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THE GREATEST OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST BUILDINGS. VIEWS OF NEW YORK CITY FROM THE 86TH FLOOR CAN CREATE IN ONE A SURREAL AND DETACHED FEELING. A MOMENTOUS SENSE OF FULFILMENT IS DERIVED FROM ... more
It took 60,000 tons of steel, 10 million bricks, 2.5 million feet (750,000m) of electrical wire, 120 miles (193km) of pipe, and 7 million man-hours to build. King Kong climbed it in 1933. A plane slammed into it in 1945. The World Trade Center superseded it in 1970 as the island's tallest building. …
It may no longer be the world's tallest building (it currently ranks seventh), but it's certainly one of the best-known skyscrapers, its pencil-slim silhouette a symbol for New York City and, perhaps, the 20th century. The skyscraper craze of the 1920s generated a slew of buildings in Manhattan, …
It may no longer be the world's tallest building, but it's certainly one of the best-known skyscrapers, its pencil-slim silhouette a symbol for New York City and, perhaps, the 20th century. The skyscraper craze of the 1920s generated a slew of buildings in Manhattan, each outstretching the next …
It may no longer be the world's tallest building (it currently ranks seventh), but it's certainly one of the best-known skyscrapers, its pencil-slim silhouette a symbol for New York City and, perhaps, the 20th century. The skyscraper craze of the 1920s generated a slew of buildings in Manhattan, …
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