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There’s an 85-foot hole in Indiana because New York needed the Empire State Building

Some of America's most recognizable landmarks share a surprising connection. The Empire State Building, Pentagon, Rockefeller Center, Flatiron Building, Tribune Tower and numerous other monumental ...

It Went From Sailors’ Quarters to Notoriety. They Aim to Make It a ‘Refuge.’

A 1930s Manhattan building designed by the same architects behind the Empire State Building is getting a renovation that incorporates its pasts as landing spot and then prison.