Architecture

September 11, the anniversary of the destruction of the World Trade Center towers in New York, is also the birthday of skyscraper pioneer William Holabird. Along with his partner Martin Roche, William Holabird forged America's early skyscrapers and launched an architectural style known as the Chicago School.

^{William Holabird and his partners made extensive use of glass when they designed the 1894 Old Colony Building in Chicago, Illinois. Photo � Steve Estes}