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Originally Posted by mhays
I mean in many cities...Denver, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Seattle, etc.
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yeah, i figured that's what you meant, which is why i agreed that your overall gist wasn't off target.
let's break the numbers below down by city.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
US 700'+ skyscrapers built pre-1993: 88
US 700'+ skyscrapers built post-1993: 99
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US 700'+ skyscrapers built pre-1993: 91
NYC - 27 (includes 3 towers destroyed by 9/11)
Chicago - 12
Houston - 9
Los Angeles - 8
Atlanta - 5
Dallas - 5
Seattle - 4
Philadelphia - 4
Minneapolis - 3
Cleveland - 2
San Francisco - 2
Pittsburgh - 2
Boston - 2
Denver - 2
Charlotte - 1
Miami - 1
Detroit - 1
Indianapolis - 1
Jersey City - 0
Atlantic City - 0
Austin - 0
Oklahoma City - 0
Mobile - 0
US 700'+ skyscrapers built post-1993: 99
NYC - 56
Chicago - 16
Miami - 6
Jersey City - 4
Philadelphia - 3
San Francisco - 3
Houston - 3
Los Angeles - 1
Seattle - 1
Boston - 1
Charlotte - 1
Austin - 1
Oklahoma City - 1
Mobile - 1
Atlantic City - 1
Atlanta - 0
Dallas - 0
Minneapolis - 0
Cleveland - 0
Pittsburgh - 0
Denver - 0
Indianapolis - 0
Detroit - 0
So other than Chicago & Houston, the only non-coastal cities that have built 700+ footers in the past 25 years have been upstart cities like Austin, OKC, and Mobile.
That's a lot different than the pre-1993 days, when really tall tower construction was much more evenly spread around the interior of the nation. I mean, if we include JC's numbers into NYC, then 83% of the 700+ footers built in the US over the recent past have been built in just 3 cities: NYC, Chicago, & Miami.
And bringing things back to the thread topic, maybe that upstart city trend bodes well for some underdog Midwest city like Grand rapids or Des Moines to be the next to build a 700'+ tower in an attempt to break into the skyline big leagues.