What's the most interesting fact/new thing you've discovered over the 18 years?

The Empire State Building was built in some really fast way that even today is impossible to replicate. How did they do that?

There's a few ways to answer this. There were rivalries between all the sky-scrapers being built during the period and whoever had the tallest building was going to win. There was a small rivalry between John J. Raskob and Walter Chrysler.

The Chrysler Building secretly added their spire as a last ditch attempt to beat out the Bank of Manhattan building that was being built simultaneously.

Beyond that, everyone had a rivalry going, but these days we love our neighbor the Chrysler Building.

Turkish Designer Peyman Umay designed our new unforms. The color referred to as Empire State Steel lines up with our reimagined observatory experience following our 165 million dollar renovation.

I am not afraid of heights and the building doesn't have a sway. We have a "give" of a quarter of an inch in winds over 110MPH. Other newer buildings do have a sway, but they were constructed in a much different fashion with a much narrower base. Our wedding cake design provides us with greater stability.

From one Siobhan to another, what's the worst/best way you've seen the name get messed up?

Yes

As the years go by, less and less, but it still happens.

Sleepless in Seattle, not so much but folks are always trying to act like Buddy the Elf in our Lobby.

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Well, our VIP tours give the public access to the basement which homes our steam plant, the refrigeration plant, and own bank vault and other building innerworkings. Generally, these are off-limits to the general public so these are a blast to show our guests.

Have you met any of the celebrities that visit the building??

There were only two tests in the building's history trying to moor the ship to the top floor, neither of which were successful.

When I first started in 2003, we still had the old drum light. I'm not partial to any particular scheme, but its hard to choose when there are 16 million different colors to choose from. I am still blown away by our music to light shows.

We always light for the AFC/NFC championships! Our special lightings originated with the World Series and we look forward to keeping this tradition alive.

For the record, we also lit for the Chiefs later that evening.

What is an observatory host and what do you do?

I am an NYC resident. I haven't been in the ESB since I was like, 10 years old. If I want to come just to go to the top and go down again, just for the sake of it, what is the best time to go to avoid the tourist crowd as much as I can?

No, but my dad is from County Cavan.

Jumping over ropes/stanchions that are set up. Can't blame them when the view is as good as it gets.

Are you afraid of heights?

My favorite day on the job was when we launched our private tour program. I got to give my first full VIP tour and showcase the history of the building. I had been at ESB for 12 years and was always something I wanted to do.

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Why do you think the Empire State Building is the world's most famous building?

Is true there is a rivalry with the Chrysler Building? If so, how serious is it?

Who designed the host uniforms? Is there a reason for the color choice? I do like the aesthetics but, for some, a little tailoring would go far.