[Sunny]

I found this interesting so I'm going to post it to share.
Credit to Wikipedia

Starting from first tallest to recently declared tallest

1. Washington Monument
Constructed: 1880

2. Ulm Minster
Constructed: 1377-1890
Height: 162 m (530 ft)

3. Philadelphia City Hall
World's tallest building from 1901 to 1908.
Height: 48 ft (167 m)
Floor count: 9

4. Singer Building
World's tallest building from 1908 to 1909.
Constructed: 1908
Demolished: 1968 (tallest building ever lawfully demolished.)
Floor count: 47

5. Metropolitan Life Tower
World's tallest building from 1909 to 1913.
Constructed: 1909 (base: 1893)
Height: 700 feet (213 m)
Floor count: 50

6. Woolworth Building
World's tallest building from 1913 to 1930.
Constructed: 1910–1913
Height: 792 ft (241 m)
Floor count: 57

7. 40 Wall Street
World's tallest building from April 1930 to 27 May 1930. (that was short lived lol)
Constructed: 1929–1930
Height: 927 ft (283 m)
Floor count: 70

8. Chrysler Building
World's tallest building from 27 May 1930 to 1931.
Constructed: 1928-1930
Floor count: 77

9. Empire State Building
World's tallest building from 1931 to 1973.
Constructed: 1929–1931[3]
Floor count: 102

10. World Trade Center Towers
World's tallest buildings from 1972 to 1973.
Constructed: 1 WTC: 1966–1972 | 2 WTC: 1966–1973
Destroyed: September 11, 2001
Floor count: Both had 110 floors

11. Willis Tower
World's tallest building from 1974 to 1998.
Constructed: 1970-1973
Floor count: 108

12. Petronas Twin Towers
World's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004.
Floor count: 88

13. Taipei 101
World's tallest building from 2004 to 2010.
Constructed: 1999-2004
Floor count: 101

The TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD AS OF 2010 ....

14. Burj Khalifa
World's tallest building since 2010. (which will be for a long time)
Groundbreaking: January 2004
Floor count: = 206 Floors

[shampoo]

Dubai is such a scary place. lol

[Sunny]

but I wanna visit there someday it, it's actually beautiful

[shampoo]

they have all the possible dreams you can have in Dubai. everything is just.... so much too much. lol

[Sunny]

TAX FREE lolz! yea they are so rich that they forget others

[noiki]

i've only been to the empire state building...and the remains of what were the twin towers.

[Sunny]

I've been to none haha

[natty]

shampoo, on Jan 15 2010, 01:49 PM, said:

they have all the possible dreams you can have in Dubai. everything is just.... so much too much. lol

and that's why they are on the verge of bankruptcy..

[shampoo]

natty, on Jan 17 2010, 03:21 AM, said:

shampoo, on Jan 15 2010, 01:49 PM, said:

they have all the possible dreams you can have in Dubai. everything is just.... so much too much. lol

and that's why they are on the verge of bankruptcy..

lmaoo that's just sad.

[natty]

yeah it is.. the market (as in wallstreet, stocks, and shares ect) are all biting their nails cus so much is invested IN dubai.. they're now almost out of credit if not out of credit already.. so it's scary.. people are just pulling out left and right... i think the problem with dubai is that it's too lavish and they allow too many foreign investors..

[shampoo]

man that's just sad to see how it all will collapse. I mean look how luxurious it is man, everything is just so modern and expensive and scary... all the investment and didn't like the money also go to the King there?

[teptida]

dubai is just too much for me. look at where they are now, almost bankruptcy. they were doing too much and now they call for international help?

[natty]

shampoo, on Jan 17 2010, 03:15 AM, said:

man that's just sad to see how it all will collapse. I mean look how luxurious it is man, everything is just so modern and expensive and scary... all the investment and didn't like the money also go to the King there?

not quite sure if the money goes to the king.. i'm sure you can find articles about what's going on in dubai if you google it.. j and his buddies were talking about it over thanksgiving dinner.. one of his friend's friend was going to invest in some condos there like 3-4 years ago when it was booming but decided not to...

[shampoo]

ooh that's good. phew I feel bad for all the investors but still it was like... yeah lol kind of their fault. wow they are calling for international hellp. LOL

I dont like researching but I like someone telling me

[natty]

i think there was an article last week about how dubai is asking for international bail out..

back on topic.. you know i was once stuck on an elevator of empire state building.. it was like the 70 something floor.. i was on my way up to a restaurant.. it was freaky!