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New York & Chicago, for years, as always been running neck & neck. The Willis Tower had trounced over the Twins, then Kuala Lumpur had trounced over the Willis Tower with the Petronas Twin Towers. It'll be interesting to see if Chicago can get back in the thick of it again! ;)

Washington, DC's WMATA has received the first set of its new 7,000-series subway trains and it is presently in testing to see how well that it behaves. These cars will eventually become 8-car train sets, replacing the transit agency's oldest (1,000-series) rail cars which have been determined...

The Willis Tower, as far as I know, has no rooftop mechanical equipment. All I see are the 2 or 3 tall antenna atop the building. Well, the only thing up there are the window washing scalfolds that work like an elevator.

Looks like Chicago is still trying to outdo New York!! The developer of THIS project is trying to bring it back to life again!! CTBUH Global News Spire Developer Looks to Begin Anew Chicago, United States – November 15, 2013 Facebook Twitter Email Print...

The tower has kind of a twisting design to it, almost like the previous design of the Freedom Tower. I hope that the design gets revised and financed again!!

Looks like Chicago hasn't had much luck trying to devise a planned tower that would equal, rival or eclipse the Freedom Tower.

Here's the link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Tower

Here's a newer artist's rending of the building. It was made shorter so that it can be successfully built, but it will still be the tallest-ever man-made structure in the world.

The Kingdom Tower IS under construction as we speak. It will be less than a kilometer tall so that it can be built. When completed, it will still eclipse & beat every tall building on the planet, including the Burj Kafila Tower. ;)

it is so sad that this tower did not get built! Would have been great!! :(