Having grown up within a shadow’s fall of the New York City Skyline, I have always admired the beauty of the Empire State Building. Despite being once the tallest building and man-made structure in the world, and still being the most famous of them all, the Empire State Building still holds a few secrets. My favorite is its airship mooring.

Postcard from Walker Evans Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC

According to Skyscraperpage.com, “The observation tower at the top of the Empire State Building was originally intended to be a dock for mooring airships. However, after several futile attempts at mooring a zeppelin in the strong winds present at 1250 feet, the idea was scrapped.”

Article from Modern Mechanics, August 1930

For more information about the Empire State Building’s Airship  Mooring and why it was never followed through, visit the official site.

Photo from The Sun

That’s mike the sea lion and he’s cooler than you. You see whereas you might want to become rich and have a hot wife or husband, a big house, a fast car and all the luxuries money can buy, that still doesn’t guarantee a good death. Mike, on the other hand, doesn’t know how to read, write or drive a car. A native Californian,the father of 12 (so far) was mature for his species at 19-years of age and lived at Nuremberg animal park in Germany with his three beautiful brides, Farah, Tiffy and Soda.

Well love was in the air and elder cocksman, Mike, managed to bone his three little girlfriends until his heart simply gave up. Well, good for you Mike, good for you.

Orsen Welles would be proud of Mike.

Original Story from The Sun

So I came across these pics of dead, decomposed seagulls exposing their healthy diet of plastic. It reminded me of the time that I flicked a cigarette butt at the beach and a bird swooped down and ate it. (Thanks to Guy below I found out that these photos were taken by Chris Jordan)