Race for the Skies: Chicago vs. New York

The vertical urban landscapes we are familiar with today were in fact enabled by an engineering and construction rivalry between two of America’s largest cities, that stretches back almost 130 years. For more by The B1M subscribe now - http://ow.ly/GxW7y

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Images courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society, Rand McNally, Fred Palumbo, World Telegram & Sun, US Library of Congress, The Skyscraper Museum, Detroit Photographic Company, Fletcher, IIP Photo Archive, First United Methodist Church of Chicago, Chris Ruvolo, Sam Valadi, Samuel H. Gottscho, Dick Leonhardt and Andrew Home.

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