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The Empire State

The shot was taken from the Empire State Building in New York City

 

The Empire State Building derives its name from a nickname for New York state. While the precise origin of the nickname “Empire State” is unknown, one of its oldest documented sources is a letter written by George Washington in 1785 in which he expresses admiration for New York’s strength during the American Revolution and deems the state “the Seat of the Empire.”

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Uploaded on March 22, 2024
Taken on July 8, 2019