Hallo, ich habe diesen englischen Text ins Deutsche übersetzt.
Ich wäre euch sehr dankbar, wenn ihr mal nach Fehlern durchsehen könntet, da ich mir an einigen Stellen nicht sicher bin. Vielen Dank!!
High as the sky
Chicago has been building skyscrapers since the world`s first was completed there in 1885. Here are some of the facts that playes a part in making the Midwest`s first city reach for the sky. In October 1871, a fire burned for three days in Chicago, completely destroying the city`s downtown area. Three hundred people lost their lives, nearly 18,000 buildings were burned, and 90,000 people were made homeless. When rebuilding began, architects from all over the world came to the city to work. Within thirty years they had invented the modern skyscraper, with its steel frame, curtain walls of gals and high-speed elevators. Before steel frames were used, the outside walls of a building had to carry its weight. The higher a building went, the heavier it became and the thicker its walls needed to be. This made the construction of very tall buildings impossible. But with steel frames, the outside walls no longer needed to carry all the weight. The walls became “curtains” that were hung on the sides of the strong steel skeleton- and buildings could become much taller. Living or working in very high buildings is only sensible if you can get up and down them quickly, which is impossible if you have to use the stairs. After Elisha Otis`s invention of the safety elevator in New York in 1853, elevators started becoming faster and safer, and very tall buildings became a real possibility.
Hoch wie der Himmel
Chicago hatte Wolkenkratzer gebaut, seit dem dort das erste der Welt 1885 fertig entstand. Hier sind einige Fakten die eine Rolle im Bauen des Mittleren Westen , die als erste Stadt den Himmel ergriff. Im Oktober 1871 brannte ein Feuer 3 Tage in Chicago, zerstörte komplett die Zentren der Innenstädte. 300 Menschen verbohren ihr Leben, fast 18000 Gebäude brannten und 90000 Menschen wurden obdachlos. Als der Wiederaufbau begann, kamen Architekten von der ganzen Welt zu der Stadt um zu arbeiten. Innerhalb von 30 Jahren haben sie moderne Wolkenkratzer erfunden, mit Stahlarmen, Vorhangmauern aus Glas und Hochgeschwindigkeits- Fahrstühlen. Bevor die Stahlrahmen gebraucht wurden, mussten die Außenwände der Gebäude mit einem Gewicht befördert werden. Je höher ein Gebäude ging, je schwerer wurde es und die Wände mussten immer dicker werden. Dieses machte die Konstruktion der sehr großen Gebäude unmöglich. Aber mit Stahlrahmen wurden die Außenwände nicht länger und sie benötigten all dieses Gewicht. Die Wände bekamen „Vorhänge“, diese wurden an die Seiten der starken Stahlskellete angehangen und die Gebäude konnten immer größer werden. Das Leben oder Arbeiten in den sehr hohen Gebäuden ist nur vernünftig, wenn du schnell auf und ab kommst, welches unmöglich ist, wenn man die Treppen benutzt. Nach Elisha Otis`s Erfindung des sicheren Aufzugs in New York 1853, wurden die Aufzüge schneller und sicherer und sehr hohe Gebäude wurden ein reale Möglichkeit.
High as the sky
Chicago has been building skyscrapers since the world`s first was completed there in 1885. Here are some of the facts that playes a part in making the Midwest`s first city reach for the sky. In October 1871, a fire burned for three days in Chicago, completely destroying the city`s downtown area. Three hundred people lost their lives, nearly 18,000 buildings were burned, and 90,000 people were made homeless. When rebuilding began, architects from all over the world came to the city to work. Within thirty years they had invented the modern skyscraper, with its steel frame, curtain walls of gals and high-speed elevators. Before steel frames were used, the outside walls of a building had to carry its weight. The higher a building went, the heavier it became and the thicker its walls needed to be. This made the construction of very tall buildings impossible. But with steel frames, the outside walls no longer needed to carry all the weight. The walls became “curtains” that were hung on the sides of the strong steel skeleton- and buildings could become much taller. Living or working in very high buildings is only sensible if you can get up and down them quickly, which is impossible if you have to use the stairs. After Elisha Otis`s invention of the safety elevator in New York in 1853, elevators started becoming faster and safer, and very tall buildings became a real possibility.