The mile high club

By Hugh Pearman 1999-09-01T00:00:00

After a decade of South-East Asian domination, the signs are that the Americans are keen to claim back their tall building birthright. The ten-year-old plans for Cesar Pelli’s 609-metre tall Miglin-Beilter Tower in Chicago have been resurrected, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Mile High Illinois” may soon see the light of ...

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