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Originally Posted by Traynor
Cities all over the world have observation towers that are eventually surpassed in height by other structures (Ahem....cough... Calgary Tower) and yet the observation tower remains a tourist attraction. So the CN Tower is irrelevant in Toronto's quest for a Supertall. Furthermore, many cities in China are building observation towers right up close to Supertalls... Shanghai and Guangzhou come to mind.
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Well, in Shanghai the observation tower came well before the supertalls - the Oriental Pearl was built in 1994, while Jin Mao came in 1999, SWFC in 2008, and Shanghai Centre won't be done until 2014. I think that the Pearl's attraction to tourists is still pretty high, though with Jin Mao, SWFC, and Shanghai Centre all having observation decks, I'd say its share of tourists is going to decline significantly.