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人们惯于用摩天楼来象征美国。的确,美国是世界上最早建造摩天楼的国家,而且一直保持着最高的摩天楼的记录。目前芝加哥的西尔斯大厦(110层,442米)是世界上最高的建筑;纽约的世界贸易中心(110层,442米)是世界上层数最多的建筑;亚特兰大的桃树广场饭店(70层)是世界上最高的旅馆;芝加哥的湖滨大厦(70层)是世界上最高的公寓;芝加哥的水塔广场大楼(74层)是世界上用钢筋混凝土结构建造的最高的摩天楼。美国摩天楼的建造技术达到很高的水平。但是摩天楼毕竟也只是美国建筑中
People are accustomed to using skyscrapers to symbolize the United States. Indeed, the United States is the first country in the world to build a skyscraper, and it has maintained the highest record of skyscrapers. The current Sears Tower in Chicago (110 stories, 442 meters) is the tallest building in the world; New York’s World Trade Center (110 stories, 442 meters) is the most numerous buildings in the world; Atlanta’s Peachtree Plaza Hotel (70 stories) The highest hotel in the world; Chicago’s Lakeside Tower (70th floor) is the tallest apartment in the world; Chicago’s Water Tower Plaza (74th floor) is the world’s tallest skyscraper built with reinforced concrete structures. The building technology of the U.S. skyscrapers has reached a very high level. But skyscrapers are only American buildings after all.