The Empire State Building seen from New Jersey, when it was first completed in the 1930s

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image showing The Empire State Building seen from New Jersey, when it was first completed in the 1930s

Mizuxe621 on November 27th, 2020 at 13:19 UTC »

Wow, there's nothing around it! In the middle of Manhattan, yet it looks like the middle of nowhere. Crazy how much the city has sprung up around it since.

BSB8728 on November 27th, 2020 at 13:37 UTC »

My dad was born in 1914 and grew up in New Jersey. He remembered watching it being built across the water.