{"product_id":"obsolescence","title":"Obsolescence","description":"\u003cp\u003e208 Seiten mit 68 Schwarz-weiss Abbildungen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our architectural pursuits, we often seem to be in search of something newer, grander, or more efficient—and this phenomenon is not novel. In the spring of 1910 hundreds of workers labored day and night to demolish the Gillender Building in New York, once the loftiest office tower in the world, in order to make way for a taller skyscraper. The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e puzzled over those who would sacrifice the thirteen-year-old structure, “as ruthlessly as though it were some ancient shack.” In New York alone, the Gillender joined the original Grand Central Terminal, the Plaza Hotel, the Western Union Building, and the Tower Building on the list of just one generation’s razed metropolitan monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"search-metadata\"\u003eAn Architectural History Daniel M. Abramson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hochparterre Bücher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53181743432008,"sku":"2466","price":48.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0255\/9816\/files\/obsolence.jpg?v=1779811021","url":"https:\/\/www.hochparterre-buecher.ch\/products\/obsolescence","provider":"Hochparterre Bücher","version":"1.0","type":"link"}