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World's Tallest Skyscrapers: A Brief
History
The Empire State Building, built in 1931, was the world's tallest
skyscraper for 41 years until it was surpassed in 1972 by the World Trade
Center (1,368 ft, 110 stories). Two years later, the Sears Tower in
Chicago (1,450 ft, 110 stories) superseded it. And 24 years after that, in
1998, the record went to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(1,483 ft, 88 stories). Since 2004, Taipei 101 in Taiwan has been the
tallest, topping out at 1,670 ft and 101 stories. In 2008, the unfinished
Burj Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, became the tallest skyscraper
at 2,064 ft with 160 completed floors. The exact height is top secret but
is estimated to be at least 2,313 ft and 167 floors, which is close to a
half mile tall.
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