Today, the People's Republic of China boasts hundreds of skyscrapers (usually defined as buildings more than 500ft (152 m) tall.
This man digs foundations for skyscrapers.
How the London Eye keeps popping into vision: clockwise, rising above skyscrapers as seen from the West End, on the skyline of Southwark, over the rooftops of Waterloo and looking along Downing Street.
Its followers drew their inspiration from the USA and its skyscrapers and industrial buildings and, particularly, from Le Corbusier.
"We want to break the stereotype of New York as skyscrapers and sidewalks," Parks Commissioner Adrian Benape said.
