MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393730301
ISBN-139780393730302
eBay Product ID (ePID)318066
Product Key Features
Book TitleBuilding the Empire State
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
IllustratorYes
GenreArchitecture, History
AuthorCarol Willis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight35.2 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width8.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-019117
Reviews[P]ackaged in a handsome volume, annotated intelligently and accompanied by two excellent essays and original site photographs...[I]nstructive, interesting..., These notes combine the dry facts with sensitive observations....[A] welcome contribution to the history of high-rise building technology.
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal690/.52/097471
SynopsisConstructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement., Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier skyline builders of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement., The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement. Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent.
LC Classification NumberTH4311.B85 1998
