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Skyscraper Bottlenecks (Part I): The Elevator - Building the Skyline

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What is preventing the construction of the first mile-high skyscraper? One bottleneck is the elevator. The maglev MULTI may be the solution.

Jason M. Barr February 10, 2020 Note this is the first post in an intended series on the technological and economic barriers that need to be broken to construct the first mile-high skyscraper. The Illinois In 1956, Frank Lloyd Wright unveiled his design for a mile-high skyscraper (1.61 km)— The Illinois . It was to be built in Chicago and was to have 528 floors, with 12.3 million square feet (1.14 km 2 ) of office space for 123,000 people. Commuters could choose from 15,000 parking spots after they arrived by one of four feeder highways. Two helicopter landing decks could accommodate 50 helico

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