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Jul 04 2011

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Skyscrapers: New York vs. Other Top Cities

The Empire State Building. Photo Taken by: Michael Kenna. March-May 26, 2008

In present day United States, cities are recognized by their skyscrapers. Especially the main cities in each state including Dallas, Los Angeles, Piladelphia, New York, Boston, Miami and Chicago. Skyscrapers were and are still used to help represent each city. In 1913, one of New York’s earliest skyscrapers called the Woolworth Building, which stood at 792 feet was completed and helped define the new downtown along with other skyscrapers (Chudacoff 93). During the construction of the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building already stood tall over midtown New York. The Empire State building was completed in 1930 and until this day, 81 years later, it still stands tall overlooking all of New York City and New Jersey. “By 1929, the editors of The American City could count 377 buildings at least twenty stories tall” (Chudacoff 183). Chudacoff also adds that almost half of those skyscrapers stood in New York, while Syracuse, Memphis and Tulsa boasted with their own share of skyscrapers (183). Cities that competed with New York City included Cleveland and Chicago. The skyscrapers revolutionized the looks in the cities. In Cleveland, there stood the 52-story Terminal Tower; Chicago was represented by the 36-story Tribune Tower and New York had its 102-story Empire State Building (Chudacoff 183). Despite the occupation of vast territories of the city, skyscrapers helped define the true value of its respective city.  Until this day, skyscrapers continue to tower in cities worldwide and they help define the city they’re located in. New York is the city most popular for its skyscrapers; however, many cities in the United States have their own beautiful, towering skyscrapers.

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Jul 04 2011

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Skyscrapers NYC VS Miami

Fred Stein 1946 10x10 Photo of NYC Skyline at Night

When people think about skyscrapers, they think of major cities such as NYC. However in reality, many cities had built sky scrapers by the 1940’s. Although NYC has some of the finest and most popular skyscrapers in America, it was not the only city to have them. Although NYC built the first skyscrapers in Ameica, many cities such as Miami had also built a spectacular skyline. Many Americans tend to forget the beauty of Miami and other cities because they are overshadowed by the great New York skyline.

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Jul 01 2011

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Skyscrapers

CREDIT: Gottscho, Samuel H., photographer. "The Empire State Building. From south," 1934.

Courtesy of "Chicago and Its Makers" (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929).

Skyscrapers offered visual proof of progress in twentieth-centuries cities, skyscrapers. Corporate offices, along with banks, law offices, and advertising agencies that served them, now towered over downtown streets. Chicago’s 36-story Tribune Tower, and New York’s 102-story Empire State Building represented the reorientation of downtown space in the transition from industrial to corporate city. Chicago tribune tower construction started in 1923 and completed in 1925 is 462 feet tall.  When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world – standing at 1,250 feet tall. This building not only became an icon of New York City, it became a symbol of twentieth century man’s attempts to achieve the impossible.

Source: New York Documentary directed by Ric Burns

 

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