Skyscraper!

Dec 10, 1991 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

NOVA films engineers and construction workers who are building the Worldwide Plaza in New York City. Starting from a large hole in the ground, cameras capture the building's work-in-progress, which lead to the creation of a 47-story office building a... (more)nd 770-foot skyscraper. The episode ends with a quick look at other well-known skyscrapers and how engineers created them.

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