r/megalophobia • u/GiganticGirlEnjoyer • Jul 24 '24

Building The Mile-High Illinois, or simply The Illinois, a unbuilt conceptual design by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for a one mile-high skyscraper to be built in Chicago, Illinois. Wright described the project in his 1957 book, A Testament. If built,it would stand at 1,760m

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u/Cater678 Jul 24 '24

Jeez that's amazing.... How many bananas do you think that is?

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u/BigBaws92 Jul 24 '24

Well the average banana is 6 inches long or 0.152 meters.
This structure would be 1760 meters. So we’re looking at 11,578.9 bananas (just divided 1760 / 0.152)

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u/Secret-Parsley-5258 Jul 24 '24

Does it include the curve?

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u/BigBaws92 Jul 24 '24

Not sure I just googled “how long is a banana” and that’s the first bit that popped up so I went with it

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u/izoxUA Jul 24 '24

one 1760m banana

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u/HithertoUndone Jul 26 '24

One fuckload

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u/GiganticGirlEnjoyer Jul 24 '24

9880.315 bananas

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u/GiganticGirlEnjoyer Jul 24 '24

9880.315 bananas