After running an unsuccessful presidential campaign for Alfred E. Smith in 1928, he and Smith became directors of the Empire ...

On August 29, 1929, Raskob, Smith, and a group of investors took aim at the biggest real estate investment New York had ever seen: The Empire State Building. Less than two months after this ...

Al Smith is the president of the owning company and is said to get $50,000 a year. Today, the first of May, ... *The complete facts about the Empire State Building, ...

But he did take the trouble to go up the new Empire State Building, the brainchild of presidential candidate Al Smith and his campaign manager, John J. Raskob. And what he saw broke his heart.

The Empire State Building is seen at different points lit up in honor of the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, who will play in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12th, 2023. Bryan Smith ...

On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber flew into the Empire State Building resulting in the deaths of 14 people, including 11 office workers and three crew members. Take a look back at the ...

The Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time and perhaps still the most famous in the world, opened on this day in history, May 1, 1931.

Robert Slayton talked about his book [Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith], published by Free Press. The book describes the political career of Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944 ...

After running an unsuccessful presidential campaign for Alfred E. Smith in 1928, he and Smith became directors of the Empire State Building Corporation—which was funded by Raskob and other ...