Malaysia’s towering twin skyscrapers, the Petronas Towers, are an iconic landmark of Kuala Lumpur and a symbol of the country’s economic development. Standing at 452 meters tall, the Petronas Towers were the... Read more »
“Lunchtime on a Skyscraper Sculpture” is a famous photograph taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932. It depicts eleven ironworkers eating lunch while sitting on a girder on the 69th floor of... Read more »
The iconic “Lunchtime Atop a Skyscraper” photograph captures eleven ironworkers eating lunch while sitting on a steel beam 840 feet above the ground during the construction of the RCA Building in Rockefeller... Read more »
The iconic “Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper” photograph captured construction workers eating lunch while sitting on a steel beam hundreds of feet above the ground during the construction of the RCA Building in... Read more »
Louisville, Kentucky, is home to a number of skyscrapers, the tallest of which is the 52-story PNC Tower. Other notable skyscrapers in Louisville include the Humana Building, the Kentucky Center for the... Read more »
On May 27, 2023, the 33-story former Louisiana State Office Building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was successfully imploded. The implosion was part of a larger demolition project to make way for a... Read more »
An abandoned skyscraper in Los Angeles is a building that was once used for commercial or residential purposes but has since been vacated and left unoccupied. These buildings can be found throughout... Read more »
A “little skyscraper” is a term used to describe a building that is relatively tall and narrow, typically with a height-to-width ratio of at least 5:1. These buildings are often constructed in... Read more »
A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building having multiple stories or floors. The term “first skyscraper” is applied to buildings that were the tallest structures when completed and led to the... Read more »
A Little Giant Ladder Systems’ Skyscraper is an extremely tall ladder that is designed to be used by professionals for a variety of tasks. These ladders are typically made of aluminum or... Read more »