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Downtown skyscrapers and Dodger Stadium parking lots gave way to lush foothill suburbs before our helicopter rose thousands of feet, cresting the San Gabriels’ sharp peaks and trails.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Ground zero this Ventana Sur is Montevideo’s Radisson Hotel skyscraper.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
As the Detroit Free Press reported in April, the Hudson's skyscraper tower is expected to contain a 210-room ultraluxury Edition Hotel and about 97 condominiums and apartments.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
Despite her success in gallery and group shows, and with commissions for the lobby of Philip Johnson’s 550 Madison skyscraper and the US Embassy in Jamaica, Rockburne did not receive a career retrospective until her Parrish Art Museum show 2011.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Ground zero this Ventana Sur is Montevideo’s Radisson Hotel skyscraper.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
As the Detroit Free Press reported in April, the Hudson's skyscraper tower is expected to contain a 210-room ultraluxury Edition Hotel and about 97 condominiums and apartments.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
Despite her success in gallery and group shows, and with commissions for the lobby of Philip Johnson’s 550 Madison skyscraper and the US Embassy in Jamaica, Rockburne did not receive a career retrospective until her Parrish Art Museum show 2011.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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