Helen Keller Loved the Empire State Building
Helen Keller Loved the Empire State Building
"I see in the Empire State Building something else—passionate skill, arduous and fearless idealism." // Modern New Yorkers should reflect upon their own attitude about building today.
Most people’s knowledge of Helen Keller stops after learning of her disabilities. But she and her great teacher, Annie Sullivan, are jewels in the American story.
But I’ll keep this post short. It contains Helen Keller’s impressions of the Empire State Building, from its observation deck, shortly after completion. They were published in The New York Times in 1932.
Click the image to read the article in full. I’ll leave you with some of her words:
“Well, I see in the Empire State Building something else—passionate skill, arduous and fearless idealism. The tallest building is a victory of imagination. Instead of crouching close to earth like a beast, the spirit of man soars to higher regions, and from this new point of vantage he looks upon the impossible with fortified courage and dreams yet more magnificent enterprises.”
