Indeed... (Sort of)

The skyscraper races are properly funny to read about...

A quick passage from wiki gives a flavour :

The 1,050-foot Empire State Building would only be 4 feet (1.2 m) taller than the Chrysler Building,[63][67][68] and Raskob was afraid that Chrysler might try to "pull a trick like hiding a rod in the spire and then sticking it up at the last minute."[58][69][67] The plans were revised one last time in December 1929, to include a 16-story, 200-foot (61 m) metal "crown" and an additional 222-foot (68 m) mooring mast intended for dirigibles. The roof height was now 1,250 feet (380 m), making it the tallest building in the world by far, even without the antenna.[70][58][71] The addition of the dirigible station meant that another floor, the now-enclosed 86th floor, would have to be built below the crown;[71] however, unlike the Chrysler's spire, the Empire State's mast would serve a practical purpose.

Posted By: Cardiff Canary, Jul 17, 06:59:57