Skyscraper day

1.

September 3rd

2.

Skyscraper
Day is celebrated every
year on September 3 to honor Louis H.
Sullivan, the “father of skyscrapers.”

3.

The
world’s tallest skyscrapers:
1 One World Trade Center in New York
City

4.

2 Lotte World Tower in Seoul,

5.

3 Shanghai Tower in Shanghai.

6.

The
first skyscraper was the Home
Insurance Building in Chicago, built in
1885.

7.

Today, the
world’s tallest building is Burj
Khalifa in Dubai, at 2,722 feet tall.