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Originally Posted by franktko
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Actually, although I get where you are going with this, the numbers that you site to prove your point are quite wrong. JJv007 was more on point with his earlier post. Chicago is definitely booming. Unfortunately SSP has not updated its figures on the main page.
If you check the Chicago Skyscraperpage, to date, Chicago has:
1. 36 projects in active construction, and
2. 7 projects undergoing "site prep and demo" that will be under active construction within the next month or so.
3. Total skyscrapers in construction for Chicago: 43
And I believe this just accounts for the projects that meet the standard set by the Chicago skyscraperpage forum which has a cutoff at 30 floors or above to be considered as a "skyscraper". Don't quote me on that but I believe that is the rule over there. Additionally, the Chicago skyscraperpage forum has a rule requiring at least 50 floors before a skyscraper can get its own thread... whereas other cities (including New York), have threads for skyscrapers 25 floors/30 floors, etc. This arbitrary 50 floor rule for Chicago is something I know about because I have seen where some of their own forum members have complained about it. Lol. And finally, for towers 30 floors or below Chicago places them under their "General Construction" thread and there I believe you will find another 30/40 or so shorter towers (towers not included in their official tally of "skyscrapers under construction") going up over various parts of Chicago including downtown.
Also, Chicago has a super-tall (3rd tallest building in the city) that has set up its sales center and is set to kick off construction during the 1st quarter of 2016. And it also has 3 or 4 more supertalls that are in proposed/active status.
That said, congrats Philadelphia. Good to see one of the original cities of america coming up again. You guys have some nice projects going on.
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