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Two people were arrested Wednesday after climbing to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna, unfurling a banner about "the power of love," and then descending.

On May 1, 2026, the Empire State Building marks 95 years since it officially opened on May 1, 1931, with the press of a button by President Herbert Hoover in Washington, D.C to turn on the lights. At the time that the building opened, it was the tall