by Lionel Bascom — April 20th, 2007 — 1 comment
There’s a move afoot in Chicago once again to put up what would become the tallest building in America.
The city Plan Commission yesterday approved a proposal to build a skyscraper along Lake Michigan that would be 2,000 feet tall – the Chicago Spire. The proposal goes before the city zoning committee next week. If approved, the 150 story building would have 1,200 apartments. It would be taller than the Sears Tower, 1,451-feet tall and taller than the proposed Freedom Tower, 1,176 feet tall in New York.
But it would still be in the Second City, and even the tallest building in the world, the Taipei 101 Tower in Taiwan, 101 floor that rise 1,671 feet. A tower under construction in Dubai is expected to rise 2,300 feet with more than 160 floors – but it ain’t in New York, New York – the city so nice they named it twice.
8:55 PM in Uncategorized, The Construction, World Trade Center, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News, Neighbourhood
That’s right, my dear. Let these other cities build their 2,000 ft. high towers of trivia. 1776 is significant to the United States, so let our Freedom Tower stand on its own premise. This is New York. Amen.
Jeanne · April 21st, 2007 at 12:05 am