Port of Montreal

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ambitious-plans-cold-reality/article1451153/
http://www.port-montreal.com/site/1_0/1_1.jsp?lang=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Montreal

The Towers of Dubai

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2010/Inauguration/inauguration-guide.html
http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/photos.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=1178316
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa#Progression_of_construction
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Geography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100104/world/ml_dubai_tallest_building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_the_world
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=25002165
http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/links.html

Switzerland and Index Page

Prime_Tower was the first Swiss office tower permitted to rise above 35 stories. http://www.aee.com.et/start.html,

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=570802,

http://www.primetower.ch/e/index.php?mm=einstieg,

http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=220960,

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=157911168819,

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?countryID=125,

http://jfmoneymatters.blogspot.com/2010/01/crack-in-swiss-vault.html

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Jan 4:Db Tower

http://www.testpatternsite.org/TP2.08.1/InstantCity.html,

http://www.testpatternsite.org

http://moneytowers.blogspot.ca/2009/08/index-page.html

Towering Charlotte, NC

wikipedia/commons
Sometimes even when a city just has a few tall buildings, the skyline can still be impressive.
Charlotte_center_city,
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?stateID=53,
Perhaps some day it might become more like, Houston, Dallas or Atlanta.

http://jfmoneymatters.blogspot.com/2009/12/charlottes-web-of-commerce.html

Russian Tower Plans Cause Alarm

Thursday, 24 September 2009
"The UN's cultural watchdog has called on Russia to stop a 400m (1,312 ft) skyscraper being built in historic St Petersburg's city centre."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8272401.stm
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Some big money wants to build the tallest building in the city. Lots of jobs & money can be generated from such a project. However, the people of St Petersburg aren't use to having a NYC or Chicago size tower in their city.
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html

The Chicago Civic Opera House: November 4, 1929

Chicago_Civic_Opera_House,

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/C/CivicOpera.html,

http://www.lyricopera.org/about/lyric-history.aspx,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane#Samuel_Insull,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Lyric_Opera

WTC-NYC

{"On 20 September 1962, the Port Authority announced the selection of Minoru Yamasaki as lead architect, and Emery_Roth & Sons as associate architects."}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_World_Trade_Center#Design

http://moneytowers.blogspot.ca/2009/08/index-page.html