Society and Business

Adams, Thomas. “The Skyscrapers of New York.” The Town Planning Review. Vol. 12. Liverpool UP, 1926. 79-83. Print.

“American Radiator Building.” A View on Cities. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.

Gottmann, Jean. “Why the Skyscraper?” Geographical Review. 2nd ed. Vol. 56. American Geographical Society, 1966. 190-212. Print.

Koolhaas, Rem. “The Double Life of Utopia: The Skyscraper.” Delirious New York. 2nd ed. New York: Monacelli, 1994. 81-161. Print.

Moudry, Roberta. “The Shadow of the Skyscraper: Urban Photography and Metropolitan Irrationalism in the Stieglitz Circle.” The American Skyscraper: Cultural Histories. New York: Cambridge UP, 2005. Print.

“Plans Announced For Skyscraper.” Plattsburgh Press-Republican. 14 Dec. 1956: 13. Print.

“Skyscrapers Transform City Profiles.” Plattsburgh Press-Republican. 26 Feb. 1989: 20. Print.

 

Controversies and Corruption

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/19/us-govt-seizes-iranian-owned-skyscraper-in-new-york-city/

http://www.governing.com/columns/eco-engines/gov-skyscrapers-link-with-inequality.html

http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/November-2014/New-Yorks-Skyscraper-Boom-and-the-Failure-of-Trickle-Down-Urbanism/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/04/17/the_citicorp_tower_design_flaw_that_could_have_wiped_out_the_skyscraper.html

http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/987622.pdf?acceptTC=true&jpdConfirm=true

http://www.planetizen.com/node/48210

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/05/condo-towers-architecture-new-york-city

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigroup_Center
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/14037

http://www.damninteresting.com/a-potentially-disastrous-design-error/

http://pcparch.com/firm/bibliography/essays/skyscrapers

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673142/leed-lies-bank-of-americas-green-skyscraper-is-actually-an-energy-guzzler

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/central-park-central-dark-article-1.1557621

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Art_Society

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-gunther/the-demolition-controvers_b_4647603.html

http://www.newyork.com/articles/real-estate/the-10-most-controversial-nyc-developments-in-2013-33057/

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/30/336322608/new-york-skyscrapers-separate-poor-door-sparks-outrage
http://mises.org/library/skyscraper-curse-hits-new-york

https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/commercial-real-estate/Who-Owns-Americas-Tallest-Skyscrapers-39157

http://www.ubmfuturecities.com/author.asp?section_id=213&doc_id=525335

http://stuytownreport.blogspot.com/2013/08/signs-and-ads-atop-nycs-skyscrapers.html

http://www.planetizen.com/node/48210

http://bettercities.net/news-opinion/blogs/michael-mehaffy/14138/more-low-down-tall-buildings

 

NYC Skyline and Architecture

http://www.6sqft.com/flashback-see-the-new-york-skyline-change-over-150-years/

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/nineteenth-century-architecture.htm#skyscraper

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/skyscraper.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers

http://www.wnyc.org/story/call-local-architectural-talent/

 

Construction

http://www.rew-online.com/2011/06/01/1-wtc-rising-on-super-concrete/

http://www.ejse.org/Archives/Fulltext/200101/01/20010101.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforced_concrete

http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/skyscraper4.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/skyscraperhistory.html

http://www.onsite-sm.co.uk/blog/index.php/concrete-vs-steel-construction/