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Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century By Benjamin Flowers. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.

by Ray Bert, Contributing Editor; Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE World Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 2010, Vol. 80, Issue 4, Pg. 107-107


Document Type: Book Review - Magazine

Subject Headings: Political factors | High-rise buildings | Colleges and universities | Buildings | New York City | New York | United States

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