Main entry:

Bascomb, Neal.

Title & Author:

Higher : a historic race to the sky and the making of a city / Neal Bascomb.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Doubleday, ©2003.

Description:

342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index.
A hunch, then a demand -- The architect-artist -- A proud and soaring thing -- The organization man -- Make the land pay -- An American invention -- The poet in overalls -- To scrape the sky -- Equivalent to war -- A three-way race -- Oxygen to the fire -- Call it a "Vertex" -- A monument to the future -- The prize of the race -- The butterfly and its cocoon -- Crash -- Pharaoh against Pharaoh -- Aladdin's Genii and paper fights -- The chase into the sky -- Excelsior -- Spirit--not steel and stone.

Summary:

A history of the competitive constructions of the Chrysler Building, the Manhattan Company Building, and the Empire State Building describes the fierce rivalries of their architects and the individuals who supported or thwarted their efforts.

Resources:
Sample text
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0385506600
9780385506601

Subject:

Skyscrapers New York (State) New York History 20th century.
Gratte-ciel New York (État) New York Histoire 20e siècle.
Buildings.
Skyscrapers.
Skyscrapers New York (State) New York.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Constructions.
New York (State) New York.
New York (State) New York Manhattan.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229383
Call No.: NA44.V217.23 B3 2003
Status: Available