Burj Dubai — the skyscraper begun in 2004 and soon to be finished — is more than a thousand feet taller than NY's tallest building. This is the Green Room has a neat little post comparing the view from several NY skyscrapers to this new mammoth structure. And Jason Kottke offers an image of what Midtown would look like if it had the world's tallest building once again.
Published Sep 25, 2009
Modified Sep 25, 2009
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