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In the Driftway
November 12, 1930 issue

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The article focuses on the skyscrapers in the U.S. Nine new buildings now projected in the Wall Street district will add 300 floors and 2,600000 square feet of rentable space to the already overburdened tip of Manhattan Island. It is time that someone called out against this mountain foolishness. The folly of garden on arches is no greater than folly of a city on stilts. The desire for height, like the desire for size and newness is quite natural though adolescent. Paris has handled the problem more intelligently. Paris has made the necessary concession. It has granted one burst of height and surely, the Eiffel tower is high enough to suit anyone.

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SKYSCRAPERS; TALL buildings; TOUR Eiffel (Paris, France); ARCHITECTURE; UNITED States; PARIS (France); FRANCE
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