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City Skyline Multiple Choice: “Name That City!”

  Surprising Skyline Test your mastery of U.S. geography, and guess which city is host to the skyline above: A. San Jose B. Phoenix C. Nashville D. Portland Answer: none of the above. Give up? It’s Seattle suburb Bellevue, home to over two dozen skyscrapers — roughly equivalent to San Jose or Phoenix (my family...
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Skyscraper Jungle

“Sliver Buildings” Take Their Place in NY Skyline[Note to Readers: still in New York City; this is another “dispatch” in between kid-centric activities] If you like skyscrapers, there’s no better place — at least in North America — than New York City. All the buildings in downtown Minneapolis would barely fill up Rockefeller Center, which...
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