In the mid-1880s, Chicago pulled off something nobody else had tried before by building a tall, metal-framed office tower called the Home Insurance Building. We’d call that a skyscraper today. It didn ...

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(NEXSTAR) – Can you imagine a time before skyscrapers towered over the world’s great cities, shading the streets and sidewalks below? That was the reality until America entered a new architectural era ...

If it seems like buildings in Miami are getting taller, that’s because they are. The Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami, a skyscraper designed to resemble a stack of offset blocks, will tower ...

Map of the Borough Hall Skyscraper Historic District (courtesy of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission) (click to enlarge) On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a new ...