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Ysrael Abraham Seinuk. The Cuban Exile who Shaped Skylines

Named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 "Most Influential Hispanics in America." A Jewish Cuban-American, YAS was a brilliant structural engineer who changed how skyscrapers are built and eventually designed the structures for many of the most iconic landmarks in New York and around the world.

According to former President Donald Trump, "Ysrael Seinuk and his staff are the best in the business."

In 1953, Seinuk was part of the team that designed Focsa in Havana, Cuba's tallest building and the second largest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time.

After communism was imposed to Cuba, Seinuk moved to New York where he revolutionized the industry with his modern concept of building skyscrapers with reinforced concrete, permanently changing how skyscrapers are built and forever changing the skyline of New York and many other cities.

Seinuk's firm designed the structures of New York's Lipstick Building, t