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Old Posted May 19, 2022, 6:03 PM
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Fewer floors, but taller than the Empire State, It would have have wrested the icon status away from the ESB (but probably not completely - both would have been icons). It's got 30 elevators (enough for the 100 storey tower) even has its own subway station.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8942
what was built:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8325



They got to the 30th floor before construction stopped. The economy in 1933 wasn't good, so they just stopped. The building is suposed to be strong enough to support a continuation, so there's always a tiny bit of hope
Damn!! What an awesome, awesome factoid.
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