Live Breaking News & Updates on He Evolution Of The Skyscraper

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Published 23rd April 2021
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN
When New York s Equitable Life Building opened in 1870, the businessman behind the project, Henry Baldwin Hyde, was berated for having delusions of grandeur. Costing more than $4 million (around $81 million in today s money), his insurance company s headquarters soared a then-astonishing seven stories above the streets of Manhattan.
One hundred forty years later, when the 163-floor Burj Khalifa topped out half a mile into Dubai s sky, it too was seen by some as extravagant. Both buildings serve as a reminder that it is not only economics and technology that have driven the history of skyscrapers, but symbolism and ego, too. ....

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