Session 1A: First Skyscrapers, Part I
31 October 2019
9:10 AM – 11:00 AM
The first two sessions of the Symposium seek to separate popular myth from settled scholarship in the debate over “the first skyscraper.” Each presentation provides a formative thesis about the type of criteria that should be set when determining which buildings are to be considered as “firsts.” Some venture further, proposing a candidate for the “first skyscraper” title based on the criteria set forth. The merits of all were considered in the final panel.