NEW YORK | The Empire State Building | 1,472' Pinnacle | 103 FLOORS | 1931

[CoolCzech]

I don't really mind the antenna at all: it's been there as long as I remember, giving the ESB its characteristic "hypodermic" shape. Besides, it gives the building added height. If it suddenly disappeared, most people would feel something was missing, as opposed to something being restored...

Remember, the mast was originally meant as a docking station for dirigibles (yes, the ESB is THAT old!), but on the first few tries the "dock" proved too instable, and just plain scary, to ever be used that way. So, in fact the antenna has become the mast's raison d'etre... If modern television broadcasting was around when it was first designed, it's a certainty there would have been some sort of antenna built in the first place.

What I REALLY want to see are the mast and antenna restored to like-new condition: that would be spectacular.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by CoolCzech

If it suddenly disappeared, most people would feel something was missing, as opposed to something being restored...

That's true also.

[NYguy]

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