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April 27, 2015 Prachi Gupta

This Friday, the Empire State Building will be lit up in spectacular fashion: For the first time ever, it will be illuminated by projections of paintings by Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns and several other celebrated artists whose works reside in the Whitney Museum. The occasion, according to New York Times, is two-fold: to […]

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November 5, 2014 Prachi Gupta

You’d think that if the Empire State Building could speak, its voice would sound more like Hillary Clinton’s than Sarah Palin’s, but you’d be wrong. Because the Empire State Building is a Republican, apparently. The building shone with red, white, and blue in honor of Tuesday’s midterm elections, but after voters handed the Senate over […]

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March 19, 2014 Andy Cush

Allen Henson, the photographer who’s made a name for himself taking photos of topless women around New York City, was sued by the corporation that owns the Empire State Building earlier this year. This morning, he sent us and presumably several other journalists an update on his case: he’s countersuing for $5 million. Henson announced […]

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January 14, 2014 Andy Cush

Allen Henson, a photographer who’s made a name for himself in part by taking pictures of topless women around New York City, found out this week he’s being sued for $1.1 million by the company that owns the Empire State Building. Henson photographed model Shelby Carter atop the iconic building in August, an act the […]

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January 2, 2013 Irina Dvalidze

It was barely a month ago that we first got to see Empire State Building’s new LED light system in action. After an incredibly successful test drive, many New Yorker’s teeming around Manhattan got to ring in the New Year with a colorful new light show. In case you were too consumed Frenching a stranger […]

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