An official with Tecnologia Organizacional, the company contracted to do the improvements on the Liberty Building's third and ninth floors, said the work involved removing the interior brick walls but not the concrete structural supports. The work, he claims, was cosmetic and not subject to approval by the city.
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The Empire State Building, completed in 1931, matched the Great Depression following the 1929 Wall Street crash, says the report.
Courtesy of CTBUH
Study connects construction of the twin Petronas Towers, in Kuala Lumpur, with the East Asia economic collapse of the 1990s.
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The 828-m-tall Burj Khalifa opened in Dubai in 2010 to the turmoil of the current global economic crisis.
Courtesy of Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat
Report links Sears Tower, now called Willis Tower, to the 1970s downturn.
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