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Higher

Author: Neal Bascomb
Published: 2004-09-21
book: 360 pages
ISBN:0767912683
ISBN:9780767912686
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Subject: Architecture

A history of the competitive construction of The Chrysler Building, the Manhattan Company Building, and the Empire State Building describes the fierce rivalries ...

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American Ground

Author: William Langewiesche
Published: 2003-10-01
book: 240 pages
ISBN:0865476756
ISBN:9780865476752
Publisher: North Point Pr
Subject: Architecture

Traces the monumental efforts of the cleanup crew at the site of the World Trade Center collapse, discussing the physical details of the collapse and ...

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Line of Duty

Author: Terri Blackstock
Published: 2003-10-02
book: 400 pages
ISBN:0310250641
ISBN:9780310250647
Publisher: null
Subject: Fiction

When a bomb explodes in a building while lawyer Jill Clark Nichols is on the top floor, her firefighter husband, Dan, hurries in to save her, only to have more ...

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Unbuilding

Author: David Macaulay
Published: 1987-09-28
book: 80 pages
ISBN:0395454255
ISBN:9780395454251
Publisher: Graphia
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice ...

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Skyscrapers

Author: Matthew Wells
Published: 2005-06-13
book: 191 pages
ISBN:1856694038
ISBN:9781856694032
Publisher: null
Subject: Architecture

INTRODUCTION The Great Lighthouse, or Pharos, of Alexandria - the tallest structure in the ancient world - was huilt by Alexander the Great just outside the ...

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Manhattan skyscrapers

Author: Eric Peter Nash
Published: 2005-08-09
book: 197 pages
ISBN:1568985452
ISBN:9781568985459
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr
Subject: Architecture

This new edition of Manhattan Skyscrapers covers ten new buildings including the glittering new LVMH tower and represents seventy-five historical structures, ...

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Barney Backhoe and the Big City Dig

Author: Susan Knopf
Published: 2006-09-04
book: 24 pages
ISBN:0762426594
ISBN:9780762426591
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Subject: Juvenile Fiction

Barry Bulldozer hurries off to his big job, helping to build a skyscraper, but when he stops to do three good deeds along the way, he is late, and his friends ...

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The Chrysler Building

Author: David Stravitz
Published: 2002-10-15
book: 163 pages
ISBN:1568983549
ISBN:9781568983547
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr
Subject: Architecture

This book beautifully illustrates the history of one of the most important buildings in New York as it emerged from street level to spire.

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Skyscrapers

Author: Chris Oxlade
Published: 2005-12-05
book: 32 pages
ISBN:1403479046
ISBN:9781403479044
Publisher: Heinemann/Raintree
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Explores key types of skyscrapers throughout the world, discussing materials and construction technologies as well as the functions and locations of important ...

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Skyscrapers

Author: Judith Dupré
Published: 2000-12-08
book: 128 pages
ISBN:1579121535
ISBN:9781579121532
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Subject: Architecture

This unique volume includes facts-at-a-glance for each building, visual comparisons of heights, and quotes from a variety of architects and experts--all ...

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Skyscraper

Author: Faith Baldwin
Published: 2003-11-01
book: 269 pages
ISBN:1558614575
ISBN:9781558614574
Publisher: Feminist Press
Subject: Fiction

An exciting career in a skyscraper--daring intrigue--or marriage to a regular joe? What's a girl to do?

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Rise of the New York Skyscraper

Author: Sarah Bradford Landau
Published: 1999
book: 496 pages
ISBN:0300077394
ISBN:9780300077391
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Subject: Architecture

This authoritative book chronicles the history of New York's first skyscrapers, challenging conventional wisdom that it was in Chicago and not in New York that ...

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Building a Skyscraper

Author: JoAnn Early Macken
Published: 2008-03-20
book: 24 pages
ISBN:1429612339
ISBN:9781429612333
Publisher: Pebble Plus
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

"Simple text and photographs present the construction of a skyscraper, including information on the workers and equipment needed"--Provided by publisher.

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Construction technology for tall buildings

Author: M. Y. L. Chew
Published: 2001
book: 417 pages
ISBN:9810243383
ISBN:9789810243388
Publisher: World Scientific
Subject: Architecture

This new edition incorporates comprehensive revision and expansion to the previous edition with new topics and numberous new figures.

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Divided we stand

Author: Eric Darton
Published: 1999
book: 256 pages
ISBN:0465017274
ISBN:9780465017270
Publisher: null
Subject: Architecture

Presents an architectural biography of the World Trade Center and its impact on New York's financial services, real estate, and culture

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City in the sky

Author: James Glanz
Published: 2003-10-28
book: 428 pages
ISBN:0805074287
ISBN:9780805074284
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Subject: Architecture

A history of the World Trade Center discusses such topics as its builders' determination to build the towers in spite of challenging natural and political ...

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New York vertical

Author: Horst Hamann
Published: 2001
book: 168 pages
ISBN:3823803700
ISBN:9783823803706
Publisher: Te Neues Pub Group
Subject: Photography

In this first book truly to celebrate the city's vertical appeal, Horst Hamann offers a completely new perspective on the American metropolis.

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Skyscraper rivals

Author: Daniel Michael Abramson
Published: 2001-01-01
book: 207 pages
ISBN:1568982445
ISBN:9781568982441
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr
Subject: Architecture

Skyscraper Rivals is the first book to examine the architecture of Wall Street between the wars through an amazing array of contemporary and archival images and ...

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The World Trade Center

Author: Tamara L. Britton
Published: 2002-09
book: 40 pages
ISBN:1577658507
ISBN:9781577658504
Publisher: Checkerboard Library
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Describes the history, design, construction, and original controversial nature of the World Trade Center, as well as the terrorist attack that destroyed it on ...

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Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and the skyscraper

Author: Donald Hoffmann
Published: 1998-01-12
book: 92 pages
ISBN:0486402096
ISBN:9780486402093
Publisher: Dover Pubns
Subject: Architecture

This profusely illustrated work offers abundant insights into the early development of the skyscraper and the influence of two master builders who played key ...

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