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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
yep, it all comes down to maintnance, maintenance, maintenance.
as long as someone is around to care enough about a building to keep the water out and to make periodic repairs when neccessary (and barring catostrophic disasters like terrorism, asteroid impacts, global thermo-nuclear war, etc.) there's no telling how long a skyscraper can stand.
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This question came up once or twice before. Steely Dan is right on.
Maintenance, esp the water issue, will keep these things alive alot longer than those posting, including their childrens childrens.