![]() ![]() The closest thing to a “landing” came in September 1931, when a small dirigible tethered itself to the spire for a few minutes. Despite early enthusiasm for the project, the high winds near the building’s rooftop proved all but impossible for pilots to negotiate. Passengers would then exit via an open-air gangplank, check in at a customs office and make their way to the streets of Manhattan in a mere seven minutes. The harebrained scheme called for the airships to maneuver alongside the building and tether themselves to a winching apparatus. Convinced that transatlantic airship travel was the wave of the future, the building’s owners originally constructed the mast as a docking port for lighter-than-air dirigibles. (Credit: New York Daily News Archive / Contributor)īy far the most unusual aspect of the Empire State Building’s design concerned its 200-foot tower. ![]()
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