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Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents.
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Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
But most of those indigenous sites are inaccessible to the public, or they have been buried and crushed under the foundations of new skyscrapers and development.
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Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
The first ever skyscraper building, built in Chicago in 1885, was 10 stories and 138 ft (42 m) tall.
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Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
In 2018, the John Hancock Company, having already left the building, requested its name be taken off the skyscraper.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
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Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
But most of those indigenous sites are inaccessible to the public, or they have been buried and crushed under the foundations of new skyscrapers and development.
—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
The first ever skyscraper building, built in Chicago in 1885, was 10 stories and 138 ft (42 m) tall.
—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
In 2018, the John Hancock Company, having already left the building, requested its name be taken off the skyscraper.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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