Empire State Building In a separate transaction, the land underneath the building was sold to Prudential Insurance for $29 million. Helmsley, Wein, and Malkin quickly started a program of minor improvement projects, including the first-ever full-building facade refurbishment and window-washing in 1962, the installation of new flood lights on the 72nd floor in 1964, and replacement of the manually operated elevators with automatic units in 1966. The little-used western end of the second floor was used as a storage space until 1964, at which point it received escalators to the first floor as part of its conversion into a highly-sought retail area. In
First Time in New York sister Katie is coming to visit New York for the first time, and Ted suggests that he and Robin take her to the Empire State Building. When Katie arrives, Robin is surprised to see that she is with her boyfriend Kyle, who is in town visiting his cousin; Kyle is immature, obnoxious and calls both Robin and Lily attractive in front of Katie. Katie tells Robin she's planning on having sex with Kyle, which terrifies Robin. The gang takes Katie to the Empire State Building, which becomes the basis of several metaphors for sex throughout the episode, including several overt