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Beauty or beast, the modern skyscraper is a major force with a strong magnetic field. It draws into its physical being all of the factors that propel and characterize modern civilization. The skyscraper is the point where art and the city meet.
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The search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on.... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.
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The skyscraper is Olympian or Orwellian, depending on how you look at it.
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The skyscraper and the twentieth century are synonymous; the tall building is the landmark of our age.... Shaper of cities and fortunes, it is the dream, past and present, acknowledged or unacknowledged, of almost every architect.
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Who's afraid of the big, bad buildings? Everyone, because there are so many things about gigantism that we just don't know. The gamble of triumph or tragedy at this scale — and ultimately it is a gamble — demands an extraordinary payoff. The trade center towers could be the start of a new skyscraper age or the biggest tombstones in the world.
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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Ada Louise Huxtable
Born:
March 14, 1921
Died:
January 7, 2013
(aged 91)
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