Hvornår var de første skyskrabere bygget i new york?
1889
Early skyscrapers
Til sammenligning var New York bagefter Chicago og havde kun fire bygninger på over 16 etager i 1893. En del af forsinkelsen skyldtes, at byens myndigheder var så langsomme til at tillade metalrammekonstruktionsteknikker; først i 1889 gav de efter og tillod Bradford Gilbert at opføre Tower Building, en 11 etagers skyskraber med jernramme. Dette tilskyndede til opførelse af flere skyskrabertårne i New York, selv om byen i nogle år forblev forsigtig med denne teknologi. Endelig skete der i 1895 et gennembrud med opførelsen af American Surety Building, en 20 etager høj stålbygning på 92 m (303 fod), som slog Chicagos højderekord. Fra da af tog New York grundigt skeletskeletkonstruktioner til sig. Især New Yorks avisfirmaer tog skyskraberen til sig og byggede flere langs Park Row, som undertiden kaldes "Newspaper Row", i 1880'erne og 1890'erne. Der blev også opført nogle få tidlige skyskrabere i Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis og Buffalo, herunder Wainwright- og Guaranty-bygningerne. Blandt de tidlige eksempler på vestkysten kan nævnes Old Chronicle Building og Call Building i San Francisco samt Luzon Building i Tacoma, Washington.
1889
Early skyscrapers
In comparison, New York trailed behind Chicago, having only four buildings over 16 stories tall by 1893. Part of the delay was caused by the slowness of the city authorities to authorize metal-frame construction techniques; it was not until 1889 that they relented and allowed Bradford Gilbert to construct the Tower Building, an 11-story iron-framed skyscraper. This encouraged the building of more skyscraper towers in New York, although the city remained cautious about the technology for some years. Finally, in 1895 a breakthrough was made with the construction of the American Surety Building, a twenty-story, 303-foot (92 m) high-steel development that broke Chicago's height record. From then on, New York thoroughly embraced skeleton frame construction. In particular, New York newspaper companies adopted the skyscraper, building several along Park Row, sometimes termed "Newspaper Row", in the 1880s and 1890s. A few early skyscrapers were also constructed in Baltimore, Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Buffalo, including the Wainwright and the Guaranty Buildings. Early examples on the West Coast include the Old Chronicle Building and the Call Building in San Francisco, as well as the Luzon Building in Tacoma, Washington.
Early skyscrapers