America’s Future Tallest Building Might Soon Be Built In This Unexpected City

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When you imagine skyscrapers your mind no doubt conjures images of New York City or Chicago, but perhaps not for long. That’s because a new American record for tallest building is currently in the works and it’s set to be built in an unexpected city. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00When you imagine skyscrapers, your mind no doubt conjures images of New York City or Chicago,

00:04but perhaps not for long. That's because a new American record for tallest building

00:09is currently in the works, and it's said to be built in an unexpected city.

00:13This is Oklahoma City, which doesn't have much of a skyline. However, the city of 700,000 people

00:18could soon be home to a skyscraper which eclipses all other buildings in the area, standing 1,907

00:25feet tall. The tallest structure there at the moment stretches 50 stories or 844 feet into the

00:31sky, meaning this one would be nearly twice that height. For reference, the American record holder

00:35for tallest building currently belongs to the One World Trade Center in New York City. The

00:39planned skyscraper in Oklahoma would extend some 131 feet taller than that. The proposed project

00:45includes four buildings, the tallest of which would be named Legends Tower. The tower's

00:50developer says that they have already secured the 1.5 billion dollars needed to fund the project.

00:54However, they still need myriad approvals and guarantee they can fill the three residential

00:59towers that accompany the tallest. So is there a drawback to building in OKC? Well, some say that

01:04a skyscraper in a plain state poses a risk, namely due to the region's tornado frequency.

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