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The World's Tallest Skyscrapers » ...Manhattan Life 1894, Met Life 1909 , Woolworth 1913, Chrysler 1930 . Empire State Building 1931, Petronas Tower 1998, Sears Tower 1974, Willis Tower 1974 , Petronas Towers 1998, Taipei 101 2004, Burj Dubai 2009, Kingdom Tower,. The Skyscraper Museum Visit the Skyscraper Museum Resources for Educators. Skyscraper.org

The Skyscraper Museum - NYC » Jul 25, 2016 ...Located in New York City, the world's first and foremost vertical metropolis, The Skyscraper Museum celebrates the City's rich architectural heritage and examines the historical forces and individuals that have shaped its successive skylines. Through exhibitions, programs and publications, the Museum... Skyscraper.org

The Skyscraper Center » Countries · Cities · Buildings · Companies · Create Lists/Graphics · Compare Data · Search · Submit Data · Chinese/中文 · The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Tall Buildings Click a region for tall building information. JavaScript chart by amCharts 3.11.1 JS map by amCharts. Quick Facts – Global. Tallest... Skyscrapercenter.com

Skyscrapers, Inc. Astronomical Society of Rhode Island » April 2017 : By Francine Jackson By now, all members of Skyscrapers, Inc., are aware that on Monday, August 21st, the U.S. will be home to its first total solar eclipse in decades. And, it will be all ours – the path of totality runs completely through the continental United States, from Oregon down through South Carolina . Also... Theskyscrapers.org

Skyscraper Museum (@SkyMuseum) | Twitter » 1086 tweets • 201 photos/videos • 6579 followers. "Downtown before 9/11 was a place both far away and still familiar. Explore it on a Curator's Tour of "Lower Manhattan in the 1990s." Tomorrow, December 20th, at 3PM. Curator's Tours are free with the price of admission. https://t.co/OBlSkWc43Z" Twitter.com

BUILDING BIG: Skyscraper Basics » The term "skyscraper" was coined in the 1880s, shortly after the first tall buildings were constructed in the United States -- but the history of tall buildings dates back hundreds of years. Since the Middle Ages, engineers have engaged in a battle for the sky. Pbs.org

Inside a Dead Skyscraper - A Music Video Game by Molleindustria + ... » A Music Video Game by Molleindustria + Jesse Stiles. Molleindustria.org

Would you live in a wooden skyscraper? | Science | AAAS » Sep 22, 2016 ...A Douglas fir tree is a marvel of natural engineering. The trunk, made mostly of slender dead cells each a few millimeters long, can reach heights of 100 meters. It's supple enough to sway in windstorms without snapping, yet strong enough to support its weight—up to 160 metric tons. Kilogram for kilogram... Sciencemag.org

TEN & TALLER » ...the great majority of buildings were blocky structures capped with cornices that emphasize the horizontal. Most people would call these buildings high-rises, not skyscrapers. The idea that a skyscraper is tall and slender and makes a silhouette against the sky is embedded in the term, which was in fact coined in the 1880s. Skyscraper.org

SkyscraperPage.com » Skyscraper enthusiast website featuring buildings database, discussion forum and skyscraper diagrams. Skyscraperpage.com