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Of all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late-nineteenth-century America, it quickly became emblematic of New York, Chicago, and other major cities. Previous studies of these structures have tended to foreground more avowedly modernist approaches, while those with styles reminiscent of the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe were initially disparaged as being antimodernist or were simply unacknowledged. Skyscraper Gothic brings together renowned scholars to address the medievalist skyscraper, from the flying buttresses to the dizzying spires, and from the Chicago Tribune Tower to the Woolworth Building in Manhattan.

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<i>Skyscraper Gothic </i>presents its subject broadly and effectively. Essays deal incisively with the principal Gothic skyscrapers of the 1910s and 1920s e.g., the Chicago Tribune, the Radiator, and Woolworth buildings and in each case present previously unpublished material. This collection is well written, thoroughly researched, and accompanied by attractive and useful illustrations.</p>--Michael J. Lewis, Williams College, author of <i>American Art and Architecture</i>

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Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and Professor and Chair of History of Art at Vanderbilt University, is the author of Memory and Modernity: Viollet- le-Duc at Vézelay. Lisa Reilly, Chair of Architectural History at the University of Virginia, is the author of An Architectural History of Peterborough Cathedral.

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