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date: 19 February 2025

Skyscrapers and Tall Buildings 

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Urban History
Author(s):
Elihu RubinElihu Rubin

Tall office buildings were the most conspicuous expressions of American economic expansion after the American Civil War (1861–1865). The growth of industrial cities, the separation of administrative functions from the sites of industrial production, the growing volume and specialization of clerical work, the growth of financial and communications firms, and the consolidation of a dedicated business district in the rapid, if uneven, spatial sorting of the ... ...

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