Smallest skyscraper ever ?

fountainkopf · #1 Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 9:34 PM**

I recall the term skyscraper was invented in USA when the first 6 storey high buildings came along.
What was the first skyscraper and where was it ?

JManc · #2 Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 10:11 PM**

LSyd · #3 Posted **Nov 24, 2011, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by JManc

yup; a swindle that had dimensions in inches, not in feet.

http://www.texasescapes.com/Texas_ar...alls-Texas.htm

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fountainkopf · #4 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 2:57 PM**

This may be the smallest but certainly the name scyscraper did not start with this building !

whiteford · #5 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 3:36 PM**

i can remember something like this in Calgary years ago. it was a floor or two taller but just as thin. it was part of another building just like this one.

LSyd · #6 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 4:14 PM**

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building

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MolsonExport · #7 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 5:19 PM**

not a skyscraper except maybe in the ratio of height to width, but the shallowest/narrowest building is in Vancouver (Sam Kee Building)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kee_Building

MolsonExport · #8 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 5:22 PM**

In nearby Gastown (Vancouver) is the Flatiron building

wikipedia, or a substitute for Vid.

M II A II R II K · #9 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 5:28 PM**

Probably a church building or a mosque.

Cirrus · #10 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 7:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSyd

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building
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This is the best answer.

Austinlee · #11 Posted **Nov 25, 2011, 7:32 PM**

..and i'm the worlds largest midget.

fountainkopf · #12 Posted **Nov 26, 2011, 9:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSyd

technically, the "first skyscraper" is the Home Insurance Building in Chicago because it had a steel support system instead of thick walls.

10 stories, 138 feet, 1884. two stories added 1890 to get to 180 feet. torn down for bigger building in 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Insurance_Building

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You are getting close..Home Insurance was considered the first true skyscraper, but the name was not invented for that building.

fountainkopf · #13 Posted **Nov 26, 2011, 10:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by MolsonExport

In nearby Gastown (Vancouver) is the Flatiron building

wikipedia, or a substitute for Vid.

There is an other flat iron building in Helsinki Finland; http://www.korttelit.fi/rakennus.php/id/1030