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It may have drew influence from Atlanta's but I wouldn't say it was modeled after Atlanta's, I wouldn't say there's zero influence but I just don't see "oooh we want one too" and just straight copied it.
It is possible...the 1929 Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem served as the prototype for the 1931 Empire State Building. So it happens.
Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | AllBusiness.com (http://www.allbusiness.com/construction/construction-buildings/167637-1.html - broken link)
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The Empire State Building was designed by Gregory Johnson and his architectural firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, which produced the building drawings in just two weeks, using its earlier designs for the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
It is possible...the 1929 Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem served as the prototype for the 1931 Empire State Building. So it happens.
Reynolds Building, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | AllBusiness.com (http://www.allbusiness.com/construction/construction-buildings/167637-1.html - broken link)
Actually, i was talking about the first FULL steel skyscraper skeleton
The Home insurance building "was the first building to use structural steel in its frame, but the majority of its structure was composed of cast and wrought iron"
Does this mean you're admitting Atlanta is the poster-child of sprawl and poor urban design?
It means that while there is some sprawl,it however is not the sprawl of the past that the association was made with Atlanta.Every major city in the world has reinvented itself,why can't Atlanta?NYC was a city of gangs and lawlessness.What about today?Are we still gonna talk about the "Warrors" and how bad Times Square was in the 80'S.the fact that it went bankrupt TWICE in the past?
I know you are intelligent to know what I was saying.I'm case you obviously are having difficulty comprehending.I will elaborate.Its all about the lesser of two evils.Are YOU saying you would rather have urban decay with its crime,bad ,dangerous schools and pollution ,than have sprawl with its big-box retailers,1 acre lots with a McMansion and driving your Volvo station wagon 30 miles to your Downtown office at 191 Peachtree?No reply necessary.I think I know the answer.
It means that while there is some sprawl,it however is not the sprawl of the past that the association was made with Atlanta.Every major city in the world has reinvented itself,why can't Atlanta?NYC was a city of gangs and lawlessness.What about today?Are we still gonna talk about the "Warrors" and how bad Times Square was in the 80'S.the fact that it went bankrupt TWICE in the past?
I know you are intelligent to know what I was saying.I'm case you obviously are having difficulty comprehending.I will elaborate.Its all about the lesser of two evils.Are YOU saying you would rather have urban decay with its crime,bad ,dangerous schools and pollution ,than have sprawl with its big-box retailers,1 acre lots with a McMansion and driving your Volvo station wagon 30 miles to your Downtown office at 191 Peachtree?No reply necessary.I think I know the answer.
True. Atlanta was the "poster child of sprawl" in 1990. Some people just keep bringing that up because they don't have any newer negative references to draw on, so they resort to information that is 20 years old. It's kinda cute.
Some posts above were deleted for being off-topic. This thread is not a wholesale comparison of any characteristics of NYC and Atlanta besides these two Flatiron buildings. There are plenty of other threads you can use to post competitive comparisons of the entire cities.
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