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NEWS ABOUT: skyscraper

skyscraper stories: 20 news summaries

Feds Head Off Bombing Plots in Dallas, Illinois

Cases unrelated to each other; no link to Denver, NY terror arrests

Sep 25, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Jordanian citizen arrested in an elaborate FBI sting is to be arraigned today on charges of attempting to blow up a Dallas skyscraper. The court appearance comes a day after an Illinois man was charged with plotting to detonate a bomb near a Springfield courthouse, only to learn that... More »

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terrorism • FBI • Dallas • federal investigation • skyscraper • sting operations • al-Qaeda • undercover • criminal charges • Timothy McVeigh • bomb plot • Hosam Maher Husein Smadi • Michael Finton

 Willis What? Sears Tower 
 Changes Names 

Insurance company gets naming rights

Jul 16, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - An insurance company no one's ever heard of is suddenly a big name in Chicago.  Starting today, the Sears Tower—the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere—becomes Willis Tower, after Willis Group Holdings, the Sun-Times reports. Chicagoans grumbling about the name change, which Willis earned by leasing just... More »

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Chicago • skyscraper • Sears • Sears Tower • Willis Group Holdings • Willis Tower

(Newser) - Some revile Alain Robert, the so-called “French Spiderman,” for his globetrotting, skyscraper-ascending exploits. But to the many who hold him in esteem, the New Yorker reports, he is simply “badass.” When he scaled the New York Times building last year, one fan was beside himself.... More »

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New York City • Hong Kong • skyscraper • solo • Alain Robert • extreme sports • New York Times building • free climbing • rock climbing

Architect: Crunch Will Topple 'Wow Factor' Buildings

Architect believes financial meltdown will cause building 'mood shift'

Nov 4, 08 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Attention-seeking skyscraper projects are likely to be early victims of the financial crisis, architect David Chipperfield predicts in a Bloomberg interview. "Wow-factor" buildings like London's "Shard of Glass" have proliferated during years when there's been plenty of money around, but a shift in mood is likely to... More »

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architecture • skyscraper • buildings • architect • financial crisis

 Trump in Trouble 
 on Chicago Tower 

Bleak outloook makes financing a tall order for 92-story skyscraper

Oct 29, 08 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Trump's 92-story Chicago tower has been hit by a triple-whammy of the credit crunch, the housing slump, and sagging retail sales, making foreclosure a real danger, the Wall Street Journal reports. Trump, who developed the tower without partners, owes $1 billion on the project but has so far sold... More »

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real estate • Chicago • Donald Trump • housing market • real estate development • skyscraper

Economy May Cripple Chicago Spire Project

Consultants file liens against world's tallest skyscraper

Oct 19, 08 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sputtering economy could topple plans to erect the nation’s tallest skyscraper, reports the Chicago Tribune. Consultants on the construction of the Chicago Spire have filed liens, with celebrity architect Santiago Calatrava seeking more than $11.3 million and a Chicago-based firm demanding $4.85 million. The developer’s... More »

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Chicago • construction • Santiago Calatrava • skyscraper • Chicago Spire • credit market

 Vertical Farming Puts 
 Pigs High in the Sky 

Urban planners take another look at raising animals, crops in skyscrapers

Sep 30, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - They're not the most traditional tenants, but pigs, poultry, and crops might be reared in city skyscrapers of the future, drastically reducing environmental damage caused by traditional farms, Scientific American reports. Engineering airflow inside glass towers remains tricky, but the potential for a year-round growing season in the face of... More »

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environment • farming • skyscraper • urban planning • green home

Fed Agency Battles Tough
Post-9/11 Building Code

New safety rules safety 'too expensive,' officials complain

Sep 8, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal agency is joining major landlords in fighting tough new building safety standards developed in the wake of 9/11, the New York Times reports. The requirements, added last year after a federal probe into the Twin Towers collapse, call for better fireproofing and extra stairwells. But the General Services... More »

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office buildings • skyscraper • workplace safety • building

 Fire Collapsed WTC 7: Report

Building was next to twin towers

Aug 21, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fires, not explosives, caused the collapse of World Trade Center 7—a skyscraper near the twin towers—on Sept. 11, a 3-year US government investigation concludes. Scientists with the National Institute of Standards and Technology say the 47-story tower was destroyed by fires, made worse by a failed sprinkler system... More »

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fires • World Trade Center • skyscraper • collapse • conspiracy theory • 9/11 attacks • WTC 7

Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

1,500-ft. tower would top Sears; Chicago, New York plan taller

Jun 20, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philadelphia took a step toward entering America's mega-skyscraper club today, the Daily News reports, with a city councilman introducing zoning legislation for a building that, at 1,500 feet, would eclipse Chicago's Sears Tower. Plenty of bureaucratic hurdles remain for the proposed American Commerce Center, including retooling the city's planning... More »

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real estate • Philadelphia • mayor • development • skyscraper • Michael Nutter

 Abu Dhabi
 to Buy
 Chrysler
 Building 

Sovereign wealth fund offers $800M for
NYC landmark

Jun 11, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chrysler Building—a jewel of the New York City skyline since 1930—is poised to be sold to the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, reports the New York Post. The nation's oil-rich sovereign wealth fund is offering $800M for a 75% stake in the skyscraper. More »

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New York real estate • New York City • Abu Dhabi • skyscraper • Chrysler Building • Abu Dhabi Investment Council • skyline

 Peek at Perks in $2B Mansion 

Mumbai mogul plans 27-story abode

May 3, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world's fifth-richest man, Mukesh Ambani, beat the competition with plans to build the first billion-dollar home to grace this earth, Forbes reports. In fact, his 27-story high-rise in India will cost $2 billion when it's done next year. Some of its frills:
  • Nine elevators dot the lobby.
... More »

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skyscraper • billionaire • Mumbai • rich • luxury homes • Mukesh Ambani

Chicago's Spire Condos May
Be a Tough Sell

Developer plunges pricey skyscraper into lousy housing market

Jan 14, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chicago Spire residential tower isn't even under construction yet, but its luxury condos—slated to be sold for unprecedented prices—will come face-to-face with a lousy housing market when the sales office opens today. Prices for units in the twisting skyscraper start at $1,400 per square foot, but... More »

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Chicago • housing market • skyscraper • Chicago Spire • condominium • housing crisis • new construction

Low-Rise Paris Mulls High-Rise Revolution

Mayor, president team up to advocate new skyline for capital

Nov 23, 07 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Paris, Europe's most densely populated city, has unveiled an ambitious new plan to reinvent the city's skyline. Bertrand Delanoë wants to build a collection of skyscrapers in the north and east of the city, where a tall building hasn't been completed since 1977. Despite Delanoë's popularity,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • skyscraper • Bertrand Delanoe

Chicago's Top 10 Contributions
to Science

Forget the ferris wheel: first controlled nuclear reaction tops list

Oct 4, 07 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not all about heavy winds and deep-dish pizza.  A bevy of scientists picked Chicago's 10 most important scientific achievements as a part of a week promoting science:
  1. World's first controlled nuclear reaction
  2. Invention of the cell phone
  3. Development of hormone treatments for prostate and breast cancer
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cell phones • malaria • list • skyscraper • Chicago Science in the City • scientific discoveries • top quark

SF Skyline Getting Big Upgrade

Proposed buildings will be second-tallest in US

Sep 20, 07 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco officials are cementing deals to build a pair of skyscrapers that would challenge New York's 1,250-foot Empire State Building as the US' second tallest, Bloomberg reports. The city has selected a plan for a slender, 1,200-plus-foot obelisk to be built in the Market financial district, with... More »

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San Francisco • skyscraper • world's tallest building • Gavin Newsom

2 More Injured at Ground Zero Building

Scaffolding falls from structure where firefighters perished

Aug 23, 07 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two New York firefighters were injured today by scaffolding falling from the Deutsche Bank building near ground zero, the AP reports. The incident came less than a week after a fire at the skyscraper across the street from the World Trade Center site claimed the lives of two other firefighters.... More »

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New York City • Ground Zero • World Trade Center • firefighters • skyscraper • Duetsche Bank • scaffolding • John Galt Corp.

2 Die in Fire at Ground Zero

Aug 18, 07 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two firefighters died in a blaze that broke out this afternoon in a skyscraper being demolished at the edge of ground zero in Lower Manhattan. The fire broke out in the partially dismantled Deutsche Bank building, which had been vacant since 9/11, condemned because health officials ruled that it was... More »

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New York City • fires • Ground Zero • Deutsche Bank • firefighters • skyscraper • toxic dust

Dubai Tower is World's Tallest

$1B skyscraper at 1,680 feet; final height will be over 2,200 with 160 floors and 56 elevators

Jul 21, 07 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - An unfinished skyscraper in Dubai is now scraping the sky at 1,680 feet, surpassing Tawain's Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building. The Burj Dubai, which began construction in September 2004, will cost $1B and consist of more than 160 floors and 56 elevators when completed in 2008. More »

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Dubai • Burj Dubai • Al Jazeera • Tawain • United Arab Emirates • Taipei 101 • skyscraper • buildings • world's tallest building

JPMorgan Heads for Ground Zero

Bank gets $100M in incentives to build new skyscraper on WTC site

Jun 14, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - JPMorgan Chase has agreed to a $300 million dollar deal to develop and lease one of the five skyscrapers planned for the World Trade Center site, giving a big boost to the development effort at Ground Zero. The financial services giant's investment banking and trading divisions will migrate to the... More »

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Ground Zero • World Trade Center • Lower Manhattan • Eliot Spitzer • skyscraper • James Dimon • JPMorgan Chase

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