Main entry:

Korom, Joseph J.

Title & Author:

The American skyscraper, 1850-1940 : a celebration of height / Joseph J. Korom.

Publication:

Boston : Branden Books, 2008.

Description:

540 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- List of images -- introduction -- Ch. 1. Courageous beginnings, 1850-1874. Commerce princes and tall palaces ; Passenger elevators arrive -- Ch. 2. Continued experimentation, 1875-1889. Financial districts form : Wall Street reigns ; Iron and steel -- Ch. 3. The gilded age and the new aristocrats,1890-1899. Skyline : symbol of wealth, romance of height ; How the skyscraper worked -- Ch. 4. Steel pens and steel pins 1900-1919. Public embraces tall novelties ; Long hours and tough guys -- Ch. 5. Eclecticism and the roaring twenties 1920-1929. Last of the romantics? -- Ch. 6. The gift of art deco 1930-1940. The skyscraper matures -- Ch. 7. Skyscrapers and the small town. Tall ones in short places : sketches -- Notes -- Statistics -- Bibliography -- Index.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0828321884
9780828321884 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Skyscrapers United States History 19th century.
Skyscrapers United States History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Gratte-ciel États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Skyscrapers.
Hochhaus.
United States.
USA.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261011
Call No.: NA6232 .K67 2008
Status: Available