Trump Halts Plans for World’s Tallest Building
Donald Trump scrapped his plan to build the world’s tallest building after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, opting instead for a 78-story skyscraper on Chicago’s riverfront.
The 1,073-foot glass-covered building, called Trump Tower Chicago, would be the city’s fourth-tallest skyscraper. The New York real estate tycoon said in July he was considering building the world’s tallest building on the site now occupied by the Chicago Sun-Times building.
The tower’s size was reduced after the attack on the World Trade Center, but scaling back also made business sense, said Charles Reiss, senior vice president of development for the Trump Organization.
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