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In this context, we're talking about buildings of 10 stories or more. Such 100+ year old skyscrapers can be found in Chicago and New York. But the first skyscr
by wcoenen 5y ago
In this context, we're talking about buildings of 10 stories or more.
Such 100+ year old skyscrapers can be found in Chicago and New York. But the first skyscraper in Europe (the "Boerentoren") wasn't completed until 1931.
- Someone 5y agoHad to google that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boerentoren: “At the time of construction it was the second tallest building in Europe by roof height (after Telefónica Building).” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefónica_Building: “The Telefónica Building, in Spanish Edificio Telefónica, is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of_the_skyscraper:_1880–1899 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_skyscrapers#Emergence_of...: “The first skyscraper in Europe, Witte Huis, was built in Rotterdam in 1898” ⇒ Wikipedia doesn’t think it’s the first skyscraper in Europe. That last building (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis) is a whopping (not, nowadays) 43 meters high, but does have a steel frame, and that (alongside height) is one of the main criteria to define “skyscraper”. They all look nice, but the Boerentoren has the most skyscrapery look to me.