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PLAN GALLERY IX
GALLERY IX

Going Up

Hall twin of site.ssm_halls going-up - the claim on the wall is the hall claim, verbatim.

The Frame and the Shaft
A full-height steel-frame cutaway with its elevator shaft - the two inventions that let the city leave the ground, shown as one machine.
Otis, 1854
The rope is cut, the platform holds, the crowd gasps - the safety elevator demonstrated as theater.
Riveters at Height
Lunch on a beam: the gangs who assembled the sky, four rivets a minute, no harness.
Hanging the Curtain Wall
Glass and aluminum panels swung into place - the moment walls stopped holding buildings up.
The Reading Wall
The hall's informational panels in sequence - the argument of the gallery told in maps, figures, and captions. Read it like a chapter.
Viewpoints
The top 10 set hangs here - the tallest, current views.
🎧 A moment to consider
What will you carry out of this room?
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Gallery VIII · Why Buildings Rise
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