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The Elevator, the Iron Skeleton Frame, and the Early Skyscrapers: Part 2

  • Larson, Gerald R. (Architecture University of Cincinnati)
  • Published : 2020.03.01
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Abstract

In Part One, I documented the evolution of the use of the elevator and the iron frame to build ever-taller buildings that would eventually be called "skyscrapers," to offset the ever-increasing cost of Manhattan real estate. By the start of the Great Depression of the 1870s in 1873, New York architects had erected two ten-storied skyscrapers. In Part Two I document the major events, designers, and buildings in New York, Chicago, and other American cities that eventually culminated in the ability to erect 20 story skyscrapers by 1890.

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