SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SKYCRAPERS

I’m surprised the Burj Khalifa in Dubai wasn’t mentioned. It’s the tallest building in the world, with 160 stories. —William P. Alkire san Jose, california You missed the world’s littlest skyscraper, in Wichita Falls, Texas [shown above]. In 1916, a speculator named J. D. Mcmahon got investors to buy stock in a new multistory office building. But he failed to mention that his blueprints were drawn in inches, not feet. The completed building was only four stories high! The investors wanted to sue Mcmahon but were told they had no case, as he had built exactly according to the blueprints they’d signed off on. —Diana Costello Wichita falls, texas