Empire State Building Stolen. The News swiped the 102-story Art Deco skyscraper by drawing up a batch of bogus documents, making a fake notary stamp and filing paperwork with the city to transfer the deed to the property. Previously
posted by Xurando on Dec 5, 2008 - 19 comments

The Guardian is running a neat little feature on Great Modern Buildings of the world, starting with this interactive guide thing on the Empire State building.
posted by nowonmai on Oct 6, 2007 - 4 comments

Anniversary of B-25 Crashing into the Empire State Building: 9:50 a.m., Saturday July 28, 1945.

Today is the anniversary of the crash of an airplane into the Empire State Building.

posted by Dunvegan on Jul 28, 2005 - 16 comments

NYC police scanner (RealAudio) reveals that officers are closing off a five-block area due to a bomb threat on the 44th floor of the Empire State Building. No officers are to report to that location.
posted by droob on Sep 12, 2001 - 21 comments