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Product Identifiers

PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.

ISBN-100393730301

ISBN-139780393730302

eBay Product ID (ePID)318066

Product Key Features

Book TitleBuilding the Empire State

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

TopicHistory / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)

IllustratorYes

GenreArchitecture, History

AuthorCarol Willis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight35.2 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-019117

Reviews[P]ackaged in a handsome volume, annotated intelligently and accompanied by two excellent essays and original site photographs...[I]nstructive, interesting..., These notes combine the dry facts with sensitive observations....[A] welcome contribution to the history of high-rise building technology.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal690/.52/097471

SynopsisConstructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement., Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier skyline builders of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement., The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement. Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent.

LC Classification NumberTH4311.B85 1998