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The shiny, new over-the-highway park in the middle of downtown’s skyscrapers is as worth a visit as the thousand lakeside acres at White Rock.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Still, as of writing, the world's new tallest building, the JEC Tower, is racing to completion and the skyscraper city, the Line is still underway too – at least for now.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Free-solo climber Alex Honnold was reportedly paid about $500,000 to climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or protection, an act that carried a nontrivial risk of death.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
New York — At the base of the world’s most slender skyscraper, stretching high above Billionaires’ Row in Manhattan, Bonhams will relocate its American headquarters next month.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
Still, as of writing, the world's new tallest building, the JEC Tower, is racing to completion and the skyscraper city, the Line is still underway too – at least for now.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
Free-solo climber Alex Honnold was reportedly paid about $500,000 to climb the Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes or protection, an act that carried a nontrivial risk of death.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
New York — At the base of the world’s most slender skyscraper, stretching high above Billionaires’ Row in Manhattan, Bonhams will relocate its American headquarters next month.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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