Visit the Empire State Building From 21€! And more Whether a NY rookie or a travelled veteran you can’t consider your trip to The Big Apple complete have you not paid a visit to the world-famous Empire State Building. Since its completion in 1931, it has been the key piece of the NYC Skyline. This is it one of the tallest skyscrapers in the city, which is ranked number one on the list of America’s favourite architecture. So iconic this building appears to be, that filmmakers have featured it in more than 250 movies. Among them are The Amazing Spiderman, When Harry Met Sally, New York Stories, Independence Day, King Kong, and many other big hits. However famous and unique, the structure had its bad times too. Being completed in the days of Great Depression and located inconveniently to public transportation, the Empire State Building had difficulty finding tenants and was sarcastically reffered to as the "Empty State Building”. Luckily sold in 50s, it turned profitable again.