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This 5 page paper focuses on controversies regarding building skyscrapers in New York in terms of aesthetics and safety. The Pan Am Building is discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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up to the sky. They are amazed by the numerous skyscrapers. The Empire State Building for some time was the tallest building in New York. Then, in the early
1970s, the world trade towers exceeded the height of the Empire State Building by 8 stories. Of course, today, the Empire State Building is the tallest building in the city
once again. In fact, after the terrorist attack that demolished the World Trade Center towers, there has been staunch criticism as while some would praise the completion of such large
skyscrapers, the fact that so many people died in the disaster, leads some to think that these large buildings are not safe. And it really did not take September 11th
to suggest that skyscrapers are dangerous. The film The Towering Inferno that came out in the 1970s in fact, reminded people that there is no way to create a
completely safe tower. The fireman in the film continued to reiterate that they tell the architects not to build the structures so large, but they do so anyway. Why were
these large buildings suddenly built anyway? Why did architecture change? In part, these large buildings were sorely needed in New York as population grew and the need for office space
expanded. The growth of the city almost demanded that the tiny strip of island grow somehow, and with land a scarcity, the only way to go was up. Another reason
is due to changes in trends in architecture. Mies arrived in Chicago, from France, and his ideas caught on with American architects (Andersen 77). They made his pragmatic
skyscraper a reality at a time after the war had ended (77) . It seems that, at the time, corporate America was in need of such a prototype as it
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