Behind the Scenes: Building the American Copper Buildings' Skybridge

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A new video by JDS Development Group, Building Knowhow: Skybridge, begins with an anecdote of a day when the firemen showed up at the site. “We got a call – the buildings are falling down!” the chief fireman told Michael Jones, director of JDS. Jones responded with a chuckle, "they're supposed to be like that!"

Located on the East Side of Manhattan, the American Copper Buildings, designed by New York-based SHoP Architects, test the boundaries of engineering. In an informative video, JDS Development Group documents the building of a skybridge between the towers, outlining their detail-oriented, step-by-step approach. Located 300 feet in the air, it is New York's first major skybridge in 80 years.

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Cite: Inez Vilar. "Behind the Scenes: Building the American Copper Buildings' Skybridge" 12 Jun 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/788768/behind-the-scenes-building-the-american-copper-buildings-skybridge> ISSN 0719-8884

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