On this day: The Empire State Building was dedicated
Thursday, 1st May 2014 by Ian Brown
On May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building was dedicated. The 103-storey skyscraper was the tallest building in the world - a record it held for almost 40 years. President Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a (symbolic) button all the way from Washington DC.
About the author
Ian Brown lives in Ottawa, Canada, and spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride on his orange bicycle.
Ya’ll need to learn to spell such words as “Herbert,” “story,” et al.
Dick – thanks for pointing out my error in the President’s name. I apologize for that and have corrected it.
As the site is UK-based we tend to use the English spelling of words like ‘storey’, ‘colour’ etc. rather than US versions. I hope that is understandable for you.
Sorry, didn’t know you’re UK-based. Thought you’re in Chicago – not sure how I mis-deduced that.
If I’d known you were UK I would have kept my lips buttoned!
Best wishes, cousins.