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Old Posted Jun 3, 2025, 2:13 AM
llamaorama llamaorama is offline
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Tallest "split level" buildings?

Definition of "split level" for this context: A building which is built adjacent to a slope or hillside and therefore has more than floor that's at "street level' or "ground level".

Also, by tallest I don't just mean the building's total height. I mean the spread or difference from the lowest ground level entrance to the highest ground level entrance.

Also, for this I am not counting entrances t o tunnels, not even if they are technically above-grade bridge structures that form an enclosed space like Wacker Drive in Chicago. It needs to be an exit to daylight with natural dirt underneath.

For example, in downtown San Antonio, TX I remember the old Rivercenter mall had a riverwalk level with doors leading outside, and then the street level entrance was I believe the 3rd level. So that would count as +2.
I feel like split level buildings with differences of 2 to 3 stories aren't super rare, like any CBD with sloping ground like Seattle I'm sure has a few as do any river cities like Chicago.

I'm wondering if there are any genuinely tall buildings greater than 5 or maybe 10 more stories between separate ground levels? My first guesses would probably be something on the original island central core in Hong Kong where they have the escalators, or maybe Monaco. Chongqing and Naples are two other fairly vertiginous cities.Downtown LA has that one really steeply inclined area around where Angels's Flight and whatever that tunnel that appears in car commercials/movies is called. That might have something that could rank highly for the US only.

This is such an odd question that AI doesn't really seem to have an answer but maybe the nerds on SSP have a thought?
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