Editing Empire State Building (section)

==Height records==
[[File:New York Bldg. Height Comparison.svg|thumb|250px|Height comparison of several New York City buildings, with Empire State second from left]]

The longest world record held by the Empire State Building was for the tallest skyscraper (to structural height), which it held for 42&nbsp;years until it was surpassed by the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|North Tower]] of the World Trade Center in October 1970.<ref name="CBS News 2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-trade-center-tower-surpasses-empire-state/ |title=World Trade Center Tower Surpasses Empire State |date=April 30, 2012 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612163009/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-trade-center-tower-surpasses-empire-state// |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dunlap 2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/nyregion/1-world-trade-center-will-reclaim-the-sky-in-lower-manhattan.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/30/nyregion/1-world-trade-center-will-reclaim-the-sky-in-lower-manhattan.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited |title=1 World Trade Center Will Reclaim the Sky in Lower Manhattan |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=April 30, 2012 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=October 22, 2017}}{{cbignore }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Twin Towers |url=http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228040848/http://www.panynj.gov/wtcprogress/history-twin-towers.html |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2013 }}</ref> The Empire State Building was also the [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest human-made structure]] in the world before it was surpassed by the [[Griffin Television Tower Oklahoma]] (KWTV Mast) in 1954,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZixNAQAAIAAJ |title=The Guinness Book of Records |last1=McWhirter |first1=N. |last2=McWhirter |first2=R. |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |year=1994 |page=101 |isbn=9780851125121 |access-date=October 22, 2017 }}</ref> and the [[List of tallest freestanding structures|tallest freestanding structure in the world]] until the completion of the [[Ostankino Tower]] in 1967.<ref name="CBS News 2012"/> An early-1970s proposal to dismantle the spire and replace it with an additional 11 floors, which would have brought the building's height to 1,494&nbsp;feet (455&nbsp;m) and made it once again the world's tallest at the time, was considered but ultimately rejected.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1972/10/11/79431607.pdf |title=11 Floors May Be Added to the Empire State |last=Carmody |first=Deirdre |date=October 11, 1972 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 24, 2020 }}</ref>

With the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks, the Empire State Building again became the [[List of tallest buildings in New York City|tallest building in New York City]], and the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|second-tallest building in the Americas]], surpassed only by the [[Willis Tower]] in Chicago. The Empire State Building remained the tallest building in New York until the new [[One World Trade Center]] reached a greater height in April 2012.<ref name="CBS News 2012" /><ref name="Dunlap 2012" /><ref name="New York Daily News 2012">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/official-1-wtc-york-tallest-building-article-1.1069925 |title=It's Official: 1 WTC Is New York's New Tallest Building |date=April 30, 2012 |newspaper=New York Daily News |access-date=April 30, 2012 |postscript=none |archive-date=May 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502010034/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/official-1-wtc-york-tallest-building-article-1.1069925 |url-status=live}}; {{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/us/new-york-world-trade-center-topping/index.html |title=Final pieces hoisted atop One World Trade Center |publisher=CNN |date=May 3, 2013 |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503020752/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/02/us/new-york-world-trade-center-topping/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2022}}, it is the seventh-tallest building in New York City and the [[List of tallest buildings in the United States|tenth-tallest in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/country/united-states |title=100 Tallest Buildings in the United States |date=April 7, 2016 |website=The Skyscraper Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708033922/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/country/united-states |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=October 22, 2017 }}</ref> The Empire State Building is the [[List of tallest buildings in the world|49th-tallest in the world]] {{as of|2021|02|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings |title=100 Tallest Completed Buildings in the World |date=April 7, 2016 |website=The Skyscraper Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018184522/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=October 22, 2017 }}</ref> It is also the [[List of tallest freestanding structures in the world|eleventh-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas]] behind the tallest U.S. buildings and the [[CN Tower]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings?list=tallest-towers |title=100 Tallest Towers in the World |date=April 7, 2016 |website=The Skyscraper Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022003625/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/buildings?list=tallest-towers |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=October 22, 2017 }}</ref>