Was The Empire State Building a Blimp Port? IT'S HISTORY

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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 America’s 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 wasn’t 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
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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 building’s 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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@camithewitch5265 2 жыл бұрын

Having so much money that you can demolish your huge family house to build a hotel bigger than your cousin's so you can stick it to him... can't say I relate.

@mellowyellow6572 2 жыл бұрын

No one should have that much money

@corygolden6772 2 жыл бұрын

@@mellowyellow6572 no one should have enough money to create jobs?

@mellowyellow6572 2 жыл бұрын

@@corygolden6772 The rich don’t spend that money to create jobs, they hoard it while they exploit the working class to gain more. That’s why you have billionaires. Nobody needs that much, especially not when millions of people live in poverty.

@mattt233 2 жыл бұрын

@@mellowyellow6572 that was before income tax. Unfortunately JJA IV died in 1912 before it passed.

@fohseytv 2 жыл бұрын

@@mellowyellow6572 cry about it

@philipgior3312 2 жыл бұрын

The old Waldorf was a pretty damn impressive building in it's day. Still would be now if it were still standing.

@Jonandtan69 2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Cibula tartarian?

@nakayle 2 жыл бұрын

You would think they could have found less impressive building(s) than the Waldoft to replace.

@Iterr 2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Cibula sorry, I don’t follow. They took the Waldorf down because it raised what questions? And why were there no photos of its construction?

@lindaeasley5606 2 жыл бұрын

I find the Chrysler Building to be one of the most esthetically pleasing in the entire world.Such beautiful art deco styling

@juant3969 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s one of the most beautifully designed building of its time. No building till this day can top it.

@snapcutter9596 2 жыл бұрын

Linda, Natalie Merchant has a music video. These are the days. She preforms dancing on the gargoyles on the corners of the building. Obviously Green screen. Neat footage though. I got a good view from the Empire state building when I visited it years ago.

@gingersherrod11 2 жыл бұрын

MOST DEFINITELY MATE, MY FAVORITE AS WELL

@tiffprendergast 2 жыл бұрын

Noo

@TracySmith-xy9tq 2 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite. But I like the ESB, too

@KRAFTWERK2K6 2 жыл бұрын

There is something incredibly impressive about the roof-line of these old late 19th and early 20th century buildings. They have an impressive and cozy mix of beautifully designed roofs with long and elegant shapes that almost reminds you of historic castles. So many spots to look at. They are like oil paintings that you can look at for HOURS and still discover something new. *edit: typo*

@KRAFTWERK2K6 2 жыл бұрын

@IPA SOLÉ yes, it is a perfect combination and merging between of the century old art of architecture and modernity. It showed you could build modern while still preserving the class and dignity of historic architecture. I wish someone today would embrace this style again. Because i am sick to death of these faceless glass-steel-concrete bricks they place everywhere.

@jenniferthomas3875 2 жыл бұрын

The skyscrapers they build now look like a box the older skyscrapers were shipped in.

@jaygatz4335 2 жыл бұрын

And the new super-high towers going up now are ruining the character of Manhattan that these old buildings established. They have no style or mystery. Cold, flat slabs of glass and metal do not feed the soul.

@Scottocaster6668 2 жыл бұрын

And strong enough to hold a 25-40 foot Ape a number of times throughout it's existence. 1year and 45 day completion is incredible. Awesome building still to this day.

@williamhilbert8324 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@badreality2 2 жыл бұрын

You can complain about this building's "waste", but that pales in comparison to Dubai's skyscraper. ...who's biggest complaint, is the lack of connections to a surrounding sewer system. The people call the armada of trucks that daily empty its septic tanks the "Poo Parade".

@Thoroughly_Wet 2 жыл бұрын

Just pipe it out the side of the building. It'll eventually wash down the waste water system

@bruhmania7359 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thoroughly_Wet lol

@JustSomeRandomBurger 2 жыл бұрын

@@Thoroughly_Wet lol

@fasinfata 2 жыл бұрын

It's really fascinating to see that today's bustling 5th avenue was once a place of mansions with lots of greenery around them.

@dannyb.7219 2 жыл бұрын

Handcock was such an underrated movie.

@mipmipmipmipmip 2 жыл бұрын

Very energetic but gets a bit sticky near the climax

@bruhmania7359 2 жыл бұрын

@@mipmipmipmipmip dude… 😂

@SocialistDistancing 2 жыл бұрын

I had a by chance opportunity to visit the empire state building in 1999. I was driving from Miami Beach to Montreal and stopped just to see the building. It only cost $6 to go to the observation deck. Extremely fascinating. I can't remember the exact amount of elevators but I think it was 73 elevators. Not all elevators went to the top. Also, when they were building the empire building, they were looking for a way to shave off 5 minutes on each window install. That doesn't sound like much , but times that by 4400 windows and that turns into months. When I visited the empire state building, it was September 9th 1999. It was a hazy day and you couldn't see the world trade center clearly. So, I didn't get any pictures of it. I was going to head to WTC and check that out too. But, I didn't as I had to get back on the road. No one could've predicted that almost two years to the day later, they would be gone. I definitely regret not going to WTC that day. Had the weather been that hazy in 2001, I don't think the terrorists would have been successful. Bastards! If you have never visited the empire state building, do so. It's something that you'll never forgot.

@preztrump4310 2 жыл бұрын

9-11 happened.

@preztrump4310 2 жыл бұрын

I visited NYC on Sept 9th 2001 on a Sunday. It was a early birthday present cuz my bday is on the 13th. I was 12 yes old in sixth grade wen

@thomasdarby6084 2 жыл бұрын

Had to laugh when you referred to the movie Hancock as "Hand-cock!" Lol.

@ianwalker3950 2 жыл бұрын

Scrolled down to see if anyone else noticed!

@goldmemberr 2 жыл бұрын

Saaame lollll

@Rocky2256 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lmfao

@ShaneRounce 2 жыл бұрын

yup

@MikeM-qf1nd 2 жыл бұрын

beat me to it

@BuChan89 2 жыл бұрын

Also, to think the Empire State Building was also able to withstand a hit by a plane in the 1940s shows that it was well-engineered. Will you do a video about that event some time as a follow-up?

@MsSaudm 2 жыл бұрын

Of course NOT because it will expose 9ine Eleven as a FRAUD

@MsSaudm 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericdarkgoat4050 Sorry to burst your bubble eric but but a 747 wings can NEVER pierce a steel skyscraper (like shown on the Fake video played over and over by MSM )that was designed to withstand a plane impact YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO

@MsSaudm 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericdarkgoat4050 Huh ? yeah and building 7 was reported to have fallen 30 minutes before it was actually controled demo'd

@MsSaudm 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericdarkgoat4050 the entire event was a a "sacrifice" and an op to usher in the BS we are dealing with now

@geodot595 2 жыл бұрын

a b25 mitchell, lots of impact. empire is tough!

@theunlawfulsponge5908 2 жыл бұрын

Very good video but I'm abit disappointed you didn't mention the B-25 that smacked into it at the end of the war

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it a B-25?

@JackClayton123 2 жыл бұрын

It was a B25

@theunlawfulsponge5908 2 жыл бұрын

@@eldorados_lost_searcher yeah it was my mistake

@eldorados_lost_searcher 2 жыл бұрын

@@theunlawfulsponge5908 No worries, it's an easy one to make, since 9 and 5 phonetically can get crossed, as I've learned at a loud workplace.

@mipmipmipmipmip 2 жыл бұрын

No because it would attract conspiracy idiots to the comments (as already shown at another comment on this)

@richardbartolo2890 2 жыл бұрын

The steel workers were incredible guys. You had to have a cast iron pair to work that high up. Imagine being 102 stories up catching red hot rivets and drilling them in while standing on a girder. Very special men.

@borntoclimb7116 2 жыл бұрын

True

@anthonygustafson4713 2 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt, a different breed of men.

@A.Martin 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that there were so few deaths.

@Shaker626 2 жыл бұрын

Tough times made tough men

@peniscaughtinzipper 2 жыл бұрын

And now "men" claim they have ptsd because their manager yelled at them to get off of their phone. Wtf happened??

@KRAFTWERK2K6 2 жыл бұрын

The Empire State Building shows that ART DECO is simply timeless. It STILL looks futuristic, impressive and just breathtaking. When Skyscrapers weren't just faceless postmodern Tetris blocks.

@mckinleyd603 2 жыл бұрын

It looks terrible and super out dated, not classic or modern

@creeperstomp2727 2 жыл бұрын

McKinley D terrible and super outdated? tf

@SirKenchalot 2 жыл бұрын

This is my fav building in the world and you put together a great video. Good job. Hoping to move in soon.

@ITSHISTORY 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@lanahands781 2 жыл бұрын

The picture you showed of royalty visiting the empire state is actually of Queen Elizabeth Bowles-Lyon (the queen mother) not Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.

@DanieltheTruebadour 2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget "Sleepless in Seattle" not to mention the movie that inspired it, "An Affair To Remember."

@ItsAVolcano 2 жыл бұрын

One of the crazy stories I heard of the construction gave special mention to the riveters. Apparently to save time they only set up a kiln to heat the rivets every few floors and would just have the guy heating them use his giant tongs to hurl the red-hot rivets up or down a floor or two to the riveters where a catcher with asbestos gloves and a metal funnel would grab them.

@Dong_Harvey 2 жыл бұрын

That catcher would've made it to the Big Leagues if his hand didn't fall off from a mysterious onset of cancer!

@RCAvhstape Жыл бұрын

I believe there is footage of them doing this. Pretty sure I've seen film of it somewhere.

@Fleetwoodjohn 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts woulda been the wind load of the blimp on the building structure. Also imagine it weather vanning and swinging around as people were boarding.

@Austrian_blood 2 жыл бұрын

The Chrysler building and the Woolworth building are my favorites.

@Susie_Floozie 2 жыл бұрын

In the 1930s, the fanciful idea of blimp travel enchanted people. Blimps were so wildly futuristic that C.B. Demille included a crazy aerial party aboard a blimp in his 1930 movie MADAM SATAN. YT's got a 3-minute preview clip of the blimp boarding sequence, plus another showing dozens of performers in a wildly Art Deco number, the "Ballet Mechanique." It's pure madness!

@jamesmiller4184 Жыл бұрын

AND, for yet-more of that same contemporaneously do see "JUST IMAGINE" right here on that LAST BASTION of free-free-free speech unimpeded totally: good old Y-T. And remember that "Old Fashioned Girl" and, to "NEVER Swat a Fly!" Plus, while you're about it, search for "The Lost Zeppelin" from olde '28, I believe it was.

@juant3969 2 жыл бұрын

Wow another awesome history lesson of this building. Would love to get a video of the Chrysler building. It’s my favorite building ever!

@905Speed 2 жыл бұрын

LOVING the newer videos man, much easier to watch for some reason! Keep it up

@davemccage7918 10 ай бұрын

I always thought of the Chrysler building’s spire as a giant metallic middle finger to the competition. Oh the lolz it inspires.

@charlesclager6808 2 жыл бұрын

I've had the pleasure of visiting the Empire State building several times in my life. My late father took my younger brother and me there in the 1950's. Later I accompanied several friends there in the 1970's. We lived in New Jersey at the time. I worked in midtown at the Mcgraw-Hill building and can remember a huge balloon of King Kong attached to the building. It was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of the movie in 1933. Anybody else remember this ? Great video Mister It's History.

@0fficialdregs 2 жыл бұрын

im glad you guys found your footing with videos like these

@sabrinagrant8003 2 жыл бұрын

Looking at the pictures of the fearless working men working so high above New York City streets made me feel nervous.

@dharkling 2 жыл бұрын

Hollywood should make a movie about Skyboys.

@sabrinagrant8003 2 жыл бұрын

@@dharkling I agree!!!!!

@Swiss-Ball-Blitz 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing photos!

@j.barryarlington4621 2 жыл бұрын

Ryan, Thank you for the history of NYC. its amazing that so much has gone on within 10 miles from my home in NJ. I didn't know about the Singer Building that was an interesting fact. and the Subway Sub Stations, I enjoyed that because I worked in the Power industry. (Never with Coal but Gas and Oil). Thanks Keep finding and posting History facts

@juant3969 2 жыл бұрын

I am addicted to this channel. I LOVE history!

@dopenerd 2 жыл бұрын

16:46 Building the Empire State building while the Empire State building looms in the background. Great video!

@jayswartzbaugh8553 2 жыл бұрын

The wind load at the top of any tall building would never have permitted a zeppelin or blimp to safely dock. It was a stunt, and the closest the Empire State Building ever came to docking a blimp was when newspapers were dropped down to it from a blimp.

@tonymarselle8812 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@653j521 2 жыл бұрын

That was in the video. Did you watch it?

@jayswartzbaugh8553 2 жыл бұрын

@@653j521 Nope. Already knew the answer. Just responding to the click-bait style thumbnail.

@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn 2 жыл бұрын

@@jayswartzbaugh8553 Wow, you are insufferable

@robertramirez733 Жыл бұрын

One title The Empire State Building will always have have in my book. Is The Most Classiest Building in the World. It's elegance is frozen in time. A must see for anyone visiting Manhattan.

@skatee99 7 ай бұрын

Great channel! I'm sure you get MANY suggestions for future episodes and, as a life long resident of Chicago, tried to think of a different and unique subject you could cover. The interesting, unique, and unexpected history of the old Ford City shopping center on Chicago's south-side is certainly worthy of examination, given what the property was originally. As a young boy, I remember being lead through , 'secrect' tunnels.

@chelseythomas6246 2 жыл бұрын

The photo with Queen Elizabeth II is NOT her, But her mother, Who was also name Elizabeth & Was know as Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

@KaitlynnUK 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to report that too :)

@johnfoley9031 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage.

@TheWebcrafter Жыл бұрын

At 1:29 the narrator mentions Queen Elizabeth the Second, however, the Royal (pictured) is Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She was queen-by-marriage to King George VI, and coincidentally, shared the same first same as her daughter. After her husband King George VI died, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter who became Queen Elizabeth the Second (queen-by-succession) upon the death of her father in 1952. Queen Elizabeth was crowned the following year in 1953. On 30 March 2002, at 15:15 GMT, Elizabeth Queen Mother died at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, at the age of 101, with her surviving daughter Queen Elizabeth II by her side. She had been suffering from a chest cold since Christmas 2001. At 101 years and 238 days old she was the first member of the British royal family to live past the age of 100. She was the longest-living member of the British royal family at the time of her death. Her surviving sister-in-law, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester exceeded that, dying at the age of 102 on 29 October 2004. She was one of the longest-lived members of any royal family.

@jamesmiller4184 Жыл бұрын

Perfect! AND . . . drum-roll . . . cymbal-crash . . . her maiden name was . . . Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon. Gotta know that for tidiness' sake

@samuelfellows6923 Жыл бұрын

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@chrismc7205 2 жыл бұрын

No, the dock was for dirigibles, not blimps

@EVISEH 2 жыл бұрын

It was for both. A Dirigibles is both a Blimp and a Rigid Airship - the only difference between the two is that Blimps have no internal frame structure and that their shape is maintained by internal gas pressure where as a Rigid Airship has an internal frame structure covered by an external fabric skin and its gas is contained in internal gas bags. The name BLIMP is actually a military designation "B" for balloon "LIMP" for no frame. "DIRIGIBLE" simply means a large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines Blimps and Rigid Airships are both Dirigibles

@heru-deshet359 2 жыл бұрын

The spire and "Port" was an after thought once the construction began. It was tried once to deliver newspapers and never again because of unpredictable wind patterns and velocities against the building which made it impossible to dock a blimp to.

@michaelmckinnon7314 2 жыл бұрын

It was designed to have a blimp dock, but the wind currents wouldn't allow it and because they didn't know that (how would they?), the tests were done to see if it was possible.

@jzemaitis Жыл бұрын

Building the frame, floors and exteriors is just the start. Imagine all the plumbing, knob and tube maybe?! Electrical, plaster, etc. amazing achievement.

@sandrasanders706 2 жыл бұрын

Speaking of office buildings..could you please do a video on Chicago's Merchandise Mart. Your videos are great!!

@kennethrembert7925 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I love the Empire State Building and it indeed built in 1931! A+ for you!

@sabassilva8338 2 жыл бұрын

AIRSHIP port! the mast was meant for airships. blimps are nonrigid vessels.

@komalkumar9073 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Video 👌👌👌🌹🌹🌹

@danielescobar7618 Жыл бұрын

My grandparents took me to a special touring of the room right below the dock that was normally closed. I just remember the difference between the nice decor kf the rest of the building and the chippy green paint and vinyl stick on floors and how tiny it was. Only a few people at a time could fit.

@lt4324 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done, you did your homework Ryan! Thanks for posting.

@mipmipmipmipmip 2 жыл бұрын

So what's the solution for the high amount of unrentable space (I guess no windows) in the base of the building? Is it used for storage? Datacenters?

@mark.mcghie3065 2 жыл бұрын

amazing building .. and fyi , that's queen Elizabeth the queen mother not the ii

@timothystockman7533 2 жыл бұрын

There's a whole sub-culture of ESB history regarding the huge broadcast tower atop the building. During the 1960s a multi-station FM broadcast antenna was installed on bands around the 102nd floor observation room. This antenna is now a backup; the new master FM antenna is on the broadcast tower.

@kennethvoller278 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing how fast things got built back then. A 3 year project then would be a 12 year today!!

@thomasbell7033 Жыл бұрын

Another outstanding piece of research. I'm an aviation writer, and I've been fascinated with the notion of landing an airship on the ESB's mast. But landing even relatively small airships like the Goodyear Blimp is not a pretty sight to fixed-wing pilots like me. It's somewhere between roping in a cruise ship by hand and wrestling Paul Bunyon's ox to the ground. It takes a lot of real estate, cooperative winds and a large crew of people hauling on ropes. Attempting this a quarter-mile above Manhattan would have been a nightmarish folly.

@vitothepizzaguy7475 2 жыл бұрын

But Jacob Astor died in 1912 on the Titanic.

@Unownshipper 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was going to bring that up too. One of the Astors (there've been at least 8 named John Jacob) may very well have contributed to the Empire State building project, but the image shown at 10:40 is definitely of that of John Jacob Astor IV who died on the Titanic more than 15 years before the building's construction.

@robburns4176 2 жыл бұрын

I think for that first docking attempt, the airship did something the designer's hadn't anticipated. The airship released ballast water, drenching pedestrians below for blocks. The ESB has about 30% more material than it needs to stand; it survived a direct hit from a B-25 Mitchell bomber.

@mr.pickles810 2 жыл бұрын

Theres a show on automotive history and they talked about the GM executives competing in building the sky scrapper with chrysler if I remember I think it was because of ford and dodge brothers leaving them building their first automobile then partnering with with walter chrysler. Dodge at tge time was ahead of ford. GM then had a new competetor and I believe they lost.

@jorgeblanco1363 Жыл бұрын

UNA OBRA DE ARTE REALMENTE !!!👏👏👏

@HistorySkills 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating to learn. Just need to work out how I can sneak this video into my History lessons...

@mba2ceo 2 жыл бұрын

wow - thks

@TimSlee1 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew about the Waldorf hotel that came before it. Those cousins were maniacs to rival each other to such a degree that they demolished their own family homes to start a dck measuring competition.

@justaguyandsomemovies6492 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact the RJ Reynolds building in North Carolina was built first by the same architect as the Empire State building so it is the Empire State building of North Carolina

@itzjustkris7964 2 жыл бұрын

Think I saw this once in sky captain or something…I wish we still used blimps it would be so cool

@chrisnorman9980 2 жыл бұрын

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

@anjetto1 Жыл бұрын

Crazy to think about how much of downtown NYC used to just be residential mansions

@johnpotter8039 Жыл бұрын

An excellent documentary. I am an architectural historian and love the building. I have a few comments. First, the name. I am a California native and have lived in New York State for the past 28 years. I insist that the building is The Empire State....Building. Most people here call it the Empire....State Building. If, in fact, New York City was the capital of a Galactic Empire, there would be a building for matters of state, The Empire....State Building. The second is the style. I love Art Deco, but the Empire State...Building is of a later, simpler design, Streamline Moderne, with, to be sure, some Art Moderne features.

@thomasbell7033 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying that. Also, I think a lot of people, as I was when younger, are intimidated by the endless list of design styles and architectural movements, many of which overlap. Streamline Moderne is Art Deco to some, while Art Moderne is to others. I think it should be made clear that Art Deco encompasses many sub-styles from the 1920s through the '30s, including the two you specifically mention.

@guyvanarsdall7686 2 жыл бұрын

One of the interesting story's about the Empire State Building is that it was hit by a plane during WW 2. While there were fatalities (the planes occupants) this happened on a Saturday and most of the offices were closed.

@oddsandwindsocks5905 2 жыл бұрын

Superb video, thoroughly enjoyed it

@darwindillon9113 2 жыл бұрын

The Waldorf hotel good memories 😔

@kellwng 7 ай бұрын

I have often been curious on how you would disembark a blimp to the observation deck when the gondola that's several yards from the building when attached to the spire. If you have some kind of bridge, where dose it go when not in use, and would you really want to walk all that way to the gondola from that height? It would seen very dangerous if they had high winds.

@jenniferthomas3875 2 жыл бұрын

back in the 1920s Many people actually believed the Zeppelin would become a luxurious means of transportation for the rich in the near future. The airplane proved to be a much safer vehicle. An ultra tall skyscraper in the center of Manhattan would be a good place to dock an airship if the engineers ever came up with a solution to the problem of too much wind. The new need for such a tall building occurred when they needed to put an antenna to broadcast radio there. This huge office building was completed at about the same time the great depression began, so it was a financial failure.

@653j521 2 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Thomas It was a luxurious means of transportation that airplanes still can't touch.

@Gail1Marie 2 жыл бұрын

A Zeppelin landing at Lakehurst took as many as 200 ground crew members to secure it (depending on whether it made a "high" or "low" approach). Where are you going to put them on a skyscraper? When I lived in Albuquerque, NM, I crewed for several years at the Balloon Fiesta. Each balloon needed at least six ground crew members to collapse and roll it up for transport. (What other hobby lets you drink champagne at six a.m. and drive down city streets at 70 mph like a maniac, "chasing" your respective balloon so you'd meet it when they landed?) We had a blast, and the balloon pilot tried to always give each ground crew member a ride.

@jenniferthomas3875 2 жыл бұрын

@@Gail1Marie I saw a man on TV who was in the crew. He says he was able to jump out of the Burning Zeppelin, land on his feet and then he set a new record for the 100 meter dash!

@Gail1Marie 2 жыл бұрын

@@jenniferthomas3875 Somewhere, years ago, I read that the hydrogen didn't cling to the clothes of the victims the way gasoline or other flammable liquids would. That evidently saved a lot of lives because once you got out of the hydrogen (unless your clothes or hair had been set on fire) you were relatively safe. Or I guess the guy could've lucked out and gotten under one of the water ballast dumps and gotten soaked to the skin.

@WayneDavisDA_ILLESTalive14 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel, hate that you throw that filter on everything

@yuvanbaldwinew9282 2 жыл бұрын

Sleepless in Seattle.. best movie with this building in it..

@EuphoricIntentions 2 жыл бұрын

The High Piece, Make a piece, one that's high. So that if anything knows how to fly, it works its way down, by and by that you can see anywhere. When we can see anywhere, and to those who can see, we then say that it's a high piece. Haven't you ever imagined what it would be like to figure out a way to climb up any building, and if life was all a play, then what should I dress in and wear and even say if I saw things simply that way. Then when would I be taking the role more seriously? If there was anything that a role could say until it was just another role that didn't have a role. Then would I be looking at every building from above? To say that in life we can play? Then if I was to say that something was more, then it was more in this way, then it's a matter of family matters, until the family says it matters, then the family looks to what isn't in its family as a high piece. -Austin Hyde

@jace3811 Жыл бұрын

its also the first building to have 100 floors, no building can take that title away

@shanestrains7179 2 жыл бұрын

For being so in depth, im surprised u didnt mention that a plane crashed into it in the 40's

@orbitboi63 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Any chance to have the music to this? Thanks.

@Floedekage 2 жыл бұрын

What music?

@orbitboi63 2 жыл бұрын

@@Floedekage It was to the article of the Empire State Building. Thanks.

@pjbeauty7963 11 ай бұрын

the picture you used for 'queen elisibeth the second ' is infact a picture of her mother

@dn744 2 жыл бұрын

Very insightful 👏

@robvangessel3766 2 жыл бұрын

With its rich history, the Empire State Building remains the most iconic. Thanks, in part, to a big ape.

@moxieme1174 2 жыл бұрын

I loved King Kong 😁

@Cemi_Mhikku 2 жыл бұрын

17:20 You forgot the only. Ergo, that *only* five people died when erecting a building of this magnitude during this period was an accomplishment in and of itself.

@peniscaughtinzipper 2 жыл бұрын

Yup! A common rule of thumb was 1 death for every million dollars spent.

@abironkozak1824 2 жыл бұрын

OK, this is all nitpicking, and I fully know that. But based on the name of the video, I feel somehow compelled to pick some nits. 1. The "port" was designed for rigid airships, which are very different from "blimps." It's kind of like comparing a bus to a bicycle. Both are wheeled vehicles, but one is far more complicated and capable...rigid ships were just ahead of their time, as almost all major rigid ship losses could have been prevented with just a modicum of modern aeronautical technology. 2. While the image at 10:55 is of Los Angeles (ZR-3), at 10:57 we have Hindenburg doing a flyby, at 11:08 we have the Goodyear blimp Columbia, and at 12:29, the ship you identify as Los Angeles is actually USS Akron, ZRS-4, simply overflying the city. I want to be clear, this in no way changes or invalidates your narrative; all of that is 100% accurate, to the best of my knowledge (except for the term blimp being somehow synonymous with rigid airship). Keep up the excellent work; I do enjoy your videos immensely.

@workgroup8081 2 жыл бұрын

Everytime I see one of these videos of a beautiful buildings being torn down it really ticks me off as a native New Yorker. I worked in the Empire State (handsomely romantic), The Chrysler (awesome interiors) and the World Trade Center (yes the 9/11 towers-ugly and empty) The Waldorf Astoria had a fantastic lobby with a panio restaurant lounge nursing my drinks popping cash into the tip jar (done that many times) a very elegant joint with high end shopping mezzanine and several restaurants purchased by the Chinese and turned the place into millionaire condos. They put the party terrise back on the roof after a hundred years. Very smart. I know all of them very well. The Empire building is a strict text book example of high deco just like Rockefeller Center with heroic sculptures in brass and bronze inlayed low reliefs in stone and sleek streaming deco lines and lots of smooth limestone. It doesn't get old every time you walk in with the polished hot waxed floors even on a rainy day (the only apes🦍 climbing the building are the tourists who are very annoying standing around blocking sidewalks and pathways we've got things to do get out of the way). Most of the building had small business office renters and as far as I could tell everyone had a great window view. And yes you can open the windows if you've got the stomach for the heights. I sure as hell don't. I remember a little sandwich place in the lobby but it gone too.🍎🗽

@ayethe4603 Жыл бұрын

My god they don't make hotels like that anymore :*(

@franktorres7963 2 жыл бұрын

Dang. This video is super fantastic. I loved it.

@XtremiTeez 2 жыл бұрын

"Handcock"? "Passerbyers"? What genius wrote this?

@Maya_Ruinz 2 жыл бұрын

When I think of most iconic landmarks in the US I always think of 3, The Empire State Bldg, Golden Gate Bridge and Mount Rushmore. Let’s be real though, nothing beats the epic Empire State Bldg, it’s just an incredible behemoth that has stood for over a century…it’s a testament to American ingenuity.

@pc_115 2 жыл бұрын

It's not 100 years old yet close tho

@howardwhitney8976 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chartle1 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still wondering how they expected passengers to disembark. Some sort of rotating platform with a telescoping stairway. 🤷‍♂️ One that would have move in and out as the tail moved up and down.

@gtlfb 2 жыл бұрын

Check the video from the movie “Madame Satan”. You’re guess is pretty accurate.

@chartle1 2 жыл бұрын

@@gtlfb okayyyyy I found the boarding scene and um what the h e double hockey sticks was that. Is this when LSD was invented 🥴

@dwi2921 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly those pictures of steel workers up there gives me anxiety.

@mkendallpk4321 2 жыл бұрын

One problem that the Empire State can never overcome is it's location. No subway stop is nearby. The Chrysler building on the other hand is situated perfectly and filled up quickly due to it's location. I personally like the Chrysler building over the Empire State.

@mkendallpk4321 2 жыл бұрын

@Ashura Exactly! Chrysler is beautiful and the Empire State is more utilitarian.

@t.grantfreeman6667 2 жыл бұрын

It’s like comparing the SS Normandie to the RMS Queen Mary. Both are Art Deco but one is a stunner while the other is an also ran.

@chrismercado3566 2 жыл бұрын

the B D F M N Q R and W Subway lines are on the same block as the Empire State Building

@fluffy-puffy-puppy 10 ай бұрын

Press F to show respect for the original Waldorf

@Unknown-hg1kn 2 жыл бұрын

imagine how much money one of those newspapers that was dropped off by blimp to the empire state building would be.

@tgrules565 2 жыл бұрын

Surprised you didn't mention John Jacob Astor was on the Titanic and died during the sinking. He even gets a mention in the film.

@benracer 2 жыл бұрын

12:50 early blimp strats

@robertosmitho2012 2 жыл бұрын

Is the freedom tower bigger?

@tiffprendergast 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@njlauren 3 ай бұрын

Freedom tower is like 300 ft taller ,1776 feet

@crosswired9 2 жыл бұрын

12:05 (ish) so this means this totally debunks the fifth element... How could all those cars legally fly

@Jojoxxr 2 жыл бұрын

What a pissing contest! 😂 & blimp docking? like seriously?🤣🤣 Buildings are beautiful tho, the Chrysler building looks magnificent 👍👍

@herosmerlose5784 2 жыл бұрын

Clearly my phone has been listening to me while I rewatch Fringe

@stuartlee6622 Жыл бұрын

Tell us about the secret 103rd floor!!!!

@rknine7998 9 ай бұрын

Was the handsome fella at 10:40 a Titanic survivor?

@maxpayne2574 2 жыл бұрын

IMO the Chrysler is the better style the lobby is beautiful.

@michaelpeters7044 2 жыл бұрын

The building was hit by a WW2 Bomber in 1945. I wonder if you can still see any sign of the damage from the plane. Like discoloration or burn marks or cracks or even repair seams????