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Less than two weeks later, when a ring beam to support the base of a cross was added to its biggest tower, dedicated to Jesus, the church surpassed the city’s two highest skyscrapers, both of which stand at five hundred and five feet tall.
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
This isn’t just any other skyscraper.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Bamboo, however, remained the go-to material in Hong Kong, and has been used to build some of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, like Norman Foster’s HSBC headquarters and parts of the 88-floor International Finance Centre.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the past decade, skyscrapers continued to rise in the Brickell area, on the south side of the Miami River and the downtown core, with some comparing it to Manhattan south.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
This isn’t just any other skyscraper.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Bamboo, however, remained the go-to material in Hong Kong, and has been used to build some of the city’s tallest skyscrapers, like Norman Foster’s HSBC headquarters and parts of the 88-floor International Finance Centre.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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