night_breed t1_isuibl8 wrote
Reply to comment by Flying_Dustbin in TIL the Empire State Building opened during the Depression, and took 20 years to become profitable. by licking-windows
"But that's not all!! You can even land a blimp!!!"
auyemra t1_isv1dth wrote
That large weird thing on the top of the Empire State Building, is exactly what it was built for. A big ass blimp.
they never did this again though, as blimps lost their use & the winds up that high were so bad they were never used again.
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