1969 Press Photo Soviet cosmonaut Feoktistov atop Empire State Building

Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov is shown atop New York City's Empire State Building--the world's tallest office building--Monday afternoon. He said the building struck him as a logical expression of New York's problems. "The city is such a small area, you have no place to go but up," he said.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.5 x 8 inches.