The objective was to organize type according to a grid, focusing on the Home Insurance Building as the world's first skyscraper.

1. chicago1885The
World’s
First
Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building, erected on the
corner of LaSalle andAdams Streets in downtown Chicago,
is regarded as the world’s first skyscraper. Ten stories
were completed on October 14, 1885. The building rose
to a height of 138 feet. The architect William Lebaron
Jenney, utilized a steel frame which supported the
entire weight of the walls instead of having the exterior
walls themselves carry the weight of the building.
As a result, the building weighed only a third
as much as a stone building. The development of this
“Chicago Style” of construction made possible the
tall buildings of later years that now define our cities.
The creation of this “skyscraper” revolutionized
urban life because taller buildings allowed larger
numbers of people to live and work in smaller areas.