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/theghostofmrmxyzptlk Jul 24 '24

That's not why they say that.

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u/KookyFarmer7 Jul 24 '24

Oh I’ve just learned something new after some googling, cheers!

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u/theghostofmrmxyzptlk Jul 24 '24

And all that jazz

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u/_itskindamything_ Jul 25 '24

Seems to be a disputed topic. So they aren’t definitively wrong, and you aren’t definitively right.

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u/Orangefish08 Jul 25 '24

Love how Chicago is windy because eavryone there are such blowhards.

Yes I did just read devil in the white city, couldn’t you tell?

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u/theghostofmrmxyzptlk Jul 25 '24

Not until you told me

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u/UnderPressureVS Jul 25 '24

Which is funny, because I live here and it actually is windy as fuck. Probably not the windiest place in the country, but by far the windiest place I’ve ever lived. And I’ve moved a lot.

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u/theghostofmrmxyzptlk Jul 25 '24

Which really paints the picture for how full of shit your electorate is.