Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-24 | Page 31 | New York's Skyscrapers

NEW YORKS SKYSCRAPERS New York World If I all al the te skyscrapers skyscraper in New York were piled pled one on atop of the other a building stories would rear it itself i Itself self sel toward high heaven Compared to such a structure the te Tower of ot Babel would look like a mushroom The Te building department finished counting the lofty buildings In the city of them have been erected since 1890 when wh n the Pulitzer building was wa the first of its Is class Including the Metropolitan Life build building buildIng ing which is 15 not finished the census of high buildings is as a follows One of 48 stories one of 41 two of 26 three of 25 two of 23 four of 29 zine lne of 20 two of ot 19 nine of 18 two of 17 nineteen of 16 nineteen of 15 eighteen of ot 14 1 thir thin thirteen thirteen teen of 13 of 12 1 of ot 11 1 of 10 The discovery of the structural possibilities bItes of or steel Is what did it Mod Modern cnn ern rn fireproofing methods protecting the tho steel with wih terra ter cotta cota and using the same material for floors foor elevator and partitions and Inclosing shafts and stairways made the Toy sky skyscrapers safe sate scrapers