Skyscraper Day

Skyscraper day is on September 3rd because that is Louis H. Sullivan's birthday (1856), the architect credited with the first skyscrapers.  My kiddos are busy building a giant lego skyscraper.  (I will post pics later.)  They love to have races to see who can build the tallest building in a certain amount of time. 

Meanwhile.........here are some statistics about skyscrapers posted from our friends at Holiday Insights.

	Building	Country	Height(Feet)	Year Built
1.	Taipei 101	Taipei, Taiwan	1,671	2004
2.	Petronas Tower 1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1,483	1998
3.	Petronas Tower 2	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1,483	1998
4.	Sears Tower	Chicago, Il	1,451	1974
5.	Jin Mao Building	Shanghai, China	1,381	1999
6.	Two International Finance	Hong Kong, China	1,362	2003
7.	CITIC Plaza	Guangzhou, China	1,283	1996
8.	Shun Hing Square	Shenzhen, China	1,260	1996
9.	Empire State Building	New York, New York	1,250	1931
10.	Central Plaza	Hong Kong, China	1,227	1992