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Although fundamental factors of program, technology, and economics make?tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, skyscrapers in New York and?Chicago developed very differently in the first half of the twentieth?century. In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the... read more

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Fundamental factors of function and economics make tall buildings everywhere take similar forms, yet skyscrapers in New York and Chicago developed very differently in the first half of this century.

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  1. Carol Willis (Author)

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  1. architecture
  2. art
  3. art history
  4. chicago
  5. new york
  6. non-fiction 
 

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