Next time you stop in Paris or New York, when night falls remember to go all the way up the Eiffel Tower / the Empire State Building. When you look down, you'll know why I coerced you to do it. If you regret it, I'll return you the money. (If you are drunk and therefore feel giddy, I won't.)
Let's compare the two famous landmarks. Out of reverence to the American taxpayers, I'll put the Empire State first.
Name
The Empire State Building: Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. The Eiffel Tower: Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel.
Height
The Empire State Building: 381 m ( 1,250 feet) at the 102nd floor, and including the 62 m (203 ft) pinnacle, its full 
height reaches 443 m (1,453 ft ). It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from 1931 to 1972, and again since September 11, 2001.
The Eiffel Tower: Including the 24 m (79 ft) antenna, the structure is 325 m (1,063 ft) high, which is equivalent to about 81 levels in a conventional building. The tower is now the fifth-tallest structure in France and the tallest structure in Paris.
Time of creation
The Empire State Building: Excavation of the site 
began on January 22, 1930, and construction itself started symbolically on March 17, St.Patrick's Day. The ribbon was cut on May 1, 1931.
The Eiffel Tower: Eiffel originally planned to build the tower in Barcelona, for the Universal Exposition of 1888, but those responsible thought it was a strange and expensive construction, which did not fit into the design of the city. After the refusal, Eiffel submitted his draft to those responsible for the Universal Exhibition in Paris. The structure was built between 1887 and 1889. The tower was opened on May 6, 1889 and became the world's tallest tower.
Suicides
The Empire State Building: Over the years, more than thirty people have committed suicide from the top of the building. The first suicide occurred even before its completion, by a worker who had been laid off. The fence around the observatory terrace was put up in 1947 after five people 
tried to jump during a three-week span. In 1979, a woman jumped from the 86th floor, only to be blown back onto the 85th floor, and ended up with only a broken hip. The last suicide was by a lawyer who leapt from the 69th floor on Friday, April 13, 2007. [
The Eiffel Tower: According to the Société de la Tour Eiffel, there have been 369 suicide attempts and 349 successful suicides from the tower. The first suicide ocuured in 1898, when a man hanged himself from one of the beams. One suicider, a young woman, survived the 57 meter drop from the first floor, landing on the roof of a car. After recovering, the woman married the owner of the car.
