Comments by "John Burns" (@johnburns4017) on "Up: The History of the Elevator" video.

  1. Before elevators buildings were not higher than 5 floors, as this was the height that people would not climb higher than. What made the skyscraper was two things: 1. The elevator. 2. The light metal framed glass curtain walled building. The first commercial light metal framed glass curtain walled building was Oriel Chambers in Liverpool. It was build before the elevator in 1864, so was 5 floors high. The second was at 16 Cook Street Liverpool two years later. The architect was Peter Ellis. At the time of the constructions, a young American was in Liverpool studying, his parents sent him there to get away from the US civil war. His name was Root, who is regarded as the man who "invented" the modern skyscraper in Chicago.
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