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The_Popo
04/21/23 11:10:31 PM
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Which building?










Pics of each listed building:

Empire State Building

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/3/AAEqD0AAEZ_P.jpg

Burj Khalifa

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/4/AAEqD0AAEZ_Q.jpg

Freedom Tower

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/7/AAEqD0AAEZ_T.jpg

Sears Tower

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/8/AAEqD0AAEZ_U.jpg

Chrysler Building

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/9/AAEqD0AAEZ_V.jpg

Shanghai Tower

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/1/AAEqD0AAEZ_X.jpg

Nakatomi Plaza

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/2/AAEqD0AAEZ_Y.jpg

Avengers Tower

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/3/AAEqD0AAEZ_Z.jpg

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Ratchetrockon
04/21/23 11:46:53 PM
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The world's smallest skyscraper. Only because I had looked it up the other day cuz of another topic about bridges and skyscrapers. Didnt post in that topic tho

Also I am pretty sure I've seen it in person. I lived in sheppard afb for 6 months and would go out to Wichita Falls during the weekends.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/8/AAZsuhAAEZ_y.jpg

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The_Popo
04/22/23 9:37:22 AM
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^40 feet tall? There are houses taller than that. What exactly makes that a skyscraper

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Fluttershy
04/22/23 9:39:03 AM
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the peter gabriel song

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Blue_Target
04/22/23 9:42:55 AM
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The Edge In NYC which surprisingly looks like the Avengers building

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K181
04/22/23 9:45:09 AM
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Sears

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Tenlaar
04/22/23 9:51:22 AM
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Puglia77
04/22/23 9:53:19 AM
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The_Popo posted...
^40 feet tall? There are houses taller than that. What exactly makes that a skyscraper
Tom Scott made a video about it. Basically the architects misread the plans as inches instead of feet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGQgmmrXONk

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Ratchetrockon
04/22/23 9:54:08 AM
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The_Popo posted...
^40 feet tall? There are houses taller than that. What exactly makes that a skyscraper

Ohhh it doesn't meet the definition of a skyscraper.

Didn't bother to check earlier. Was wondering why the search engine would bring up littlest instead of smallest . "The world's littlest skyscraper" is just its name lol.

Seems like it's called that because of the legend/rumour that the designer used inches instead of feet to trick investors into believing the building was gonna be 480 feet tall (would have been one of the tallest buildings in 1919).

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Compsognathus
04/22/23 9:58:54 AM
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The_Popo posted...
^40 feet tall? There are houses taller than that. What exactly makes that a skyscraper
The legend goes that the designs had the measurements wrong and mixed up feet and inches which is why it is so wildly scaled.

The picture doesn't do it justice but the hight is less notable than then width which is so small that its basically useless for nearly any function.

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The_Popo
04/22/23 10:01:13 AM
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Compsognathus posted...
The picture doesn't do it justice but the hight is less notable than then width which is so small that its basically useless for nearly any function.

Looked for a pic that shows the width. I see what you mean.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/9/9/AAEqD0AAEaDj.jpg

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Shotgunnova
04/22/23 10:04:44 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/0/0/AABhrNAAEaDk.jpg

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cjsdowg
04/22/23 10:06:28 AM
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Nakatomi Plaza

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ViewtifulGrave
04/22/23 10:22:30 AM
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SiO4
04/22/23 11:11:33 AM
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NYC Skyline, and in particular The Empire State Building.

....I also think of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
When that ship is cutting into the harbor and the immigrants see the city for the first time.
^^That's my interpretation of that passage, but I'm pretty confident that's what's going on.

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LincolnDuncan
04/22/23 11:34:27 AM
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Compsognathus posted...
The legend goes that the designs had the measurements wrong and mixed up feet and inches which is why it is so wildly scaled.

The picture doesn't do it justice but the hight is less notable than then width which is so small that its basically useless for nearly any function.


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/6/7/AAHcYwAAEaEn.jpg

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__starsnostars
04/22/23 11:35:18 AM
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Just a generic skyscraper.

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SiO4
04/22/23 12:41:42 PM
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Compsognathus posted...
The legend goes that the designs had the measurements wrong and mixed up feet and inches which is why it is so wildly scaled.

The picture doesn't do it justice but the hight is less notable than then width which is so small that its basically useless for nearly any function.


The Original Billionaires Row.

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TendoDRM
04/22/23 12:44:06 PM
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Sears Tower, then my favorite, the Chicago Tribune Tower.

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Mystereave
04/22/23 12:48:10 PM
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SiO4
04/22/23 1:06:28 PM
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TendoDRM posted...
Chicago Tribune Tower.


Damn, that building is something!!

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VampireCoyote
04/22/23 1:14:38 PM
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Tenlaar posted...
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TomClark
04/22/23 1:35:21 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/3/9/AAABqgAAEaFv.jpg

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ECW_Originals12
04/22/23 1:38:11 PM
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World Trade
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Southernfatman
04/22/23 1:39:11 PM
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MICHALECOLE
04/22/23 1:39:16 PM
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The stratosphere in Vegas
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The_Popo
04/22/23 5:01:32 PM
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Expected the Empire State Building to win, but not with 50%+ of the vote. Westerners really think of that and the Sears Tower overwhelmingly over anything else, including fictional stuff.

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YellowSUV
04/22/23 5:13:32 PM
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The_Popo posted...
Expected the Empire State Building to win, but not with 50%+ of the vote. Westerners really think of that and the Sears Tower overwhelmingly over anything else, including fictional stuff.

Not surprising, either one was the tallest building from 1930-1997, besides for a brief time when the World Trade Center was the tallest.

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IfGodCouldDie
04/22/23 5:27:57 PM
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__starsnostars posted...
Just a generic skyscraper.


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Drumiester
04/22/23 5:39:14 PM
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