| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index. |
| Contents |
A hunch, then a demand -- Architect-artist -- A proud and soaring thing -- Organization man -- Make the land pay -- An American invention -- Poet in overalls -- To scrape the sky -- Equivalent to war -- A three-way race -- Oxygen to the fire -- Call it a "Vertex" -- A monument to the future -- Prize of the race -- Butterfly and its cocoon -- Crash -- Pharaoh against Pharaoh -- Aladdin's Genii and paper fights -- Chase into the sky -- Excelsior -- Spirit--not steel and stone. |
| Subject |
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Skyscrapers. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| ISBN |
0385506600 |
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