Jose Quintero – The Legality of

Throughout the times that there were still small buildings, one was starting to be built to touch heights that haven’t been reached yet. Allowing the time for one of the most famous pictures of the time period of construction workers eating lunch, overlooking Manhattan. And many more will be built with the idea of a steel support at the bottom. However, the first skyscrapers were built during the Progressive Era; a time where the middle class step back and look at what can be improved on their country. Such changes included the Government monopolistic practices, women’s right to vote, and for this conversation, Enforcing work related regulations onto jobs. With this, peoples perception on what should and shouldn’t be considered normal within jobs like factories, rail work and construction are turned to be not only more critical on the employer, but to also give more control to the employee if a work related accident is to occur. However, when learning about this time period it seems to always focus on factories being sweatshops and rail work being dangerous, but never the increasing average height of buildings. Was there any laws or regulations regarding the creation of these skyscrapers and who are the people responsible for these. These high-rise buildings that stand tall should have a story that could be just as interesting as the rest of the Progressive movement and that’s what I want to figure out.