Rare Historical Pictures That You Can’t Miss An Empire State builder hanging on a crane above NYC, 1925: The Empire State Building took a year and 45 days to complete and more than 28 million dollars. Prev Next Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38