This is how you roll out your shiny new lights. New York’s Empire State Building showed off its new LED lights by putting on its first ever “light show” on November 26, 2012. The light show was synchronized to Alicia Keys‘ songs “Girl Is on Fire” and “Empire State of Mind.” The lighting system, created [...]
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Ten people were shot outside New York’s Empire State Building this morning, leaving 2 dead, including the gunman. The body of the alleged shooter is now lying outside the entrance to the building. Witnesses say the suspect had a large gun and opened fire on tourists who were waiting to enter the NYC landmark. Authorities [...]
If you’re hoping to catch an awe-inspiring phenomenon along the streets of New York, tonight is the night to do it. Tonight is the annual alignment known as Manhattanhenge. On May 30 at 8:16 p.m. EDT (and again on July 11 at 8:24 p.m. EDT), Manhattanhenge 2012 reaches its sweet spot as the setting sun [...]
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In just a few days, One World Trade Center will become the tallest building in Manhattan and also one of the tallest in the world. The building is expected to be taller than the Empire State Building, which currently rises 1,250 feet to the 102nd floor observation deck. One World Trade Center is being built [...]
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Another day, another strange sighting in the skies. At sunset on Wednesday, a news chopper in New York captured a red, streaking UFO blazing through the New York sky behind the Empire State Building. It was a bizarre, glowing red-hot streak in the sky moving briskly behind the Manhattan skyline. Now, experts have spoken and [...]
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Does your job get you down? Are you constantly looking for greener pastures? Well, my friend, at least you’re not THIS guy. This transmission tower maintenance worker has to climb to the top of a 1,768-foot tower. That’s taller than the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and the Sears Tower. Filmed from the worker’s [...]
Jeb Corliss, the television stunt jumper who attempted to leap from the Empire State Building, has been barred by the courts from ever setting foot in the popular landmark again. Corliss has been permanently prohibited from entering the skyscraper as part of a ruling last week in a lawsuit that was filed by the corporation [...]
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More here: Funny Lists 1. You say “the city” and expect everyone to know that this means the borough of Manhattan. 2. You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building, but love Coney Island. 3. Hookers and the homeless are invisible. 4. You believe that being able to swear [...]
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