Word: skyscraperism
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What will happen to those Russian designers when the Communists discover that their "Moscow Skyscraper of the Future" [TIME, May 2], which so derisively does not copy the Empire State Building, emulates instead, of all edifices, Colonel McCormick's eminently capitalistic structure, the Chicago Tribune Tower?
Up on the Roof. Brother Albert outlived all the rest. He was present on the day in 1899 when the shop moved to the Linz Building-a seven-story Dallas "skyscraper" with a roof garden where visitors could relax and enjoy the view.* And he was on hand in 1940...
Murder of the Cathedral. Muscovites were likely to control their emotion. They could remember Moscow's first attempt to build a skyscraper, the Palace of Soviets, which was to be the world's biggest and grandest edifice. "The monument will be erected on a square [near] the Moskva...
Muscovites stood by disconsolately as their beloved cathedral with its huge golden cupola was razed to the ground. Workmen dug a gigantic pit, began to sink piles. Then suddenly they found that the ground was unsuitable, and suspended operations. That was some 15 years ago, and last week the gaping...
* American engineers learned long ago that a skyscraper must be constructed to sway slightly if it is not to crack under high wind pressure.