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The skyscraper / Paul Goldberger.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA6230 .G59 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberger, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skyscrapers--United States.
- Skyscrapers.
- Physical Description:
- x, 180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1981.
- Contents:
- The skyscraper vs. the city
- Chicago beginnings
- New York as theater
- The towers come together
- The drive for height
- Rhythms of the thirties
- The triumph of modernism
- The battle won : abstraction and public space
- Beyond the box.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy bears inscription on upper flyleaf: "For Laurits Halverson Schless, budding architect and friend -- Mommy, 25 December 1981."
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Guy Schless.
- ISBN:
- 0394505956
- 9780394505954
- 0394749642
- 9780394749648
- 0394715861
- 9780394715865
- OCLC:
- 7653455
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