Product Description: The Roaring 20s are in high gear, and so is skyscraper fever in New York City. People are fascinated by the plans to build the Empire State Building―the world’s tallest building yet. Will you: Be an eager young assistant at the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, the firm designing the Empire State Building? Join the project as a construction worker high atop the building as it rises above the city? Work as a water boy who carries water to the thirsty construction workers on the project? Experience situations taken from real life...read more

A beautifully illustrated celebration of New York City's architecture emphasizes the roles that buildings, bridges, and parks play in the city's social life, focusing on eighteen key landmarks and their impact on New York.