[Ads-l] Antedating of "Skyscraper"

[Shapiro, Fred]

skyscraper (OED, 6. [tall building sense], 1883)  1882 _N.Y. Sun_ 19 Dec. 1 (Newspapers.com)  Another Sky Scraper Down Town.  The edifice to be erected upon the site of the old Post Office by the Mutual Life Insurance Company will occupy nearly the entire site, and will be larger than the Mills building.  It is to be eleven stories high, and at one point it will reach 161 feet from the ground.


Fred Shapiro

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