Crowned
with antennae and microwave relay dishes, the finely detail
upper floors of the 36 story Book Tower present a picture
of the skyscraper in the information age.
The Book Tower is, perhaps, emblematic
of the role of the skyscraper in the information age -- as a
hilltop for communication relays.
Information processing by massing workers into
vertical spaces has been replaced by empty buildings whose heights
are useful for connecting those workers by electronic means
