The Skyscraper: A Study in the economic height of modern office buildings
New York, New York: American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Purple leather- textured cloth boards, burgundy buckram portfolio case, 164 pp., bw glued-in frontispiece by J.L. Kingston, 7 charts, 3 drawings, 14 tables. Reading copy only, (ex-library with numerous labels, stamps and markings; quarter bound reinforcing of spine torn at rear hinge about half-way, cover has several stains and marks, pages intact but fragile, numerous pencil markings, mostly in margins. Item #129539
Chapters include: Introduction: a record of ill-informed controversy; The Economic Argument: The Private Owner's Viewpoint -- demonstration of true economic height; The Economic Argument: The Public Viewpoint -- efficiency of the skyscraper as an economic device; The Public Health Argument: light, air and noise; The Public Safety Argument: danger to life and limb from fire, earthquake and tornado; The Traffic Congestion Argument.
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