Today, the Freedom Tower ( left) under construction in New York's World Trade Center will be taller than the Empire State Building (above right).
The New York Post reports:
The owners of 1 World Trade Center — which will surpass the height of the Empire State Building today — are waging an all-out business war against its Midtown cousin, The Post has learned.
WTC operators want to steal business from the Empire State Building by promoting their observation decks and winning back broadcasters that beam their signals off of the Midtown skyscraper’s massive antenna.The Empire State Building stands at 1,454 feet with 102 stories. The Freedom Tower will stand at 1,776 feet with 104 stories when completed. The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world until 1972. It was completed in 1931. It was visited by King Kong in 1933 (below).
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/scrappy_scraper_an_empire_buster_Zt6wge8P65Gx0IaOMdb3hP#ixzz1tYM3qfED
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