The Empire State Building was completed in 1931 in midtown Manhattan. With its full height of 381 m (without the broadcast antenna) and its 102 floors, it was the tallest building in the world for decades, until the World Trade Center overtook it in 1972. But since the tragic destruction of WTC, the Empire State Building is again the tallest in New York City. The building was made world famous by the movie King Kong in 1933, in which the giant gorilla climbed to the top of the building, where he was ultimately killed by airplanes and fell down.