. >> carol willis is the curator of new york's skyscraper museum. >> the skyscraper is an urban buildingcontains the the commodity of space that can be used for businesses or residences or hotels and tourism in the kind of economic mix of a city, a great city like new york. >> when the great depression struck, companies and the arc text they hired scaled back their more grandiose plans. the empire state remains the tallest skyscraper in new york, not to mention the world, for more tn 40 years. but my mid-century people were thinking to build big again." there had been plans to develop some sort of world trade center in lower manhattan since the 1940s, but it wasn't until the early '60s that the location of the world trade center was finally agreed upon. >> essentially it was the electronics district for new york city, called radio row. that's what had to be displaced to create the world trade center. >> dr. sarah henry, chief curator of the museum of the city of new york. >> so it was extremely disruptive, and there was a lot of screaming from people whose businesses were there. >> i use

. >> shepard: carol willis is the curator of the museum. >> the sky scrape an urban building that containsdity of space that can be used for businesses or residents or hotels and tourism in the economic mix of a city, a great city like new york. >> shepard: when the great depression struck companies and the architects they hired scaled back their more grandiose plans. empire state remained the tallest >> i scraper in the new york, not to mention the world for more than 40 years many by mid century people were thinking to build big again. there had been plans to develop some sort of trade center in lower manhattan since the 40s. it wasn't until the 60s that the location was agreed upon. >> it was the electronics district for new york city called radio row. that's what had to be displaced to create the world trade center. >> dr. henry your kay record of the museum of the city of new york. >> it was extremely disruptive and there was a lot of kicking and screaming from the people whose businesses were there. >> i used to go shopping there. >> former mayor ed koch. >> people who operated those

. >> reporter: high rise fever is contagious says carol willis of the sky scraper museum in manhattanan x marks the spot. >> it's absolutely the demand for location that produces high rise buildings. so today the obvious business impetus of the sky scraper were true from the very beginning. >> osgood: the first buildings to be skauled sky scrapers ascended in america in the late 1800s after the invention of steel frame construction and elevators, of course. businesses with lofty ambitions had a new way to one- up each other even during the great depression. in 1930 the bank of manhattan trust building shot up 927 feet. the chrysler building soared to more than 1,000 feet. and then in 1931.... >> men pierced the sky to build the world's tallest sky scraper. >> the empire state building ranged as the world's tallest building 1250 feet for another 40 years. >> osgood: tall buildings command attention but can have trouble demanding rent. in recent years the empire state building was dubbed the empty state building. >> this is the world's tallest building. >> osgood: today billing to busyi

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