Trumping Chicago's Tallest Building

Donald Trump brashly plans to build the world's tallest building in Chicago. Architects are skeptical.

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August 2, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

"Ever since Trump announced that he wanted to build a skinny condo and office tower, maybe the world's tallest, on a riverfront site now occupied by the squat Chicago Sun-Times building, many Chicagoans have reacted as though Godzilla were about to wade ashore from Lake Michigan and start breathing fire on the Wrigley Building."

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Wednesday, August 1, 2001 in The Chicago Tribune

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