Skyscraper Day

[MistressMinerva]

September 3rd

Skyscraper Day is a day to appreciate and admire the world's tallest skyscrapers.

Skyscrapers are truly engineering and architectural marvels. In many crowded cities, space is in short supply, and real estate prices are ever increasing. Building "up" becomes more and more logical. As technical capabilities in construction improved, skyscrapers have become taller and taller. In addition, there is a certain prestige to have one of the tallest structures in the world in your city.

 

World's Tallest Buildings

	Building	Country	Height(Feet)	Year Built
1.	Taipei 101	Taipei, Taiwan	1,671	2004
2.	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1,483	1998
3.	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1,483	1998
4.	Sears Tower	Chicago, Il	1,451	1974
5.	Jin Mao Building	Shanghai, China	1,381	1999
6.	Two International Finance	Hong Kong, China	1,362	2003
7.	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou, China	1,283	1996
8.	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen, China	1,260	1996
9.	Empire State Building	New York, New York	1,250	1931
10.	Central Plaza	Hong Kong, China	1,227	1992

A Tall Debate: There is some disagreement over how to measure the height of skyscrapers. At issue, is whether to measure the height of flagpoles and antenna atop most tall buildings. 

Have a very happy Skyscraper Day.

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Origin of Skyscraper Day:

We found no factual information about this special day. But, we do find skyscrapers to be fascinating.

Reader Comments:.

"Skyscraper day is on September 3rd because that is Louis H. Sullivan's birthday (1856), the architect credited with the first skyscrapers."  Nathan Bird, Sparks, Nevada

[goddess99]

Someday I hope to see the Empire State Building

[jltplk25]

Thanks for sharing. Haha. Oh the things people come up with!

[mrsnoble2004]

It's also dh's birthday. We're not going to see any skyscrapers, lol.

[MistressMinerva]

I've been there once but would like to go again someday.

Quoting goddess99:

Someday I hope to see the Empire State Building

[VintageWife]

Interesting