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THE NARROW 32-story Bush Tower was the first skyscraper built after the Zoning Code of 1916, but it had been designed before the code went into effect. Nonetheless, Harvey Wiley Corbett accurately foresaw how architects would respond to the new setback envelope presented by the code.
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(2005). Bush Tower. In: Manhattan Skyscrapers. Princeton Archit.Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-56898-652-1_12
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