Re: How to measure a skyscraper

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From: hchickpea
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:36

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Gordon <gonzo@alltomyself.com> wrote:

>Well the Empire State Building was hardly the first sky scraper
>built. 

The first skyscraper of modern times was in Chicago, IIRC.  The Home
Insurance Building?

There were many earlier towers, pyramids, and buildings as tall, but
skyscraper was a great marketing term.

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