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• 10 Tallest Buildings In The United States 2013

  In IDiscover / By admin / 25 October 2011 / 1 comment

  

  The United States is home to some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers; eleven American buildings have held the title of tallest building in the world, and every titleholder from 1890 to 1998 was in the United States. The 10-story Home Insurance Building, built in Chicago in 1885, is regarded as the world’s first skyscraper; the...

   

• 10 Tallest Buildings In New York 2013

  In IDiscover / By admin / 23 October 2011 / 0 comments

  

  There are over 975,000 buildings in New York City. The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the completion of the World Building in 1890; the structure rose 348 feet (106 m). Though not the city’s first high-rise, it was the first building to surpass the 284-foot (87 m) spire of Trinity Church. The World...