up the Empire State Building in NYC and spurred millions in online betting markets as details of their nuptials left people speculating for weeks.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
For a second he looked familiar, and I wondered if he was the person I had seen from the Empire State Building through the binocular machine.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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