Table of Contents

Part I. Makers and Users: 1. The Beaux-Arts architect and the skyscraper Gail Fenske; 2. Law makes order Keith Revell; 3. The female 'souls of the skyscraper' Lisa M. Fine; Part II. In the Image of the Client: 4. Type and building type Lee Gray; 5. Chicago's fraternity temples Edward Wolner; 6. The corporate and the civic Roberta Moudry; 7. The Chicago Tribune Tower competition Katerine Solomonson; Part III. Urban Contexts: 8. The heights and depths of urbanism Max Page; 9. Built languages of class Sarah Watts; 10. The skyscraper ensemble in its urban context Carol Herselle Krinsky; Part IV. Popular Culture: 11. The shadow of the skyscraper Antonello Frongia; 12. The skyscraper, gender and mental life Merrill Schleier; 13. The sublime and the skyline David Nye.

Promotional Information

Focuses on the various histories that intersect around and within the skyscraper.

Reviews

The American Skyscraper creates a systematic review of the meaning, experience, and relation of the skyscraper to the city and its people.' Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians