According to its website, the Empire State Building’s antenna is hit by lightning 25 times per year on average. One World Trade Center was just struck by a lightning bolt during a thunderstorm ...

If the Empire State Building were measured from the sidewalk to the tip of its needle-like antenna, it actually stands 1,454 feet high, well above One World Trade Center's elevation today.

With construction having passed the 93rd floor, One World Trade Center will soon hit another milestone: in the next few weeks, it will pass the Empire State Building to become the tallest building ...

On the 94th anniversary of the Empire State Building’s official opening, which took place on May 1, 1931, take a look at images of the world’s most iconic skyscraper.

The Empire State Building is lit in blue and white in solidarity with Israel, with the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge on the left and the One World Trade Center on the right on October 07, 2023 in New ...

The Empire State Building was built to become the world’s tallest building, but did not hold that title for long because in 1970 the World Trade Center was built, standing at approximately 1,776 ...

The Empire State Building is offering locals-only discounted tickets for the first time ever. ... visited the World Trade Center or taken in the view from the highest rooftop in the western ...

In this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York after terrorists crashed two planes into the towers causing both to ...

The Empire State Building lost its claims as the world's tallest skyscraper when it was surpassed by the World Trade Center Towers in 1971 — and then by dozens of other skyscrapers around the ...

Completed in 1931, the Empire State Building was the world’s tallest skyscraper until 1970, when it was eclipsed by the World Trade Center. In 1964, for the occasion of the World’s Fair, the ...

From the White House's touching tributes for Diwali to the dazzling displays at iconic landmarks like Times Square, the Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center, communities unite to ...