The iconic photograph “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” captures eleven construction workers eating lunch while sitting on a girder on the 69th floor of the RCA Building in New York City. The photograph... Read more »
New York City is home to some of the world’s tallest and most iconic skyscrapers. In recent years, there has been a surge in the construction of new skyscrapers in New York... Read more »
The “world’s littlest skyscraper” is a tongue-in-cheek title given to several buildings that are unusually tall and narrow. The most famous example is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was... Read more »
A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than 150 meters (492 feet). The term “skyscraper” is generally used for commercial buildings, but can... Read more »