The skyscraper is one of the most impressive tributes to the twentieth century. These buildings are a celebration of modern technology and innovation. On the other hand, skyscrapers have a pedestrian role—part of zoning and tax law, political...

Constructed in 1930-31, the Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for forty years, until the construction of New York's World Trade Center in 1971 and, despite being overtaken in terms of its height, both in the United...

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, New York at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building...

Nearly a year after a stuntman tried to parachute from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, there's a new round of legal fallout.Building officials filed a $12 million lawsuit against Jeb Corliss late Thursday, claiming he cost the landmark skyscraper money, damaged its...

Even if the city is installing 500 new cameras, the NYPD doesn't have the ability to constantly monitor the surveillance footage. So, how useful is it? It's all about deterrence--i.e., instilling a fear of Big Brother. (The New York Times) In the same vein,...

The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building...

The Empire State Building was a miracle of Depression-era America. Financed and built just after the stock-market crash of 1929, the skyscraper went up in just 18 months at a cost of $24.7 million, well under the projected budget of $43 million. The tallest building...