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Empire State Building '“ A landmark by: Chandra Bhushan This is a story of structure that remained tallest for 42 years. It is one of the best known structures of the world and has been admired by all of us. So much so that each of us knows its name. This building not only became an icon but a symbol of twentieth century man's attempts to achieve the impossible. But how did this gigantic icon get built? - Chandra Bhushan, Architect In 1920's America's economy was flourishing. Business leaders were funneling their profits right back into industry, investing in factories and new machinery eventually making huge stocks. The stock market was at boom. One of the leading companies, General Motors (GM) was making spectacular profits and John Jacob Raskob who was the President of GM, enjoyed the status as one of the America's leading capitalist. In '1928
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