On this day in history, May 1, 1931, Empire State Building opens during Great Depression
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The Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time and perhaps still the most famous in the world, opened on this day in history, May 1, 1931.
She stood — and still stands — 1,250 feet tall, towering up to 1,454 feet as topped out by its gleaming antenna. "The appeal to the layman is enormously palpable." — The New Yorker, 1931 "From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building." — F. Scott Fitzgerald "He poured two martinis from a chrome shaker [and] pointed at the building visible in the distance …" "She is a global symbol of risks taken and dreams fulfilled." — Empire State Realty Trust chairman Anthony Malkin Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
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