<page_title> List of tallest buildings and structures </page_title> <section_title> History </section_title> <table> <cell> Empire State Building in New York, United States <col_header> Name and location </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1967 <col_header> Record from </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Soviet Union <col_header> Name and location </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Empire State Building was the tallest freestanding structure in the world until the completion of the Ostankino Tower in 1967.