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Newspaper Article
Two Also-Rans of the Great Skyscraper Race
2010
Overview
The son did not care for the family business, \"because he saw so many patrons spend their paychecks on whiskey,\" says his grandson, also John A. Larkin, a retired W. R. Grace executive who lives in Wyomissing, Pa. For buildings of great height, limiting factors include the elevator cable, which can snap under its own weight if too long, and the decrease in rentable floor area as the tower rises.
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New York Times Company
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