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Skyscrapers. From their first appearance in Chicago and NY in the 1870's to San Francisco in the 1990's skyscrapers exemplify the tension between single monumental buildings in the service of individuals and planned urban landscapes designed by agencies ostensibly serving the collective good.

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Title Lecture 20 - April 11, 1991
Creator Kostof, Spiro
Published 1991
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Full Collection Name Lectures from Architecture 170 class, University of California, Berkeley
Subject (Topic) Architecture -- Study and teaching.
Architecture -- History -- Study and teaching.
Cities and towns -- History -- Study and teaching.
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Note One semester of lectures in Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism (Architecture 170) class, taught by Spiro Kostof between January 31, 1991 and May 7, 1991 at the University of California, Berkeley.
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