Skyscrapers: From the 86th Floor
Written by Arohan Banik From my last visit to NYC, from the observation deck at 86th floor of the Empire State Building Big buildings, that’s everyone’s dream to live in. But do you know that countries are facing a tough competition that who will build the tallest building in the world? Once most of the tallest buildings have been built in New York city (NYC). But the first tallest one was the Philadelphia city hall, built in 1901 in Philadelphia and it was 548 feet tall. At the top of the Philadelphia city hall, there is a statue of William Penn who is known for the freedom of religion. The next tallest building is the Singer building in NYC, it was also called as the early skyscraper! it was a very narrow building, the narrow part was the top, and the bottom is a rectangular prism. It was built in 1908. The third building is the MetLife tower. It is also a shorter name of Metropolitan life tower built in NYC. It was a pyramid shaped on the top of the building, beneath the ...