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A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

Timeline of Events

1913

4.24.1913

The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened.

2003

10.17.2003

The pinnacle is fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 meters (165 feet) and become the World's tallest highrise.

2004

12.31.2004

The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of convert 509.