The prosperity of early 20th-century America resulted in a boom of skyscrapers that still tower over cities across the country today. Focusing on the character and craftsmanship on display at the top ...

This paper examines the early history of skyscrapers using New York City as its case study. Skyscrapers become possible because of the Industrial Revolution which provided the steel needed for its ...

Reporter Allison Keyes talks with journalist Neal Bascomb, author of Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City. The book chronicles America's fascination with tall buildings and what ...

AMES, Iowa -- In the years between Chicago's Great Fire of 1871 and the country's Great Depression, Chicago was the epicenter for development of the skyscraper. Iowa State University's Thomas Leslie ...