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Old Posted Jul 22, 2008, 8:48 PM
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Here you go Houstonians.




"The plan would use bundles of steel tubes.
Technically, it could be built to 500 stories, a mile high.
The triangular structure would require a building site sixteen blocks long."

"It could single handedly revive the U.S. steel industry."


If you're also interested in Frank Lloyd Wright's mile high tower,
check out the thread 'The Illinois'.
I posted some pretty rare floor plans and elevations.
(caution: the scans are quite large)
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