NEW
CHICAGO TOWER
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Petronas
Towers -- Currently the World's Tallest Building
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The
city of Chicago has a plan to build a skyscraper that would be
the tallest building in the world! The city's Plan Commission
agreed to the idea, which would allow a builder to build a 108-story
building.
The
building would be a little city in itself filled with stores,
offices, and even apartments. There would also be a subway entrance
and a parking garage. One would be able to see four different
states from the top! The cost of the building would be about $500
million and the project would take four years to finish.
Here
is an example of just how tall this building would be. The Statue
of Liberty stands 307 feet and the Empire State Building stands
1,250 feet. This new skyscraper would stand 1,550 feet tall. That
is five times the height of the Statue of Liberty!
Right
now, the world's tallest building is the Petronas Towers in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. This building stands 1,483 feet. The next tallest
building is the Sears Tower in Chicago. It stands 1,450 feet.
If
everyone involved agrees to let this building be built, construction
may begin as early as May of 2000.
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