Empire State Building
Paid entryMidtown
Kong’s last stand and the office Buddy goes looking for his father in. Seven blocks north up Fifth Avenue.
- Time there
- 15 minutes outside, 1½ hours with the observatory
- Best time
- First entry in the morning, or late at night
- Cost
- Free outside; observatory tickets from about $44
- Good to know
- The Art Deco lobby on Fifth Avenue is the one Buddy walks into.
Filmed here
King Kong (1933)
Kong climbs to the top with Ann Darrow and fights off the biplanes. The film was made on Hollywood sets and models; the building is the setting.
Elf (2003)
Buddy walks in through the Fifth Avenue lobby to find Walter Hobbs’s office, and is walked back out by security.
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