Was The Empire State Building a Blimp Port? ITS HISTORY00:24:01

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Complete History of the Empire State building. As the victor of the 1930s race to the sky, the Empire State Building has long been hailed as one of Americas biggest landmarks and tourist destinations, second only to the Statue of Liberty. With its incredible feats of construction, it is nothing short of a marvel of architecture that holds fast as a beacon of light and hope to all of America even today. But this magnificent building wasnt always so successful opening in 1931 to an incredibly bleak financial prospects and a mostly empty building, it quickly began to be referred to as the Empty State Building on account of the shockingly low amount of tenants that rented space in it. Despite its great promise, what could have caused such a disastrous start? And how did the building recover from it? Who was the Empire State Building built for? Did the Empire State Building get destroyed? Was the Empire State Building built during the Great Depression? Was the Empire state building a blimp port? Watch our video to find out

» CREDITS
Video editor - Rishi Mittal
Script writer - Imana Schoch
Host - Ryan Socash

Chapters:
00:00 - The History of the Empire State building
01:00 - The Empire State building in modern day
02:00 - History of the worlds largest Hotel, The Waldorf-Astoria
4:46 - Demolition of the Waldorf Astoria hotel and plan for Empire State building
05:34 - Competition for the tallest building in the world
07:35 - The Chrysler buildings spire surprise
08:14 - The construction of the Empire State building (Part 1)
09:41 - How the empire state building became the tallest building in the world
10:55 - The History of the Empire State buildings airship port
12:21 - Attempts of blimp docking at the empire state building?
13:44 - The construction of the Empire State building (Part 2)
15:14 - Who were the labourers of the Empire state building?
17:22 - Empire State buildings grand opening
18:28 - The Empty State building
20:26 - The technology of the empire state building
21:58 - When the Empire State building lost its title as the tallest building in the world.
22:39 - The legacy of the empire state building

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ITS HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

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