At 792 feet (241m), it exemplifies early skyscraper technology. 1911: Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, England, UK Standing 300 feet (90m) tall, the Royal Liver Building, designed by Walter Aubrey ...
Although we dressed up our early skyscrapers in Old World styles (the Met Life Tower as an Italian campanile, the Woolworth Building as a French Gothic cathedral), most foreigners agreed that ...