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The Empire State Building rises above the Midtown Manhattan skyline in New York City, surrounded by other high-rise buildings under a blue sky with scattered clouds. skyscrapers
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Gold Coast Woolworth Building The Chrysler Building in Manhattan, New York City, with its distinctive Art Deco spire and crown, stands among other skyscrapers with the cityscape and river in the background.
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Garden in front of Mao Zedong Memorial Hall where Mao's body rests in state at Tiananmen Square, one of the largest public squares in the world, Beijing, China. Near the Forbidden City. Mausoleum.
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Modified link of Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Skyscraper in Architecture and the Arts. Sep 11, 2026
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - The Skyscraper in Architecture and the Arts. Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat - The Skyscraper: Epitome of Human Aspirations (PDF). Nov 18, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Does the skyscraper still have a future? Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - CiteSeerX - The Fall of Skyscrapers (PDF). Apr 17, 2025
Media added. Jan 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Art in Context - How to Draw a Skyscraper - Step-by-Step Skyscraper Drawing. Oct 19, 2024
Add new Web site: CNN - A short history of tall buildings: The making of the modern skyscraper. Aug 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Digital History - The Skyscraper. Jan 08, 2024
Media added. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: 20th Century Architecture - Skyscraper. Oct 31, 2023
Links added. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Skyscraper. Sep 26, 2022
Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - The First Skyscraper. Mar 13, 2022
Corrected display issue. Jun 23, 2021
Add new Web site: History of Skyscrapers. Dec 20, 2020
Add new Web site: CBC Kids - 5 fun facts about skyscrapers. Oct 11, 2017
Media added. Jun 02, 2017
Media added. Sep 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Skyscraper Architecture. Mar 18, 2016
Image of proposed Calatrava skyscraper—a project now scuttled— removed. Apr 19, 2012
Table of the world's tallest buildings added. Jun 27, 2011
Updated for name change from Sears Tower to Willis Tower. Jul 17, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Skyscrapers Work. Dec 26, 2008
Media added. Aug 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Skyscrapers. Sep 15, 2006
Article revised and updated. Jun 15, 2006
Added new Web site: Denver Skyscrapers. May 17, 2006
Added new Web site: Denver Skyscrapers. May 17, 2006
Added new Web site: Dallas Skyscrapers. May 11, 2006
Article revised. Sep 28, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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