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Originally Posted by chicubs111
(or NYC just ridiculously on fire  ) |
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
The only thing surprising about NYC''s supertall boom is that it didn't happen decades ago. Compared to chicago, new York has always been much bigger with a much bigger economy and much higher land values for prime real estate.
The fact that Chicago's skyline could even hang with new york's, height-wise, back in the 90s is actually what I find odd. New York has now shifted into overdrive, and any chicago-philes pining for the windy city's skyline to one day be able to hang with new York's skyline, height-wise, are just going to have to find a way to get over it. It ain't happening.
That said, Chicago still occupies a very solid #2 position in the US when it comes to very tall buildings built in the recent past.
Buildings over 800' built so far this century (including U/C):
New York - 32
Chicago - 9
San fran - 3
Philly - 2
Miami - 2
Los Angeles -1
Detroit - 1
Seattle - 1
Oklahoma city - 1