3. BUILDINGS 4 - 2
4. Sears Tower
Height: 1707 feet
Location: Chicago
Built: 1974
The building itself is a measly 1450 feet (the roof is ¼ mile above the earth's surface), but the builders cunningly thought to throw a communications tower on the roof that bumps it way up on the list. The complex covers two city blocks at its base, offering a total of 4.4 million square feet of office and commercial space. Imagine the annual rents on this place, if you can.
There is a 106-cab elevator system, including 16 double-deckers, to transport shoppers and office drones up and down all day long. The building itself weighs 222,500 tons (don't ask us how they weighed it).
Height: 1728 feet
Location: New York
Built: 1973
The taller of the two towers is really only 1368 feet tall, but the builders of the World Trade Center somehow got a much bigger antenna than anybody else, making the WTC the tallest building on our list that isn't primarily a broadcasting tower. While the World Trade Center has an observatory, a mall, and tons of offices for the rich fat-cats of the financial district, it has most recently achieved fame by being the target of a terrorist attack.
Height: 1771 feet
Location: Moscow
Built: 1967
Due to high-speed elevators, it is possible to reach the observation deck of the Ostankino Tower in just 58 seconds (the only potential danger is that your eardrums will violently explode). Holder of the number one position for eight years, the Ostankino Tower is mostly used for communication purposes. In total, it transmits signals for 11 television stations, 12 radio stations, and 17 satellite TV shows.
The tower is also a major tourist attraction, featuring an observation deck and a restaurant, "The Seventh Heaven," which has three dining rooms and serves both European and traditional Russian cuisine (in other words, borscht and more borscht).
