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[Unbuilt] Counterfactual

April 19, 2008 – 9:08 am

Wired.com has a feature on architecture that never was. It begins with an image of Frank Lloyd Wright’s mile-high skycraper, The Illinois, as it would look against Chicago’s 2005 skyline. Pointless, but cool

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[History] Glass Skyscraper for New York

April 11, 2008 – 7:45 am

I took the day on Monday, and PrairieMod had a nice catch — this page from the June 1930 edition of Modern Mechanics showing a proposed Frank Lloyd Wright skyscraper for New York City. The building was to be built of concrete and glass with no structural steel.

One of the unusual features of this building […]

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