I am not sure why I am fascinated with this building. I just am. My mom brought me to NYC as a teenager and took us to the top of the building. There were all sorts of stories how if you threw a penny off the top of it, it would put a 1 foot dent in the sidewalk. A couple of years later, my high school physics teacher would dispel that myth and although he did, it didn’t lessen my admiration for this building.
I think the biggest part of my fascination was that it was built-in 1930, long before computers and cranes. This was an achievement and many men risked their lives and lost their lives in order to build it. It is a gorgeous building and I love seeing it every time I go to NYC. I loved walking out onto the terrace and seeing it in the different light.
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