New York is About to Bury the Empire State Building

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Manhattan's super-slender 262 Fifth Avenue is dividing Midtown. For more by The B1M subscribe now 👉 https://bit.ly/the-b1m Full story here - https://theb1m.com/video/why-new-yorkers-hate-their-new-skyscraper Additional footage and images courtesy of the Dronalist, BruceShaff, DBOX, ABC News and CrossingLights / CC BY-SA 4.0. Research sources: https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/midtowns-supertall-ultra-thin-262-fifth-will-have-only-26-apartments https://edc.nyc/housing-crisis-and-new-york-city#11 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1c9138dc24064b2e8142ff156345a719 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/business/economy/home-sales-mortgage-rates.html https://archive.is/lx3pb / https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/arts/design/empire-state-building-views.html 00:00 Intro 00:37 Iconic New York 01:10 The Empire State Building 03:12 262's Biggest Problem 05:44 Mutated Architecture 08:41 Zombie Urbanism 10:52 NYC Housing Crisis 12:12 Is New York losing its soul? For more by The B1M subscribe now - https://bit.ly/the-b1m We're raising awareness of construction's mental health crisis through our Get Construction Talking initiative. There’s a video series on our channel and you can find support or donate at - https://www.getconstructiontalking.org/ Follow Get Construction Talking Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/getconstructiontalking/ X - https://twitter.com/GetConstTalking LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-construction-talking/about/ Listen to The World's Best Construction Podcast by The B1M Apple - https://apple.co/3OssZsH Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3om1NkB Amazon Music - https://amzn.to/3znmBP4 View this video and more at - https://www.TheB1M.com/ Follow us on X - http://www.x.com/TheB1M/ Like us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheB1M/ Follow us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theb1m/ Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-b1m-ltd/ Follow us on Instagram - http://instagram.com/theb1m/ Follow us on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@theb1m The B1M Merch store - https://theb1m.creator-spring.com/ #construction #architecture #skyscraper We welcome you sharing our content to inspire others, but please be nice and play by our rules - http://www.theb1m.com/guidelines-for-sharing Our content may only be embedded onto third party websites by arrangement. We have established partnerships with domains to share our content and help it reach a wider audience. If you are interested in partnering with us please contact [email protected]. Ripping and/or editing this video is illegal and will result in legal action. © 2025 The B1M Limited