Have you ever been to any skyscrapers and how did you like it? Are there any ones in particular you’d like to visit?
I’ve been to:
The Hancock Center in Chicago! They have a fantastic observation floor. I got to see the sunset from there. This was my first time doing such a thing, so I got a little nervous looking at the building from the outside, but it was totally worth it! I also kind of did the tilt thing because my teacher forced me to but i couldn’t get myself to put two feet on the tilting platform.
The Crain Communications Building in Chicago. It was exciting just going to see inside, even though we were only on like the 2nd floor.
The Fernsehturm in Berlin: It was cool and they had a rotating restaurant.
I want to visit:
The AON center in Chicago, if an observatory ever comes to fruition. (NOT going in This thing) though. AON is favorite tower in Chicago alongside the Hancock Center. Its design reminds me of the WTC twin towers, which are some of my favorites and I wish I could see them as well
The Burj Khalifa because it’s the tallest in the world!
Willis tower, because it’s another Chicago “must-see”. I might be willing to go in the glass boxes.
The One WTC, I want to see the 9/11 memorial so I might as well check it out
That’s a good question.
I live near Paris and aside from the business district of La Defense (which I pretty much never go to since there’s nothing to do), which has 95% if not more of Paris’ skyscrapers, there aren’t anywhere else to see any.
I did go up the Tour Montparnasse which was really pretty even though it was a long time ago so I don’t really remember it.
I also went up the Eiffel Tower a few times, if that counts, lol.
I was thinking about this whole thing by myself for a while after one of my friends visited Tokyo and Hong Kong. Like, I’ve never been in a city with a lot of skyscrapers like New York or something and I would love to. Paris is nice I guess, but it’s not very imposing, size wise.
I visited New York in 2021 and was enthralled. It was a jungle of skyscrapers. (we were mostly just walking the city, so I don't recall visiting any).
I've never lived in a city. It was a foreign concept to me. So many people too.
My main criticism for New York are the pushy sales merchants. One guy got angry and yelled a nasty racist comment at us after my younger cousin said 'no thanks' to his CD he wanted to sell. (he made a remark about our families mixed ethnicity). Apparently the correct answer is to just walk away and not say anything to them.
This was in Time's Square. I guess the people there are extra predatory because of all the tourists.
I live near a city and have been to many cities so I've seen lots of skyscrapers, to the point where I'm not very impressed by them lol. I get way more excited when I see an open field than when I see a skyscraper
The only skyscraper I've ever been to is The Empire State Building. The elevator ride to the top was very long and getting around a bunch of other tourists in the building made me feel claustrophobic. Seeing the city from the top both activated my fear of heights and blew me away. I saw a good amount of Manhattan from up there and the cars on the streets below looked like ants.
