Now that one is upsetting to me. I grew up in NYC and the Empire State Building has always stood out on the skyline of midtown Manhattan. When we travel north my son always looks for it when we are on the NJ Pike as we pass the city. I have some issues about that view getting blocked from him.
I really don't give a dman where someone wants to build a mosque or a church, but don't screw with the Empire State Building.
The irony is that it was the tallest building when I was my son's age and it's the tallest building at his age.
When we pass the City he always looks for that building and the Chrysler Building. That defines NY.
"For when the One Great Scorer comes
To write against your name,
He marks-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game."
-Grantland Rice