Origins
What Was The First Skyscraper? The Home Life Insurance Building has the distinction of being the first skyscraper. It was completed in 1885, and was the first building built whose entire weight was supported with an iron frame.
Height was an early controversy
Receding floors were used to make them appear less tall
Strategies to make buildings appear less tall - use of horizontal lines
Shadows
Zigarette style where levels of buildings are receded the higher they get