Empire State Building Spire 😮 (explained)

[juslewissr]

I've never met anyone who thought the spire was added later and wasn't part of the original construction.

[alderlopezcastro]

If it wasn't there king Kong wouldn't hold on to it when he's at the top

[VioletsRblue]

They didn't notice the intense wind while they were building it? 🤦🏾‍♀️

[ForeverChanged]

What a beautiful art deco building. Love the history.

[jonathonredacted]

Dude a steampunk 1910s-20s new york would be so cool

[DerpyMemeLord]

I thought it was prob to attract lightning, so it wouldn't hit other buildings


Edit: Not to be cringe or smth but thanks guys for the likes 👌

[sawahtb]

Can you imagine having to depart from a hooked up giant balloon that high up over NYC?

[LittleParade_]

Yesss, a sharp pointy needle like spire to dock balloons at, perfect

[nasib]

this is my fav video from zach, because I liked the building but was confused about the spire.

[StevyJoe]

You can't lie to me. I saw the Dr. Who episode on this. That spire was used to make an army of human Dalek hybrids with a bunch of space Chicago typewriters during the great depression!

[joshuauriarte]

The spire was also used for radio. They put antennas on top for the radios at the time, this also was turned into a tower for tvs.

[victorlee]

This is an urban legend. They did do a single blimp dock but it wasn't the main reason for the spire.

[Lex-nxkd]

They quickly learned both the docking station contractor and the zep airline had tighter ties to Adolf boy than the spire itself to the Empire State.

[icoyote]

Man the 30's were crazy, or whenever this was thought of and attempted

[vesh]

That is incredibly surprising, great video Zack :)

[jannishansoonn]

It would be so cool if these ships would’ve been continued. It’s so steampunky cool

[robertphillips]

Later it was used as a Television Transmission Antenna.

[slost]

I love New York movies back in the 70s & 80s because of the seductive idea of living on the top level of some of its skyscrapers
Long lives Gotham 🦇

[reyleno]

You gotta love the Art Deco style. Where else can you find Art Deco skyscrapers? One extremely foggy day in July 1945 the pilot of a B-25 was given permission to not fly to LaGuardia. He just barely missed the Chrysler Building, but there was something dark in the fog ahead which he wasn’t able to avoid!

[thunderstruck]

I like that scene in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow