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2023-01-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

This Week Is Your Last Chance to Visit the Smithsonian Castle for the Next Five Years

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-26 05:57|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

Construction becan March 17, 1930. Ribbon cutting opening April 11, 1931.

Intended to be the world's first 100+ story building, construction of the Empire State Building began on March 17, 1930. Construction was completed in a record-breaking 1 year and 45 days. Beautiful inside and out, the Empire State Building is an architectural marvel beloved across the world.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-01-26 06:05|| 2023-01-26 06:05|| Front Page Top

#2 And to think a bomber hit the building in the 1940's.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-01-26 07:12|| 2023-01-26 07:12|| Front Page Top

#3 By Sarah Bahr: Jan. 13, 2021
The Smithsonian’s eye-popping $2 billion expansion plan was supposed to propel it into the 21st century. Complete with an ambitious expansion of its 19th-century... Castle, that would have added dining, retail and restrooms, and new National Mall entrances to the National Museum of African Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery... The first phase, including repairs to the e Hirshhorn Museum, was already underway. But on Wednesday, the organization said its master plan would no longer include any of those elements, and [would] focus on restorations to the interior and exterior of the Castle, and interior and underground improvements to the Arts and Industries Building, which has been largely closed since 2004 for renovations.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-01-26 08:18|| 2023-01-26 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 How long before the Wokusts declare it racist and has to be destroyed?

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-01-26 13:05|| 2023-01-26 13:05|| Front Page Top

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