The traditional way to know what color the Empire State Building is to look at the building's website. But plain text can be lacking, which is where What Color is the Empire State Building comes in. Corey Johnson designed the site, using color and event information from the Empire State Building and overlaying it on an image of the building - there's even a widget. For the recent past and the for the upcoming......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: An armored robbery in Queens, a boat in distress east of the Steeplechase Pier in Brooklyn and a school bus accident in Staten Island. The bids are in for the West Side Yards, and the companies that submitted them are Extell Development Company, Brookfield Properties Developer LLC, The Related Companies, TS West Side Holding, LLC (A Joint Venture of Tishman Speyer and Morgan Stanley), and Hudson Center East LLC......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: stabbing in Harlem, large protest on the Brooklyn Bridge, and a bank robbery in Brooklyn Heights. The Empire State Building is now officially open until 2am-- and for $120 bucks, you can go right to the top without waiting on line. Con Ed has a fifteen trucks designed to detect stray voltage-- the equipment inside can detect problems up to 30 feet away on either side. Rudy Giuliani is......

Yesterday was the NY Road Runners Club's 30th Annual Empire State Building Run-up. And, yes, the runners were wearing shorts and T-shirts when they emerged on the skyscraper's roof. Thomas Dold (above, left) of Germany won the men's race in 10 minutes and 25 seconds while Suvy Walsham (above, right) of Singapore (and Australia, apparently) won the women's in 13 minutes 12 seconds. (American Cindy Moll-Harris finished second, at 13:24.) The Empire State Building's......

Oh, it's New York City's best friend, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, writing a NY Times op-ed piece to tell us "New York, You're Still No. 1." Well, that's the headline the Times copy crew designated for the article, which is Chertoff's way fo explaining why NYC got shafted in funding allocation for the Urban Areas Security Initiative. We outline his points:- NY still gets the most funding; in fact, its $124 million......

- A Brooklyn girl was killed by a bus this afternoon; right now, it seems another student may have released the emergency brake - Senator McCain thinks New School students need a lesson in courtesy - The Empire State Building will be open until 2AM this summer (and then you can head to the 24-hour Apple Store on Fifth Avenue) - Former NJ Governor McGreevey's tell-all book is pretty explicit about what the Garden......

To be filed in the "totally crazy, harmless stuff that happens on tall buildings": "Renowned daredevil" Jeb Ray Corliss tried to jump off the 86th floor observation deck at the Empire State Building. The only thing is that somebody called in a tip to the police saying this would happen, so security was on the watch and ultimately able to stop him. Of course, Corliss managed to jump over the safety fence and was......

The Empire State Building in the Clouds by Dustin3000 via Contribute On topic, check out the Times special City section on the 75th anniversary of the ESB.........

Graduate students at Columbia Unversity's School of Journalism have put together the fifth issue of NYC 24, which documents 24 hours in the life of New York. It's a rich look at what a couple different people did on April 18, 2004 - whether it's going to a club, checking out a street fair, or marking Holocaust Remembrance Day (be sure to check out the audio, video, and slideshows that accompany stories). A project to......

The Empire State Building was opened to the public on this day in 1931. The view from the ESB, in the heart of Manhattan, is truly magnificient; tien and neil have some great photographs of the view from the Empire State Buliding. The official Empire State Building website. You can check the lighting schedule here. And even though it's a goofy movie, Sleepless in Seattle does incorporate the Empire State Building nicely.......

Two Austrians won the Empire State Building Run Up held yesterday: Rudolf Reitberger finished in 10 minutes, 37 seconds to place first in the men's division and Andrea Mayr set the women's record in 12:08. The Empire State Building has 1,576 steps in its 86 floors. With 117 people competing, it was 92 year old Italian lounge pianist, Chico Scimone, who stole Gothamist's heart: Scimone told Newsday, "Having a woman is also good training." And......