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America’s “Second City” proposes United States’ tallest building

As the birthplace of the skyscraper, it seems almost fitting that plans were announced this week heralding a proposed 115-story skyscraper on Chicago’s lakefront. The team behind the project includes Christopher Carley, a local developer, and the renowned “starchitect”, Santiago Calatrava. Renderings of the proposed skyscraper (which would be the tallest in the United States) indicate that the...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2005/0729