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A 5 page paper which examines how skyscrapers relate to the people and the surrounding environment. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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still hold powerful symbolic meaning, no matter now common place they may appear. The following paper examines skyscrapers, how they relate to the people, what people envision in them, and
how they relate to their surrounding environment. Skyscrapers For the most part it was the United States who truly first became passionately obsessed with skyscrapers. While ancient buildings,
such as the pyramids, were skyscrapers of their time, the modern skyscraper is generally considered to be something that the United States began constructing. One of the reasons for this
was as a demonstration of economic power it seems. And, in most respects it can be argued that Manhattan was the place that birthed numerous skyscrapers.
In one particular book, "Skyscrapers" by Judith Dupre and Philip Johnson (1996), "By the time the innovative Reliance Building was constructed in 1894, skyscrapers had already
become a symbol of commerce. Their grand, embellished entrances announced that one had arrived, literally and figuratively, and established the skyscrapers primary importance" (Dupre; Johnson, 1996; 14). Skyscrapers obviously represented
an economic power in the nation as well as on the planet. The ability to construct such a thing relied on having enough funds, and by creating such an enormous
building it was a statement to the world that America was wealthy and powerful. One particular building is the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Tower. One individual had stated that, "Were the guardians of the Tower, And the light which it enveils; Its a symbol of our power- To its height no other scales.
For its grandeur and beauty Will teach to each his duty To be steadfast" (Dupre; Johnson, 1996; 18). In this one can see that such buildings, when they were new
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