Same goes for 1 World Trade Center in New York, an office tower on a blind 185-foot-tall blind pedestal.

At the very least some pedestrian bridges are clearly needed. The Gardiner expressway is like a wall between the lakeshore and the city. Building it this way was bad urban choice, don't you think so? Concerning public transportation (pedestrian bridges, subways, etc...), a lot of things are...

demolitioning or demolishing ?

Tallest buildings recently completed: http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/HeightStatistics/AnnualBuildingReview/tabid/1352/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Interesting data from the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) Tall Building Information & Resources: http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/tabid/485/language/en-US/Default.aspx Tall Buildings Height & Statistics...

Talking about Chicago, it seems Chicago's population is now lower than it was in 1920. Kind of surprising, isn't it? The same is true of Detroit (much less surprising).

About the top-50 list from "Global Cities & Buildings Database" at skyscraperpage, they mention that: "The building counts shown in the list don't necessarily represent a fully comprehensive total for each city or country. They represent the number tracked by our editors so far, which may not...

--not really the leader, what about Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore,Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, New York, ... --but still TO is doing very well >> as you said, they are building more than most! The following list seems to agree (I'm a bit surprised actually)...

What are those buildings? Are they part of Ice condos? >> I found out those are Infinity phase 1 & 2

More pedestrians bridges We need more pedestrians bridges like the Puente de Luz Bridge (aka Portland St. Bridge): Another one at Algonquin College in Ottawa: