# Megatalls - Existing, Planned/Proposed, Unbuilt, Vision, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion Topic\ **Created:** [June 18, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427 "2022-06-18T20:53:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/64 "2022-06-19T19:46:35Z")
You think they based the 1 WTC design somewhat off of it? ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/65 "2022-06-19T19:47:20Z")
That was what I was thinking as well lol ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/66 "2022-06-20T15:12:03Z")
![42897_500x650](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/0/d00ff86898a1461dfbfa74c2698d7a10f2536f1c.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/4/d438d45e7f550dbebf37becb834f378fe2184bfe.jpeg) Jeddah Tower 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/67 "2022-06-20T15:58:49Z")
I wonder if they’ll ever finish it. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/68 "2022-06-20T16:17:47Z")
If I remember correctly, there was a person who works at some French company or something that visited the site and said that it’ll restart construction sometime around October of this year. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/69 "2022-06-22T19:13:39Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/a/4a72c76fed170b10dd004434aeb1b31a55b38607.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/70 "2022-06-22T19:18:56Z")
Imagine if that came to fruition 😍 ---
**Author:** ![007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/007/32/119215_2.png) [@007](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/007)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/71 "2022-06-22T19:23:26Z")
For New York ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/72 "2022-06-24T17:41:23Z")
Looks like the Uptown Dubai Tower has its height reduced to around 550-600+ meters based on one of these sources. [https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2022/May/25-05/DMCC-welcomes-Abdulla-Al-Basti-to-Its-Headquarters-and-Trade-Facilities-in-Dubai](https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2022/May/25-05/DMCC-welcomes-Abdulla-Al-Basti-to-Its-Headquarters-and-Trade-Facilities-in-Dubai) > **[DUBAI | Uptown Dubai Tower 1 - Burj 2020 | 711m | 2333ft...](https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/dubai-uptown-dubai-tower-1-burj-2020-711m-2333ft-115-fl-app.1642846/page-58#post-179156158)** > > Yeah and the 50% empty business bay? Why developers built new projects far from city centre where there are empty plots 1km from a Burj Khalifa? They must be worth hundreds millions of dollars. And yet, really slow development here. > > They would be... ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/73 "2022-06-25T18:55:24Z")
In curiosity, what megatall from across the world do you think would fit in NYC? @mcart ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/74 "2022-06-25T18:58:00Z")
All of them. But probably The Burj, simply due to the stepped pattern that NYC is known for (and is way overdone) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/75 "2022-06-25T19:00:16Z")
I had a feeling you’d mention the Burj lol. I bet it would compliment the skyline while also dominating it. 🙂 Also, I was thinking of adding the Oblisco Capitale and Merdeka 118 to my midtown city (Minecraft). ---
**Author:** ![bmosborne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/bmosborne/32/78906_2.png) [@bmosborne](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bmosborne)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/76 "2022-06-26T14:52:55Z")
The Burj Khalifa would fit Chicago better. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/b/6bd2cd7340a349e02e9009d549afb691f0291342.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/6/763373bbf2248279192e2e5817896864808e57fd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/77 "2022-06-26T15:16:46Z")
Burj Khalifa is very much a transplanted Chicago skyscraper. It was designed by Chicago-grown Adrian Smith of SOM, who has since gone on to found his own firm which we know well for Central Park Tower among other projects. Maybe one day Jeddah Tower will be finished and he will be known for two megatalls. ---
**Author:** ![mcart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mcart/32/84718_2.png) [@mcart](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mcart)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/78 "2022-06-26T23:34:57Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/8/a80b4f6e3eebd09fafb947fb79676803695aa791.jpeg "La Mecque : Pourquoi les Saoudiens y ont Construit le Gratte-Ciel le Plus Cher du Monde ?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYnVRhovHc) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/79 "2022-06-26T23:43:57Z")
Impressive and imposing megatall! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/80 "2022-06-27T04:11:57Z")
> **[The Global Rush to Build New Skyscrapers](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/rush-build-new-skyscrapers/)** > > Today's visualization demonstrates the mind-bending scale of the newest generation of megatall skyscrapers. The stage is set for a global skyscraper boom. Decided to post a skyscraper link here that shows a somewhat true scale of the skyscrapers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/81 "2022-06-29T15:23:52Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/9/191995c5b511316fa0687efc4eb82003556dd3d4.png) I just realized and found out that the roof height of Merdeka 118 is 1,742 ft. I always thought it was around at least 1,650 ft 😅 ---
**Author:** ![MarshallKnight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/marshallknight/32/40545_2.png) [@MarshallKnight](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/MarshallKnight)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/82 "2022-06-29T19:07:01Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, it’s hard to pick anything other than Shenzhen’s Ping An Finance Center, with its original spire: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/8/38ef1271778eef1d864b1ff110b8b724658f8f80.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427/83 "2022-06-29T19:12:39Z")
Would be a signature tower if placed in Midtown 🙂 [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/megatalls-existing-planned-proposed-unbuilt-vision-etc/21427.md?page=5)