Something that many people may not know about me is that I am obsessed with skyscrapers. They totally fascinate me. The strange part of this is that I haven’t even been to the cities with the highest skyscrapers like New York and Chicago. I am determined to get to New York as soon as I can manage it though.
There is just something about one building that rises hundreds and even thousands of feet into the sky that blows me away. I think it would be awesome to be sitting in my office looking out the window and the cars below are so small you can barely see them. And to know that there are like 100 floors of people below you! My building has only 4 floors and I still feel like I hardly know anyone outside of my room. Imagine a building with 100 floors of people!
Well, for those who don’t follow skyscraping news which is probably anybody reading this, I am really excited about this RIDICULOUS building called the Burj Dubai that is nearing completion in Dubai! The way that skyscrapers usually go is there will be one that is the king of the world for quite a while such as the Empire State building. Then a new building will come along and just barely nudge it off the thrown by an extra couple of floors or a few dozen feet such as the World Trade Center. And then another building will again reach just a tiny bit higher like the Sears Tower and take the title away again.
Yeah well this new monstrosity doesn’t give a crap about all this baby steps nonsense. It’s not just gonna set a new record it’s going to absolutely obliterate it! Get this… the Empire State Building is 102 floors. The Sears Tower is 108 floors. So what is this building gonna be? 114? 116? Try 160! The thing is going to be more than half a mile tall! I don’t even know how it is possible for a freestanding structure to reach this high and be safe but it’s gonna be awesome and I’m somehow going to have to travel to Dubai sometime after September when it is completed to see this insane thing for myself.
There is just something about one building that rises hundreds and even thousands of feet into the sky that blows me away. I think it would be awesome to be sitting in my office looking out the window and the cars below are so small you can barely see them. And to know that there are like 100 floors of people below you! My building has only 4 floors and I still feel like I hardly know anyone outside of my room. Imagine a building with 100 floors of people!
Well, for those who don’t follow skyscraping news which is probably anybody reading this, I am really excited about this RIDICULOUS building called the Burj Dubai that is nearing completion in Dubai! The way that skyscrapers usually go is there will be one that is the king of the world for quite a while such as the Empire State building. Then a new building will come along and just barely nudge it off the thrown by an extra couple of floors or a few dozen feet such as the World Trade Center. And then another building will again reach just a tiny bit higher like the Sears Tower and take the title away again.
Yeah well this new monstrosity doesn’t give a crap about all this baby steps nonsense. It’s not just gonna set a new record it’s going to absolutely obliterate it! Get this… the Empire State Building is 102 floors. The Sears Tower is 108 floors. So what is this building gonna be? 114? 116? Try 160! The thing is going to be more than half a mile tall! I don’t even know how it is possible for a freestanding structure to reach this high and be safe but it’s gonna be awesome and I’m somehow going to have to travel to Dubai sometime after September when it is completed to see this insane thing for myself.
I share your love of skyscrapers Luke. Let go and check this big mutha out!
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