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Old Posted Sep 11, 2020, 2:46 PM
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Originally Posted by softee View Post
One Yonge and The One -- two supertalls under construction at the same time! Has that ever happened before in the Western Hemisphere outside of NYC? I guess maybe the Aon Center and The Sears Tower were under construction simultaneously? Maybe Houston's two tallest?
Yeah you're right about both cities.

Chicago: Sears/Willis completed 1974 and Aon completed 1973
Houston: 600 Travis completed 1982 and Wells Fargo completed 1983

*Chicago just misses doing it again with Vista (365m) and 1 Chicago Square (295m) both under construction.
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