Sadly, Chicago did set height restrictions in the early 20th century that kept it from going tall. NYC picked it up with no height restrictions and the rest is history. NYC built the early supertalls. Chicago did not remove height restrictions till the 1950s for the most part.... it got its first supertall in 1969. Still the core downtown region remains a legacy of the history and evolution of the skyscraper and American architecture every direction one looks mixing old and new... Sadly some buildings got demolished in the past that never should have... Preservationist by the 1980s began fighting to save many from destruction and Chicago movie palaces... that many more would have been lost if not for their good works to save them. Many of these early skyscrapers mentioned here STILL STAND.... the first official one is gone... the second oldest fully with a steel skeleton still stands proud as a National Landmark. The "Rookery" building built 1986 just after the Home Insurance building ... is 12 stories of both a steel skeleton and load baring walls.... still stands proudly as a official NATIONAL LANDMARK since 1975 and others shown here also still stand. The Rookery's red granite exterior and Frank Lloyd Wright redone lobby in the very early 20th century is all fully restored.
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Sadly, Chicago did set height restrictions in the early 20th century that kept it from going tall. NYC picked it up with no height restrictions and the rest is history. NYC built the early supertalls. Chicago did not remove height restrictions till the 1950s for the most part.... it got its first supertall in 1969. Still the core downtown region remains a legacy of the history and evolution of the skyscraper and American architecture every direction one looks mixing old and new... Sadly some buildings got demolished in the past that never should have... Preservationist by the 1980s began fighting to save many from destruction and Chicago movie palaces... that many more would have been lost if not for their good works to save them.
Many of these early skyscrapers mentioned here STILL STAND.... the first official one is gone... the second oldest fully with a steel skeleton still stands proud as a National Landmark. The "Rookery" building built 1986 just after the Home Insurance building ... is 12 stories of both a steel skeleton and load baring walls.... still stands proudly as a official NATIONAL LANDMARK since 1975 and others shown here also still stand. The Rookery's red granite exterior and Frank Lloyd Wright redone lobby in the very early 20th century is all fully restored.
Thanks for your very interesting input David!
Chicago rules! New York drools.
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