NOVA - Season 18: Episode 18

Episode Title: Skyscraper! A NOVA Special

Air Date:

10 December 1991

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55 min

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This 80-minute NOVA pledge special chronicles the building of the Worldwide Plaza, 47-story office tower in midtown Manhattan, from a hole in the ground to a 770-foot skyscraper.

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