The Empire State Building: Risen from the Ashes of the Great Depression
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- And remained the worlds tallest building for decades. Incredible.
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Someone’s not going to get let out into the alley today...
Alledgedly...
Maybe not a mega project in and of itself, but I am always amazed at how much of the USA's infrastructure (especially in state and national parks) that is still being used today was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (another Great Depression era topic). I think it would be interesting to see a video on all of the projects that they were able to build.
Yes and a few of the projects were finished by German POW's during the Forties.
Definitely should do one on the interstate system.
That's because they needed to put people to work in the 1930s. The buildings they built oversized and built to last. they did such a good job with construction there was really no need to replace them.
I'm not sure if an organization belongs in Megaprojects, though. It might be better for Today I Found Out instead.
I would like to see a video about the Union Pacific Big Boy locomotives, the series of biggest and most powerful steam trains ever build
I fucking second this!!!! Choo chooo Simon!
Yes! This definitely needs to be a video!
Love that they rebuilt the 4014!
Coming soon :)
@@megaprojects9649 yessssssss!!!
Megaproject topic idea - the interstate highway system
That would be so good
I read in Ginger Strand's book that it remains the largest infrastructure project in the history of humanity.
Autobahn would be better though
YES!!!! “Do it!”
Debunk all the myths such as "every 5 miles of interstate must have a strip straight and long enough to land aircraft" that we've been taught
01:25 - History
06:47 - Construction and the Great Depression
10:54 - A True Colossus
13:27 - Air Crash
14:41 - The Iconic Tower
Thank you for a wonderful video on one of the most iconic art-deco skyscrapers in the world. Although by today's standards it may appear old and antiquated, at the time it was the pinnacle of art-deco architecture. I find that some historians miss either the plane crash or the hectic speed at which the building was constructed, so I thank you for including the crucial points in the history of this great building. I completely agree that 40 Wall Street, the Chrysler Building, and the Empire State Building were just comparing their sizes.
You've got to do the Chrysler Building and Burj Khalifa to compare this to modern construction.
Chrysler building makes my heart thump.
Should also do one about the WTC and the new one thats taking forever for them to build. So that’s two videos about the same site.
I too came here to suggest the Chrysler Building
Size isn't everything. I think the Chrysler Building is a much nicer design. Also in an old vs new way, modern skyscrapers end up with much more usuable floor space & less taken up by service cores.
Add me to the list of people who wants to see a video on the Chrysler building. Big race between it and Empire State for which would be tallest. When I was in grade school in the 70’s I had to host game of “20 questions” for my class. Nobody guessed what I was referring to. I grew up one town outsider NYC! Great book “The Chrysler Building, Creating a New York Icon Day by Day”. The book consists of pictures whose negatives were about to be reduced for their silver content! Please do it Simon!!!
What about the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys AKA Flagler's Folly as an episode?
I thought it was the sunshine sky bridge.
Lord Raiden I know that is US 1. US 1 is also a normal road for most of it's journey up to Maine. I think that section down there is the most interesting part from an engineering perspective.
@@jamesfracasse8178 nah thats on 275 just south of St. Petersburg.
there's a great old episode of Modern Marvels about that
@@nerdacs US1 - Key West to Kent, Maine. Flagler's folly was the railroad that was whipped out in a hurricane in 1935. The only thing that remains is the single bridge. I spent 3 years in Key West and learned something.
I'd love a video about the original World Trade Center! Their construction was the first of its kind, I believe.
@The Lavian Not funny, dude.
Not funny, but sadly true. Also, is nobody else thinking about how this building didn’t burn down to the ground after a B-12 crashed into it? A B-12 bomber.. meh.. probably didn’t have enough fuel I guess 🤷♂️.. still..
@@sunilm The bomber was probably going slower. (military planes are big and bulky) Plus, the Empire State Building appears to be more structurally sound. The WTC was just a square-shaped mess of top-heavy concrete slabs piled up on top of each other.
Trainfan1055 they got narrower as they went up. It looked the same all the way up, but the weight at the bottom was orders of magnitude more than at the top.
No one ever built a skyscraper like the World trade center again. When construction started it was state-of-the-art when it was complete it was obsolete.
That "lunch atop a skyscraper" photo was Rockefeller Center, not the ESB.
Came here just to point that out
It's meant to be just a stock photo, to add images/visuals to the video, rather than be historically accurate. At least that's my thinking. It's a very famous photo, so you'd like to think the editor would know about this.
Two comments to say. In 1983, on the 50th anniversary of King Kong, they had an inflated King Kong on the building. It ran into problems and tore at the shoulder and started to deflate. I remember seeing it from my bedroom window back in the day. I still have newspaper clippings of it.
Also, if you ever visit NYC, I suggest to go to Rockefeller Center (Top of the Rock) instead of the Empire State Bldg since you get some really good photos of the building up there.
I went to the "Top of the Rock" when I was in NYC in 2018! 😄 Absolutely loved it - the view is so much better too!
I'd be interested to have a comparison Megaprojects between the Autobahn and the US Interstate system.
I've always been fascinated with Big Ben, when you picture London that comes to mind. I'd like to hear about its history as only you can tell it Simon.
Just the bell wouldn't be very interesting, but the whole of the palace of Westminster could be a good one.
@@SymbioteMullet I think Simon should do a video about the tower, as well as the Palace of Westminster, then on his Geographics channel, have an episode of London at the sametime. Brings a nice tie in.
@@SymbioteMullet Exactly what I was thinking. Funnier phrasing would have been "doing Big Ben".
Just to make you aware. Big Ben is the Bell and NOT the tower! The correct name is Elizabeth Tower, previously called the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster. Us Brits constantly have to correct people on this.
How about the millennium dome?
Yes, the Empire State Building: a building so iconic that even Doctor Who had to film a rare 2-parter episode there.
The reversal of the Chicago River and the S&S canal is an interesting 19 century megaproject.
Sydney Opera House, perhaps?
Or the Ord River hydroelectric project?
I was the surveyor's assistant for the Ord River Project. :-)
"Tragic loss of 5 lives"
Newspapers in 1931: "Giant success, record breaking speed, built 12 days ahead of schedule, and with the mere loss of 5 lives!!! The safest construction ever!"
Not much has changed from then to now then really has it.
Well Lucifer is torturing a great number of these braggarts right now for their heartless opinions. No eternal Paradise for the elite. Poor dirty buggars.
Thats the real reason they were able to build it so quickly. Safety was not something that was even remotely on their radar back then
@@JJ_5289 actually, the Empire State and Chrysler buildings were both remarkably safe peojects relative to the time. In fact, private construction projects of this nature were ahead of the curve in safety vs public works projects. It's dams and especially canals that were the source of high body counts.
It's important to remember that standards of safety, working conditions, income are all relative to their time and what surrounds and immediately precedes it.
@@Nuvendil I understand what youre saying but 5 deaths during construction is still a tragedy even if those numbers were good for the time.
1:30 - Chapter 1 - History
4:05 - Chapter 2 - The race for the sky
6:50 - Chapter 3 - Construction & the great depression
11:00 - Chapter 4 - A true colossus
12:10 - Chapter 5 - Opening
13:30 - Chapter 6 - Air crash
14:40 - Chapter 7 - The iconic tower
Hi, love this channel and keep up the great work. A interesting topic you may wish to cover would be the XB 70 Valkyrie which was the USA's mach 3 supersonic bomber. It was built to superceed the B52 and was almost as fast as the SR 71. It was also known for its ability to carry two thermonuclear bombs and the entire wingtip structure was adjustable to cope with speeds in excess of Mach 3. Unfortunatly only two were built and one crashed due to a mid-air collision.
Nice. I will check it out. Sounds like great material for a Megaprojects video :)
Yeah the museum that bought that plane said they spent a lot of 💰
The Mighty Mackinaw Bridge connecting Michigans lower and upper peninsula's. BTW...I love all your "stuff" on RUclips. It's definitely helped lesson the pain of pandemic isolation. So well done, please do keep up the great work.
I would like to see the Brooklyn bridge as a mega project video
EmperorJuliusCaesar if you some research and take into effect the era that it was built you’ll see why I requested it
I agree! Brooklyn Bridge please!
Humber bridge more like it
EmperorJuliusCaesar again, did you even use our common friend named google to take a look at the construction process, it’s quite impressive for the 1860’s - 1880’s
@EmperorJuliusCaesar the fact that construction techniques and technology have improved since then, that doesnt make the project itself any less mega, in it's own time.
How about doing the Statue of Liberty?
Could you rephrase that?
Dead Freight West I think he meant: „how about banging the statue of liberty?“
PHRASING!!!
Dead Freight West you must have issues
Dead Freight West Why? There is nothing wrong with doing a large female looking statue. Right?
I also heard the story that the Indians (Mohawks) that were chosen for the working on the building did not have a fear of heigtht. Very helpful if you see some of the pictures I guess ;).
They were hired for the Mackinac Bridge as well. Although I heard is was because of the way there were taught to walk as children. The were taught to walk one foot directly in front of the other. So walking on a skinny beam would not have been awkward for them.
Partly because, as a Canadian, I'm an anglophile, I'm a BIG fan of all your channels, Simon! I really like the fact that you never take yourself overly serious. Keep up the great work!
gotta admit working in this building is pretty amazing! Grandparents see it as a major accomplishment as to them, this is the symbol of "you made it"
"Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard the phrase *steamed hams* "
It's more of an Albany expression.
And you call them steamed, despite the fact that they are obviously grilled.
Good Lord! What is happening in there?!
@@agraham57 Aurora borealis
Yeah and I’m from bing um biming ugh binghampton oh forgot it!
Nice and early today!
I’m a building designer. This is my shit.
My dad made a 78rpm record with his voice and mailed it to his recently widowed mother back in Indiana. He was stationed on Long Island in the Navy and exploring the city with his buddy. He was atop the building.I have the original record 1956 record . It is now a family treasure to have dad's voice.
Really love the little injection of personality, Simon. You really feel like you're having a great time and it's like being told a story.
Thanks :)
The largest power station in the US, the Grand Coulee dam.
Kinda sad what we did to the native people but it's a really really big dam though.
Topic Idea: Houston Astrodome. The first indoor sports stadium.
i second this suggestion.
Even though Simon called it the Houston "Aerodrome" in this video?
@@rcknbob1 I wasn't sure if that's what he was referring to. lol
Wonderful episode. Wish you had shown pictures of the lobby, really drives home how classic and iconic the design is.
Mann! the beat on that air crash bit is just insane🤩🤩🤩
5:31 Imagine the tragedy if Hindenburg had moored at the Empire State Building instead of Lakehurst, NJ.
Just going to leave this here...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Empire_State_Building_B-25_crash
That would have been the 9/11 of the 1930's. I mean the Hindenburg was already a huge cultural event. If it happened at the Empire State Building ..... That would have made 70's rock album covers.
@@rayceeya8659 its in the video...
@Jayden Oh, the humanity!
@@AndrewTubbiolo Except 9/11 was intentional. :P
MegaProjects: Apollo missions..
The empire state building is gorgeous. It's the first structure your eye goes to when you look at the Manhattan skyline from New Jersey. Speaking of gorgeous buildings, may I suggest a video on the Chrysler building? I know, I'm an NYC fan boy.
I do enjoy your Megaprojects video. Do need to point out an error made in this video. The steel used to construct to Empire State Building did not come from US Steel in Pittsburgh, it came from Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, PA. Most of the iconic buildings and bridges in New York City were constructed with Steel from Bethlehem Steel. Bethlehem Steel was famous for its iconic 48 inch I-Beams, Uranium rod production, rail cars, and shipbuilding. For a future Megaprojects video, Bethlehem Steel Corporation would be an great video. At the companies height its was the largest steel company in the world. The company supplied much, if not a majority of the steel used by the allies in both World Wars, and was a leading steel producer to rebuild Europe and Japan after WWII. During WWII as many as 300,000 people work for Bethlehem Steel throughout its vast network of mines, steel plants, rail yards, and shipyards. Unfortunately starting in the 1970s the corporation refused to invest in modernizing their steel plants to compete with rising foreign competitors, leading to Bethlehem Steel officially closing in 2003. When people think of the US steel industry, they tend to forget about Bethlehem Steel and the vital role the company played in the 19th and 20th century.
Yes! This is one I asked for. Thanks Simon! You're my boy with the...er... Megaprojects.
I would like a Megaprojects on the theorical X-Seed 4000. The biggest structure ever fully envisioned, with the size just over 200 meters taller than Mt Fuji
This is definitely one of my favorite videos if not already my favorite I love the way you gave NYC such love and praise keep up the good work man!!
This is my new favorite channel, especially during a boring summer. Thanks for the great content!
I'd love to see the CIA's Project Azorian as a megaproject vid.
I like this idea. That is a insane story/project
@@PhillyPhanVinny ruclips.net/video/dVlpJJWzQK0/видео.html
Wish granted
The movie "Sky Captain" had a derrigable attaching to it.
The picture you show for where passengers might have boarded an airship from the Empire State building is is the outdoor deck of the 86th floor observatory. In reality the plan was for the 86th floor to be used as the waiting area. Passengers would then take an elevator up to the enclosed 102nd floor observatory, and finally a narrow stairway up to the 103rd floor, which was surrounded by a narrow balcony with a very low railing, atop which the gangplank would be attached.
Today, not many go up that stairway to the 103rd floor. The 103rd floor is filled with the transmission lines which go from the radio and TV transmitters on the 82nd through 85th floors. On the ceiling of 103, one can see the hardware which is supporting the huge antenna tower atop the building. This tower contains a bunch of separate TV antennas as well as the new FM master antenna, to which most of the FM radio transmitters are connected via the combiner room. The elements of the old FM master antenna, which was installed in 1965, are in two rings just above and just below the windows of the 102nd floor. This antenna system is now relegated to backup service to prevent people in the observation room from being exposed to RF radiation above modern limits.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3432068/Don-t-look-Secret-103rd-floor-balcony-Empire-State-Building-revealed-vertigo-inducing-photographs.html
My favorite so far on this channel. Thanks for your hard work 🔥💜
Video has 60 likes 10 minutes after upload...#BlazeCult
Those legends.
CN Tower please. It's in Canada.
This would be good to see
Where's Canada?
It’s always impressive when a giant engineering feat comes in under budget and doesn’t fall apart, even after having a plane smash into it
Great video. Love the channel(s), Simon. You're a legend.
Megaproject request: Hoover Dam
Yes yes yes yes!
I think it was already done
rus maxham Not gonna happen. He already did a Geographics video about it.
Oh hi there thx for the pointer. link for anyone else interested: ruclips.net/video/WdOOndVDbaY/видео.html
Mega project idea: the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Kremlin, or the Vatican City
He actually did a video on Baikonur on his Geographics channel.
Also the Vatican City, but I don’t think it’s fair that this channel should be held back by other channels Simon hosts. The channels are presented in different ways and looked at from different angles, so saying he shouldn’t do something because one of his other channels has done it is a bit limiting.
Excellent! Brought back fond memories of my childhood. Thanks
Winston-Salem native here! Awesome to hear the shout-out!
"90 years after its' coronation" May be why Queen Liz endures as from havoc of WWII she's been a steady presence through the turmoil of the following decades.
I think you're on to something. It seems like great things that arise during or shortly after awful times last long past when their peers are forgotten.
Megaprojects suggestion: The Millennium Dome!
The DOOM!
Hey Simon!! I am in Winston-Salem, NC where one of the inspirations for The Empire State Building came from!! I have learned a lot & Love your videos!
Thank you very much Simon. I look forward to your videos.
MegaProjects: Simon's Beard
8:33 "I'm a TERRIBLE boss"
Let's get Danny's opinion, once he's unchained from the boiler.
No, you'd just be giving free cocaine rations to keep 'em going!
It'll be cold in the basement, what with Simon using his space heater! Poor Danny.
@@davidhamilton2093 Damn, didn't even remember that. Alright, Simon! He needs to start a GoFundMe to buy a Yacht- er, to provide Danny with basic human essentials. About 100k should do it.
As always great video man!
Ayy Vsause finally got around to talking about the empire building. Sweet
Wait!
Did he say, "Houston aerodrome?"
As a Houstonian, I feel slightly offended.
Yes he did.
As a Houstonian, it was also quite confusing...Houston *does* have a building called the “Aerodrome” (formerly used by the AHL Houston Aeros as a practice site), but it’s nowhere close to the size of the Houston *Astrodome*.
As a former Houstonian I cried a bit.
inb4 he refers to the building as a Cosmodrome the next time it comes up
Was he refering to the _Astrodome?_
Is it too late to ask for the Newport News drydock as a video...?
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Its already in the works :). Coming soon!
I live near Boston and the Empire State Building is the best skyscraper in the World . I went up as a kid in the 50's and never forgot it
The UK's canal network could be interesting?.......
Or the French's
Alex Gilham I still think that the UK's waterway network would be better, at one point Birmingham had a larger network of waterways than Venice in Italy .........
@@shaunlenton8865 true but Venice is tiny, it comes down to density.
Eww no
0:59 Did he say it's been "nearly 70 years" since 1931? Wtf?
Jj He got the ‘When Harry Met Sally’ date wrong too. He said 1993. It was ‘89.
So many details left off... like the living in it... the customary chills in windy days... hope you make a second vid on it
Thank you very much for this video! It is awesome!
Woah super early. It’s that boy with the Blaze! Let’s see a channel crossover and get a script slap.
"pencil like shape"
Yeah right, that is what something that is big at the bottom and towers straight up reminds people of. :D
😄🎶 Oh, it is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide! 🙈🙉🙊
He was being classy - or pretending to be classy - the difference there is very hard to determine. In this case, he kept a mostly straight face, so he was being classy. We understand you can't think of anything else.... but do try, sometimes.
(That was my best take on a matron of the times. Resume normal behavior, it was only a bad joke.)
I love how business blaze is creeping into the your other channels. Keep up the good work
Ah I've been waiting for this one, thanks for covering it.
Could you do a video on the palm islands in Dubai?
Thanks. I leaned new info again after having visited several times and looked it up. Your researchers are great.
One day we'll need an episode on Simon's growing empire.
I recently discovered your channels. They are all amazing.
Just stayin busy aren’t you? lol love your videos man, without a doubt, your videos have inspired me to go back to school.
Nice. I needed something to listen to at work just now. Thank you guys!! Also!! MORE BRAIN FOOD SHOW!!
My Grandfather was on site when the plane hit the building. He was in the Merchant Navy and was waiting to ship out. He didn't like to talk about it much as he was one of the first on scene, but from what he would say it was bad. In a box, with his medals from the war, was a small piece of the plane. The only time he would talk about it is when that box would come out every few years.
I hope whenever I have kids they watch your channels and learn a multitude of knowledge. Thank you, Simon and crew!
I love your work!
Suggestions: The Sydney Opera House.
Interstate (Route) 66.
Buckingham Palace.
The first true muscle car, the Mustang.
The World Trade Center.
The first indoor sports stadium, the Houston Astrodome.
The Gemini space rockets.
The first passenger air jet.
Pamela Mays, my additions to this list: Brooklyn Bridge, Holland Tunnel, George Washington Bridge
hey simon ! please do a vid on ridged airships. maybe the graft zeppelin specifically.. that was such a fascinating time in history that is all but lost to people these days! thanks man love what you do!
Excellent video
Love the Fringe callback! I am rewatching it right now
New Zealand, Lake Manapouri Hydro Dam. Massive project for a little country in the 60's
awesome vid!
The lobby of the ESB is an amazing bit of Art Deco work too. The other crazy thing is that it's a working office building. As tourists, they restrict your access to elevators dedicated to the observation floors. With all the crazy architectural examples in NYC, it still feels like a "must see". The profiles of the ESB and the "Chrysler" building are the icons of the city as much as the Eiffel tower is for Paris.
Loved the vid.
I have an interesting suggestion here.
Tenochtitlan, the Aztec empire built on an island.
Thanks for mentioning the Aboriginal people from Kahnawake. Their skill and fearlessness working at heights is world famous. There were many of them working on the St.Lawrence River bridge near Quebec City
How about a video on the catacombs in Paris, or the building of islands by the chinese? Maybe even that vault in Antartica that holds all those seeds and stuff. Love all of your channels and topics. Your sense of humor really shines on Buisness Blaze! Keep up the great work boss
Back in 1991 I was fortunate enough to visit the Twin Towers, and although we couldn't get up to the roof, Empire State was definitely lower.
A decade later I went to the top of the Eiffel, and the next day Tour Montparnasse, and we felt the rushing oh the air... Maybe one day I'll visit the Empire State Building.
The building at 16:01 centre left is not the Empire State Building! Excellently written and presented history of a building my dad remembered being built.
Great Video Man, maybe some point in the future doing a video on the new starship project by Space-X will be pretty cool as well. :)
Love your work :)
Idea suggestion, Tokyo flood works. They made a massive underground river
Wow looking good, Simon!
In the 1930's the Empire State Building was often referred to as the Empty State Building. Allegedly they paid a janitor extra money to go around switching all the lights on after dark so it would look like the building was more fully occupied than it actually was.
Built in just over a year. No computers, no calculators, no CAD/CAM, no construction cranes, no cell phones. But with brains and big balls.
In the same era, the Golden Gate Bridge and Hoover Dam. See above list.
These projects were in my parent's coming of age era. As a third generation published photographer, I also think of this time as the Golden Age of B&W photography.
👍 Well done documentary of a magnificent building. Please consider doing documentaries on these : Mt Rushmore, Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam and Panama Canal.
I've been to the 86th floor observation deck at night and it's just an amazing sight. New York City ablaze like a million stars, with the now-gone Twin Towers providing the exclamation points to one of the greatest views in the world.
I dont think anyone doing a tourist visit to New York could avoid visiting this amazing building. And if you would like a suggestion, how about the Sydney Opera House? It may be not be the biggest or grandest building in the world, but it has a fascinating history. As someone born and raised in Sydney, I watched it grow from its earliest days to the lovely lady by the harbour that she is today.
To be honest, that's my favourite Skyscraper. Has much more character than anything coming after it.