Why the U.S. is seeing fewer skyscrapers

North America used to be the boss when it came to constructing tall buildings. But now, it’s lost that bragging right. David Begnaud reports from Los Angeles.

[@danielyahalom3961]

I'm glad mixed use buildings are taking hold in the US. That means more business, less traffic, and not needing a car to get anywhere!

[@jamesbedford7327]

the building can survive an earthquake, but can it survive a building falling on it in an earthquake?

[@koreansrirachalover8482]

I live in Compton. From a window in the courthouse or other tall buildings you can see downtown LA. It's hella dope.

[@islandbee]

Rick Grimes - I bet if they built more mid rises in Compton, more people would move out there. NWA and CMW will become nothing but an image from the past. Compton would probably br highly sought out to live.

[@neothechosenone1502]

Rick Grimes I thought you lived in Atlanta

[@kcking23]

@@islandbee That's is and going to happen in Compton.

[@dreadhead5719]

Do not ever say "Hella Dope" again.

[@justinmcyeet5380]

@@dreadhead5719 It's a slang that's originating amongst Californians. I don't know what's the issue with that.

[@TytolisMemes]

They showed the *Tokyo* Skytree and said China... :/

[@88huwang]

this is from an american news outlet, y r u surprised?

[@TheMolabola]

That is Shanghai not Tokyo lol.

[@hypeninja4786]

No... that's definitely the Tokyo Skytree

[@Midironica]

They didn't show the Tokyo Skytree at any point in this video....So yeah, you can take your "Merica so dumb" argument and go back to Canada

[@dennisstewart2712]

America is not stupid😂

[@JasnoGT]

This doesn't mention that supertalls are now going up or proposed right now in lots of cities like Philly,Miami,Seattle,Chicago,San Fran and Dallas.

[@Curlzer]

+JasnoGT They still amount to very little compared to what China are building. China will have twenty three buildings over 400 meters tall in the next few years. The USA will have just six.

[@JasnoGT]

Joe Scott Yea and most of them are empty. Search "ghost cities of china"

[@Curlzer]

Not the ones in Shanghai, Hongkong, Beijing, Shenzhen and so on.

[@TheSpogNYC]

True. Miami is going apeshit with building skyscrapers right now.

[@anerexicsumo5512]

JasnoGT don't forget NYC

[@Riskmangler]

The Wilshire Grand Hotel is Korean owned. Built by an American contractor, owned by a German conglomerate.

[@piehamcake1]

am I supposed to be upset?, many towers in asia are owned by americans and Europeans

[@Riskmangler]

Why would you be? What an odd question. I was just adding some information.

[@piehamcake1]

Riskmangler i couldent tell, im used to people bashing capitalism on youtube, thanks for the info

[@noob.168]

Yes, this is the internet so you're supposed to be upset.

[@murraytc4641]

Mr. Worldwide

[@moosefactory133]

I have to admit, I admire the engineering that goes into the construction of super tall buildings but buildings or cluster of buildings can still be iconic without being quite as tall.

[@malcolmforest9268]

the wishire tower is too close to the us bank tower. it should of been built further away but i think its nice

[@newciee]

ikr!

[@MorbidDusk]

reward 4 chikani it was built right there because it replaced an old outdated hotel on that lot.

[@Brianjluna]

its not that it's built close to it, before the grand there was another building there. it's perfect

[@blast4me754]

Yes like the way New York and Chicago had all of there tall buildings spread out in different parts of their downtown giving each tall building their own section

[@EllyKaye84]

Andrew agrees

[@hllboi817]

Fewer skyscrapers? Have u looked at the Manhattan skyline recently? Theres at least 15 projects going up

[@thelifeofmarkiis5269]

hllboi817 lol I was in Manhattan 2 days ago and I saw tons of them being built

[@After4th]

Houston is known for skyscrapers, but it's so spread out with different business districts due to no formal zoning laws.

[@raybod1775]

Isn't that why Houston gets such horrendous flooding, a lack of zoning and planning?

[@gteixeira]

There still massive building projects in the US, except that they are bigger horizontally now.

[@uhadme]

Mixed Use. THAT is key. means you don't need a car.. you can shop, live and work in the same building. high rises aren't needed because virtual shops took over 'floor space'. thanks Amazon

[@Skillseboy1]

Just because other countries are building more skyscrapers doesn't mean the US is seeing fewer.

[@Songs-ww3gl]

There are ups and down but it's time is China time

[@jespino2390]

@@Songs-ww3gl Fake country

[@bignerd0452]

China’s just going through the same phase we did.

[@joemartin1253]

Haha wanna bet.

[@A.D.540]

@@Songs-ww3gl chianti will slow done like us by 2035 which is 14y away. The future will be other African or Middle East

[@MarkRyanNZ]

Reminds me of the GTA 5 construction site

[@nosquidsid4680]

Jesus is your life that boring?

[@proudbeaner696]

NoSquidSid It is because all he or she does is stay home all day long

[@MarkRyanNZ]

why?

[@Ryan-jk3bg]

LOL I always wonder when will they fix it

[@katalbinson6562]

Chicago's skyscraper industry is doing extremely good right now. There's plans for a 2,000 ft tall skyscraper there that could boost Chicago tourism. The tallest building in the US is the One World Trade Center in New York City at 1,700-1,800 ft tall.

[@b.victoradams9346]

There are currently no plans for a 2,000' tall building here in Chicago.

[@ryancrandall7644]

1,776 feet

[@clawkings833]

B. Victor Adams there is a plan in development, it is still not really publicly mentioned by the architecture firm. It's alleged to go in the old Chicago Spire development area.

[@thememexican8710]

The Gateway tower? :D

[@wanderer34]

It's not going to happen! Even since the subprime loan crisis, that spite has been knocked out of existence! And Chicago is going to be surpassed by Houston at the end of this decade!

[@max500k]

The US is building more skyscrapers than it ever has. The highest roof in the Western Hemisphere (Central Park Tower) is going up in New York City right now, as well as many other supertall buildings. Chicago, Philly and SF are buildings a lot (some supertalls) as well so I don't really know what this video is based on at all. NYC will match Dubai and pass Shanghai in 300+ meter building construction. In a way this video couldn't be farther from the truth.

[@joemartin1253]

And then you'll wake up.

[@rushrush1209]

NYC has 6 buildings under construction that will be taller than the Empire State Building. So the US isn't hurting for big building construction.

[@user-vf3cb7vk8z]

Rush Rush Buildings like the burj khalifa are useless anyway. The thing is over half empty.

[@alexg7705]

Rush Rush why does everybody have too compare everything to the ESB? Choose a more interesting building, like the John Hancock center or the willis tower

[@KiloByte69]

+Alex The Chicagoan Eww no. Hideous 1960s architecture.

[@alexg7705]

KiloByte "eww no"??? you obviously know nothing about architecture. Those buildings are some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. A thousand times better looking than the 1 WTC.

[@KiloByte69]

+Alex The Chicagoan You said the Empire State Building, dumbass. That building is easily one of the most recognizable and respected skyscrapers in the world.

[@damatar]

The video spends lots of time on one building in LA and very little time answering the question. Essentially, super-tall/hyper-tall skyscrapers are vanity projects. Once, the US built them to show our economic ascendance. Then, US corporations built them to display their enormous wealth. Now, those impulses are more prevelant in up-and-coming cities in Asia and the Middle East.

[@paulinotou]

The US doesn't build skyscrapers no more because its no longer necessary or practical to do it. A lot of Asian countries need to fit as much people in a tight area as possible especially Taiwan and Japan.

[@johnmor3541]

NYC is Blooming with 34 under construction

[@johnf.kennedy]

Wanda Vista tower is being constructed rn in Chicago and it will be 1,186 feet.

[@ThoseBadDarnKids]

New York City is building 14 new skyscrapers above 1,000 feet 6 already constructed up almost 900 feet already!!!!!

[@johnmininger7472]

NYC definitely experienced a building boom but then again it is one of the few places in the US where building tall makes economic sense.

[@hawkeyeaerialphotography6652]

But still not enough to beat other countries with buildings twice the high

[@crazyc4793]

I like how they address this issue as if it's a good thing for the economy, while in fact it is far from it. Construction of skyscrapers indicates demand, a society that builds skyscrapers out of demand indicate the high level of economic activity that is happening in the country, as well as its general optimistic perception of the nation's future development. A society that's supposed to be constantly renewing itself (e.g: United States) but is not doing so is rather in a alerting situation.

[@asrr62]

some places like austin miami and new york are constantly building tall buildings!!

[@goober7535]

jeddah tower is hardly a product of high demand. its in the middle of the desert in an as-of-yet unbuilt city (jeddah economic city) in an area with low population density

[@dvchel]

CRAZYc Well said. It *needs* to have a meaning. Basically those UAE countries are suffering from an inferiority complex because they have to build this 2000 ft. structures that are basically filled with hot air from like 75% up to the top of the building, such as the Burj Khalifa. They are being reckless and acting as a show-off. Because once the oil dries out in the UAE, Western Civilization will leave and let it to dry in the 150 degrees fahrenheit sun. Nobody wants to go there if the main attractions are able to find elsewhere.

[@jhhwild]

American cities tend to sprawl out rather than build up

[@youngsmith4506]

Not all of them some of them can't sprawl like they used to like NYC, LA, SF, Miami, and Chicago.

[@youngsmith4506]

Houston, Dallas, Indy, OKC, Atlanta, and Nashville can since they have more space.

[@johnmininger7472]

@Fmono • 39 years ago • edited - That is true but it is unique among cities in the US and in part because it is truly a global city and a financial capital. If NYC didn't have the constant influx of new people and investment $, it would look far different than it does today.

[@antglizzy7720]

Nah here in NYC skyscrapers are going up in Brooklyn now not by a lot but they are

[@nobrang5146]

@@youngsmith4506 Atlanta can't

[@lougarcia1485]

What about the worlds tallest taco shop!! Go USA!!

[@willblack6277]

lol

[@rbagel55]

What would America be without fast food? More than half of us would starve !

[@PINGPONGROCKSBRAH]

+

[@xbraac]

lou garcia Uhhh leave Mexico to do that

[@Cards8114]

***Highest Taco Shop

[@dper11]

I see many new skyscrapers in Houston. The skyline has really changed.

[@arielmuraira]

I want Houston to have skyscrapers super tall too. The tallest building we have here is 75 stories

[@ThoseBadDarnKids]

Houston is actually proposing a few about 800 ft tall, Houston will have more skyscrapers spreading around it's metro, Houston will be the America's diverse city with most skyscrapers spread around it's area!!!!!

[@raybod1775]

I would too the way Houston floods.

[@Brewzerr]

They were going to build a 1,380 foot/100 story back in 1983. It was green-lighted and good to go, and then the big 80’s oil bust hit and it was scrapped last minute. Damn shame. It was going to be a really gorgeous tower. Do a google image search for “bank of the southwest tower houston” some time. I really wish they’d bring that idea back.

[@Red-pt6rs]

Lol which is less taller than Bank of America in atlanta

[@californiamade5608]

LA will probably take the crown from Houston very soon.

[@Mickeydicky]

Dubai is just a wannabe... no character... no originality.... just tall buildings and gold lol

[@dvchel]

True. You forgot oil though. They suffer from an inferiority complex, so they feel the need to build this 2000 ft. tall buildings that are basically 25% empty because of useless space and hot air filling the top of it.

[@gavincurtis]

No MS13, no houses with bars on their windows and no 15 families per home originality you mean.

[@carlmaster9690]

Mike Yu I'd say it's more of a modern-ultra modern Arabian metropolis to be honest. Birmingham airport

[@ericalaspa2306]

All you guys in these comments sound like a bunch of JEALOUS amerikkkans😌

[@RANDO4743]

@@ericalaspa2306 america was the FIRST to build skyscrapers,everyone else like usual copies us.

[@johnkeviljr9625]

Hey, Mixed Use Occupancy is NOT new. The John Hancock Building in Chicago (1100 feet/100 stories/1968) is a mixed use building. Buildings need to be economically viable in the industrial countries to be constructed. The supertall towers in the Mid East are not economically viable. The Arab oil barons just build and pay for what they want simply to impress, which is fine, but lets just be honest about it.

[@alexandersuvorov2002]

First of all, I think it's fair to acknowledge that US has lost its lead in "world's tallest" contest. Asia and Middle East are way ahead. It's just not on agenda anymore. The super-tall buildings are very expensive to build and rarely make sense for private ownership (e.g. Woolworth building, Chrysler building, Sears / Willis tower) due to large operational and maintenance costs that, in fact, only handful of tenants can afford. If you visit NYC you will see plenty of empty high-rises in down-town that stay almost completely dark at night. WTC Twin Towers and Empire State Building in NYC were government sponsored projects with a purpose to show-off US as economical superpower. So do Asian and Middle Eastern governments today, which in general is quite practical thing to do as at least these countries can amaze own population with fascinating breath-taking architecture. However, imho, it doesn't add to prestige of the country as it lacks innovation -- there's no "wow" factor anymore, especially considering that majority of these supertalls are designed, engineered and even constructed under supervision of US firms. The next "wow" factor will be something like colonization of Moon and Mars and US takes the lead in this by large margin.

[@JeffGR4]

Great report... thoroughly compelling!

[@shibememes]

There are still new modern skyscrapers that I like in the US but none of them are just like the ones built in the 60's/70's or roaring twenties...

[@sparkcities8397]

JM Productions those times had the best architecture in America, like early New York or early Atlanta looks so beautiful!

[@L1ght_7]

Spark: Cities Ikr. I just am in love with 20s skyscraper architecture and really wish they still built like that, but sadly labor isn't cheap anymore and materials are more expensive nowadays so it isn't really viable from a business perspective to build them. Such a shame though because they really were giant pieces of art to look at rather than giant sheets of glass made into random shapes..

[@jerrypie]

I'm glad this ended up in my recomended more than two years late so I could immediately look at the completed Wilshire building

[@chiparoo222]

Building the tallest an idiotic competition ! ! !

[@JudeMarchisio]

chip It isn't actually. The cost of land in urban space has become extremely expensive. In order to ensure a quicker Return On Investment hyper tall structures are necessary. Plus the iconography of a supertall structure is a selling point in itself.

[@dvchel]

Jude Marchisio Agree, however it is also important that it is useful and actually fully occupies the entire area within the building. The difference is in 1st world nations they do, but in countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia and China they don't. Their towers, like the Burj Khalifa, are mainly filled with hot air in the last 25% of its length to the top.

[@nashville1510able]

Los Angeles skyline seems immature so small for it to be the 2nd largest city in the US

[@nobrang5146]

Timothy Sutton Chocago use to be the 2nd largest city in the US

[@Calikid331]

It's because of urban sprawl. Look at an areal view of LA. it's just a few skyscrapers, then sprawl as far as the eye can see.

[@stevefellows3027]

I don't see the logic to build skyscrapers in earthquake-prone areas despite how "seismically safe" their builders say they are.

[@MorbidDusk]

Steve Fellows why not?

[@b.victoradams9346]

Because you have to house people one way or another and it's easier to go up than out.

[@dustywaxhead]

Steve Fellows good thing you're a commentor not an engineer

[@xbraac]

Steve Fellows When you are in a city where there is little-to-no space left to construct buildings, you must go up. You can't just relocate the project to a different state. There are different laws you encounter, different natural disasters you would encounter, and a lot more.

[@slimpickens9135]

Here’s looking at you Transamerica Building in SF

[@blaircomptons148]

Search up "The Illinois" and see why America truly was the FIRST to propose an extremely tall tower. Ugh, if only that was built. Then it would dwarf even the Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower, etc etc

[@puredenizen]

Frank Lloyd Wright was a very inspiring architect, but at the time that was almost impossible to build. That is 2x more higher than the current tallest building; the Burj Khalifa.

[@sambravo5253]

Blair Comptons It looks like the kingdom tower

[@TheVideomaker2341]

Noodle Mango WTF, why would reply to a comment that was last posted 6 months ago?

[@gogglegoggles]

TheVideomaker2341 What's wrong with that?

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

TheVideomaker2341 That's not even that long

[@hiok2050]

i like how that guy said that the building isn’t going to be a fashion statement that people will forget. the skyscraper has already been built and nobody cares about it anymore, the skyline pretty much looks the exact same and the skyscraper isn’t anything iconic.

[@Jgvcfguy]

More skyscrapers are being built in china because Chinese cities are growing at a very fast pace compared to american cities, just look at satellite images of cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen over the past few decades.

[@lydiaanderson2870]

@Hello James H, How are you doing?

[@RetroFiles]

Why is it slowing down? Its because The Demand really isn't much anymore, But the main focus is because the US isn't in the process of Industrializing since the US has already gone thru that period and everything that is needed is already been applied, While Nations like China and the Middle East if you look it up, Shows that its still in the process of Industrializing to add the necessary requirements to be a World Superpower. Many roads are still being paved in China, Why else do you think Nail Houses are formerly most known there? Its because the amount of Industrialization paved roads in areas that were once just houses.

[@MrRedneckman100]

Pornhub brought me here.

[@SquidCena]

Amanda Schwartz nasty disgusting pervert get some help

[@juanleon9824]

Amanda Schwartz Not the place

[@dreadhead5719]

What video?

[@TheJohnnyJohnny]

Tell me from what video you come from

[@tatesmith253]

I really liked this video! Good work!!

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

Visit Long Island City and you will see plenty of skyscrapers going up. The tallest will be 79 floors, located on 44th Drive, next to number 7 line.

[@Otter-Destruction]

Skyscraper boom is just a something new rich countries do. When the country is established financially you usually see a decline in skyscraper construction.

[@californiahummus]

Maybe super tall structures aren't being built, but plenty of 15 to 30 story buildings are coming up everywhere. In coastal areas the only way to go is up.

[@AtheistMorax]

The Twin Towers and the Sears Tower was the last tallest buildings in the world built in America.

[@VulcanLogic]

What we're really missing is the mid rise mixed use neighborhoods like in New York and New Jersey, those areas standing 4-7 stories tall with shops on the bottom and housing on top. Those mostly don't exist outside of the Eastern Seaboard and parts of a few cities. They're the most efficient in cost. Cheaper per unit than skyscrapers and low density, we should be building these in every metro area.

[@AlexanderJohnLee]

moscow city has some very tall skyscrapers

[@r.pres.4121]

I would love to see my home city of Buffalo add some skyscrapers onto its still stagnant skyline. But our still sluggish economy and rather tepid real estate market makes such major development a major financial risk. In addition our tallest building of 40 floors is vacant and under new ownership with redevelopment plans coming up. We also have a huge, historic 19 story former hotel that is vacant and renovation and restoration has been a slow, financially painful process for the current owner who has no experience in owning a large piece of downtown real estate.

[@matthewtrin]

China is building MANY more skyscrapers than the USA ever has built at ANY time in its history. However, most US cities do not need a supertall or several supertalls as the demand and the need for such is not there. Thus smaller highrises and some skyscrapers get built rather than supertalls.

[@chargermaster586]

Matthew Jagger America use to to be the boss of everything now it's dead.

[@windowsxp764]

Matthew Jagger Well The US likes to keep there Skyscrapers Decent They don’t want to break that many records The Wills Tower and Freedom Tower is enough for me.

[@salutic.7544]

they still are the masters of many things, there priorities have just shifted

[@jaredramirez3582]

All those skyscrapers are also creating a housing bubble in China which will pop and the entire world will feel its impact

[@martinishot]

China has been building for only about 25 years and the biggest U.S. economic growth happened when the technology of modern skyscrapers designs did not exist yet. Their cities benefit from lessons learned in American cities starting more than 100 years ago.

[@r.pres.4121]

If you want all the city skylines in the USA to grow with new skyscrapers than we Americans are going to have to permanently abandon the inefficient, isolated, low rise suburban office parks and enclosed shopping malls along with the crappy budget hotels and the cookie cutter single family subdivisions on isolated cul de sacs. That is what is still slowing the growth and revitalization of most of our city centers. We Americans also need to embrace and support other modes of transportation and reduce our reliance on automobiles. Otherwise the USA is just going to keep falling behind and become less competitive in the global economy.

[@swunt10]

you just described every european city. but europen cities show that you don't really need skyscrapers. e.g paris has a higher population density than every chinese skyscraper city.

[@alilabeebalkoka]

R. Pres. The United States does not need to be competitive in the global market! There is no reason for it. It should focus on self sufficiency instead. Why try keeping up with the Joneses anyways. Just be good and happy with what you have anyways. If the United States can not compete with others it is not a huge deal. Be good at what we can and not worry about the rest. You do not have to try and be the best at everything anyways. Just be good at certain things. Like making the best weapons and killing Technologies possible!!! Hahaha

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

More like eastern europe, western europe has big suburbs but it also has apartments in the city centre, more balanced.

[@lendlkaiser3622]

It still looks shorter than the US Bank tower!

[@Silver6533]

I blame the FAA and certain airport locations.......... The city of Miami begged the FAA to bump up the height limit of their new towers. Yet the airport is still very close to downtown. So what is the real issue? Miami got the green light and investors and other construction companies keep building! But it is also very dense down here in southern Florida, so building vertical would make a lot of sense.

[@xoxxobob61]

DOCTA FLOYD...Despite the FAA Miami has 9 approved skyscrapers over 1,000+ feet high in the downtown / Brickell district.... In the US Miami now ranks 3rd. in the total amount of skyscrapers over 500 feet / 152 meters tall after NYC & Chicago.

[@r62aguy85]

DoctaFloyd I might know why the FAA may not want to have tall buildings because of the airport I am a New Yorker and when the terror attacks happens in the wtc when they both collapse they destroyed things underneath such as train stations malls and the stock exchange. If they make a huge building in Miami near an airport that would be very risky because if an attack would of taken place and the building collapses the airport is the first thing to be destroyed because of the height of the building

[@georgexfekete]

When will the building in LA be complete? Does anyone know

[@javierpacheco8234]

What's the purpose of skyscrapers? Why do we need to build taller for? Why and for what reason?

[@Brianjluna]

mostly everyone talking bad about L.A don't even live in Los Angeles. this year is the first time i seen about 20 cranes all over downtown and holes everywhere preparing for new buildings and they are building a mall in downtown and a big stadium in downtown for LAFC. Don't forget an NFL stadium in inglewood for the Chargers and Rams and they are building a new train system for downtown L.A to San Francisco and soon to be finished in 2 or 3 years and ETC. The City may not be right by beach like NYC, Chicago and San Francisco but what we can compare L.A to is Mexico City with so much land all around and buildings and it will be better.

[@SWSimpson]

Other countries are building really amazing buildings- Many cities across mainland China and Singapore are amazing. There are a lot of cool buildings in the middle east, but many are so over the top that they are ridiculous.

[@MAGISMAGZMM2]

im confused who is taller grand tower or us bank tower

[@unnamedny]

First of all half of episode brags about some BS which has nothing to do with building Skyscrapers. Hotels, malls, residential space and commercial space has nothing to do with height of building. I believe real reason is construction cost. It takes longer to deliver materials to higher floors, by the time you pump concrete to 200 floor day will be over. Building needs much stronger foundation. Safety is a concern too, higher you go windier it gets. more rigging is required for crane. Don't forget that most companies building skyscrapers are union companies and they pay prevailing wage. They don't get workers from Bangladesh for $300 a month like Emirates do.

[@Spectral257]

Nobody cares about who has the tallest building. It's about the use of the building.

[@liltoaster7308]

NYC needs to stop building tall buildings at this point. The New York skyline is already beautiful in some places and a cluttered mess of high rises in others. They don't need almost all of Manhattan to be covered with them. They should start building in other big cities like Philadelphia or Houston. Philly already has a fair sized skyline and there are several buildings over 900ft, 800ft and 700ft. There are plans for the near future for a complex that contains a 1,200ft building (transit terminal tower) and another 1,095ft tall. There is also one under construction and nearing completion (comcast innovation and technology center) that will be 1,121ft tall.

[@eightrice]

intentional or not, reporter got mad bars

[@ryanmoralesdisneyparkfans2057]

Just by the way downtown Phoenix has more skyscrapers and then it used to be :)

[@wanderer34]

The American Commerce Center in Philadelphia was a perfect example of a "mixed-use" skyscraper, with a mall, a movie theatre, a fitness center, restaurants, a four star hotel, Class A office space, an indoor patio, and on top, an observation deck plus connections to the Suburban Station concourse. It would've been completed in 2012, and would've had the title of America's tallest skyscraper until the Freedom Tower in NYC was completed, but damn, we can't even get a beautiful skyscraper built in Philadelphia!!! 😨

[@100mphFastball]

In Phoenix they build private offices on their own properties. Just a few stories and a small parking lot in the desert.

[@akan626]

“The reason the tall building boom has shifted to other areas” is the internet.

[@alfredvinciguerra532]

My hometown New York is still the most beautiful skyline and most exciting city always evolving . A real city not fake 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Jesuis-qe8ql]

It should already be currently with buildings 5 ​​kilometers high because if the first tallest structure was built in 1886, it is the Eiffel Tower and with the great technological advances the super tall structures.

[@SouthCalifas619]

Great, so when are they gonna replace the haunted Cecil Hotel with a modern building? That area of downtown on main needs a revitalization bad

[@eugenesaban3121]

I live in Chicago and the tallest building we have is the Willis tower which is 80 floors or 90 floors

[@milomafia]

I live there it is 109 floors

[@RobOutdoors623]

Am I high af, or did that fool at the beginning rhyme? 😂

[@thenoid5131]

Its complete in all its glory its a beautiful well built building

[@mkf541]

How I sure do miss those Twin Towers of The World Trade Center. These tall single buildings are cute, but the enormity of the original World Trade Center was absolutely breathtaking.

[@jv.anthonyy9315]

San Diego needs to build a 71 story building

[@DarthCookieKS]

They can't because San Diego's downtown is located right next to their international airport and they can't build anything taller than 500ft. Sorry Sons of Arkham. No San Diego World Trade Center now.

[@DWilliam1]

What are they talking about? NYC has a ton of newly completed skyscrapers and a lot more that have been approved including the tallest residential building and the tallest building by roofline in the country. We may be a few feet shorter than some of the Asian cities in new construction but we are still building very tall buildings at a fast clip.

[@FantasmaOlvidado1]

There is no way US can compete in terms skyscrapers with China, there is a necessity in the US is more like a luxury.

[@PRHILL9696]

Chicago has a huge skyline! LA hardly even has a skyline. america cannot do anything right

[@piehamcake1]

+PRHILL9696 it doesn't make financial sense, real estate costs construction costs, in asia, excluding japan, you can hire a incredibly cheap construction team and make massive profits when the project is complete, how's that embarrassing?

[@Riskmangler]

And yet here you are engaged in a submoronic tit-for-tat. What does that make you?

[@Riskmangler]

"america cannot do anything right" is an opinion, not a fact. You're as stupid at the end of this thread as you were at its beginning. Kid, old man, old lady, trained seal - Take your pick. I'm bored with you because you're boring. G'bye dummy.

[@piehamcake1]

PRHILL9696 go build one then... its not the governments job to build sky scrapers, there is no demand for them, you sound like an idiot, most sky scrapers in china are built by the communist government and are 20% occupied, the US is already a fully developed economy.

[@piehamcake1]

PRHILL9696 you made no points yet....

[@jesseboy303]

eh...so what. I feel like the skyscraper is a sort of 20th century thing. We in the US built most of the first ones and most of the biggest for their time. So...we've been there done that, i feel it doesn't really impress us anymore. Of course we'll still need them and they are being built but that cultural hunger to have the biggest, or to put some city 'on the map' isn't really a huge concern anymore.

[@oso7767]

What was that at 2:31

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Very tall skyscrapers is a matter of prestige than necessity. When they were initially made as office buildings businessmen wanted to be in proximity with other companies for transferring quickly documents and meet each other. Nowadays with the use of internet teleconferencing, emails, faxes, internet banking or even Social media buildings doesn't have to be concentrated in a small area and be very tall. That is a reason why residential skyscrapers are more popular than office skyscrapers. Companies want to be profitable and they don't care if their offices are at higher floors than other companies. However many wealthy people feel better if they literally live higher above all and look down everyone from their homes. Asia and Arabic countries are mimicking what west civilization was doing fifty years ago. Also iron skyscrapers can be constructed faster and with less money than concrete skyscrapers. However iron structures are more vulnerable to extreme temperatures than concrete buildings and after the fall of twin towers nobody wants to have the some fate.

[@carboy101]

That just seems practical.

[@Charmedone9805]

im confused? there are tall buildings going up nonstop in the US i mean look at NYC there are also tall proposals in LA and Chicago as well also cities such as Miami and San Fransisco have changed their skyline alot over the years

[@UrMom-jb7vl]

Yeah if anything compared to the 2000s and late 90s,the 2010s has been a highrise/skyscraper boom

[@nunyvanstta135]

Why is the US seeing fewer skyscrapers????? Because as Donald Trump keeps saying, the US are in massive debt, and the country keeps losing out to places like China and Saudi Arabia.

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

Who cares? Those places both suck and the national debt means nothing. And China is only seeing more skyscrapers because of their population.

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

And new skyscrapers are still being built anyway and the Middle East is just building flashy empty buildings anyway.

[@piehamcake1]

it's because in asia and the middle east you can hire a construction worker for $1 an hour, it you look at total us dollar costs this Wilshire grand will be more expensive to build than the burj Khalifa in dubai

[@prestondavison9808]

0:14 to 0:30 sounded like something from Dr Suess

[@shawnk3278]

Well this didn’t age well

[@bobbowie9350]

The Wilshire Grand is a missed opportunity. The lobby area is very underwhelming. It's basically a garage.

[@tou7331]

I find that they way they're being designed is ugly. Just straight boring towers made of glass and concrete. No unique shapes or anything

[@liltoaster7308]

What about the comcast innovation and technology center in philadelphia. Its going to be taller than this. 1,121ft

[@tianjacques]

Wait for the Chicago Spire when they get things situated.

[@justinmcyeet5380]

Oof, it was a big hope for Chicago but it got canceled, unfortunately. I really do hope they plan to make the Chicago Spire again!!

[@californiamade5608]

You thought

[@lt.judyhopps3095]

Portland Oregon is going to be getting a 970ft and skyscraper starting next April.

[@asrr62]

are you serious? thats crazy austin can barely get a damn 700 footer.

[@lt.judyhopps3095]

Yup. The constitution is supposed to start sometime this year. It's gonna be two buildings. One is 970ft and the other will be somewhere over 600ft tall.

[@asrr62]

yeah bud that is not going to get built i looked it up!! the pearl district tower? nope. it looks to me like portland can only get like 20 story buildings. but austin is booming. we have 600 Guadalupe street tower that looks legit its suposed to be 847 feet.

[@asrr62]

your building reminds me of the austin planetarium they were "going to" build

[@lt.judyhopps3095]

Those stories you looked up where a little outdated. They where having a hard time because the city would only approve around 400ft but not too long ago they finally got it approved but not sure when they're gonna start. But it is going to happen.

[@adrianazamora9574]

no wonder why central park has no skyscrapers

[@copieay7265]

Asia is spending a lot of money on buildings. Why? They want more tourists and more money. This is why Mecca is getting a whole makeover.

[@paulinotou]

I think in this day in age, its not all about having a skyline full of skyscrapers as beautiful as it might be. Its about efficiency and profit. The emipre state building initially was a failure because it was mostly unoccupied, no one used it. The US has already been through that phase, and it was for neccesity when we made these skyscrapers. Nowadays its not really neccessary.

[@ilikethecheeez6185]

The reason is that China has a bigger population than us, but we do have more money, but since we don't have a BIG BIG population, America spends the money on other things, but Chinca actually does need the skyscrapers BECUASE of their population.

[@schliatzke6712]

I think skyscrapers are only necessary, when there is no more place to build flatter buildings. The skyscrapers in Arabia are built for representing their countries or cities and not due to lack of space In my opinion Dubai for example looked better without the skyline

[@Rudenbehr]

______________ ______________ Dubai would be nothing without its skyscrapers tho, no one these days cares about Abu Dhabi despite it being a lot richer than Dubai.

[@kyubestie7921]

If it wasn't for Dubai's skyscrapers they would just be an ugly village

[@schliatzke6712]

Dinosuaur It would not be ugly it would just be boring

[@williammoore27]

Pennsylvania has all the massive urban skyscrapers like: New York City, Los Angeles & Beijing!🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏗🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🏙🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎

[@usernamegenerico]

Atlanta would like to have a word with the title of this video!

[@justimagine2403]

Downtown LA is clean and gorgeous! The subway to Hollywood is very nice too. Working in long flat buildings works much better for US as we have plenty of room. Those Amazon fulfillment centers are 4 football fields long. They don't inspire as much as the soaring tall buildings but they do their job.

[@robertpreskop4425]

That is the trouble with the US, it wastes valuable land on unneeded ugly low rise sprawl. Taller buildings combine different uses on a smaller footprint making them more efficient providing that they are mixed use and not single use.

[@stanley4583]

Some buildings are not tall, it just because the street is narrow so when you look up to it from the walkway it looks tall.

[@mojave3885]

I live in Bergen County, NJ, so if I go on the road, I always see NYC skyline

[@joseescobedo7899]

Skyscrapers NEED to be comerical and residental there's to many skyscrapers as office buildings