Why New York's Skyscrapers Keep Changing Shape

The city's tall buildings are relentlessly evolving. Additional footage courtesy of The Dronalist, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Balthazar Korab, Jeff Mock, the African American Museum and Library at Oakland, Pat Bianculli, Ted, Quackenbush, Karl Döringer, Grandmaster E, De Laurentiis...

28 min - Engineering & Megastructures - The B1M

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