The New York Times In 1936 Dr. Eckener passed over the Empire State Building at night on his way to Lakehurst. In command of the new dirigible Hindenburg, he resisted Nazi efforts to take over the ...

"Imagine the Hindenburg tied to the top of the Empire State Building and exploding." Other facts-at-your-fingertips: The Empire State Building is so big it has its own ZIP code: 10118.

including the recently built Empire State Building, is chilling – and not just because disaster was hours away. Within two years of the Hindenburg explosion, Nazi Germany was at war with Britain ...

Even New York's Empire State Building had plans to allow dirigibles to dock with its spire (a plan scuttled by gusty winds). A sister ship of the Hindenburg, the Graf Zeppelin, set the record for ...

By noon May 6, the Hindenburg was over Boston. By 3:10 p.m., the Zeppelin was over Manhattan, where it circled the Empire State Building. Over Brooklyn, the Hindenburg cast its long shadow over a ...

The age of huge, ocean-crossing zeppelins came to an end in 1937, when the Hindenburg — the largest craft of its type ever built — erupted in flames while landing in New Jersey. Dozens died.

The newly renovated Empire State Building observatory will be open on Monday, July 20, the same day New York City enters Phase 4 of reopening. During the past four months, though the observation ...

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building has a roof height of 1,250 ...

"Imagine the Hindenburg tied to the top of the Empire State Building and exploding." Other facts-at-your-fingertips: The Empire State Building is so big it has its own ZIP code: 10118.