Monday, January 4, 2010

How High?


Check out the tallest building in the world. The Burj Kahlifa in Dubai opened on Monday. At 168 stories and 828 meters (2,716 feet) tall, it is twice as tall as the Empire State building. By the way that is about half a mile long!
The second tallest free standing structure at about 1800 feet is the CN Tower in Toronto. From 1932 to 1967 the tallest building in the world was the Empire State Building.
The videos of the Burj Khalifa are amazing. Check out this video of the building!
Here is a brief history of tall buildings! Take a look at it, please.
I have been both to the CN Tower and to the Empire State Building. If you get the chance, you should also.
Your assignment today has three parts. Tell us: What is the tallest building you have been in? What do you think of the Burj Kahlifa tower? Finally, where in the heck is Dubai, anyway? You might want to use Google maps for this part. Take your time, remember 3-5 sentences, and proofread!

26 comments:

Andrew said...

The tower looks really cool. Dubai is in the Middle East. I have not been in anything really tall.

Unknown said...

Wow! That is a tall building! The tallest building I have ever been in is the Seattle Space Needle. That was a very tall building, and it has a restaurant at the top of it.

kendall;>) said...

I have never been in a really tall building. I think the tallest building I have been in was Harbor Park around the upper level. I was there to watch a baseball game, but since i was so high up it was hard to see good.

Unknown said...

The tallest building i've been in is probably the St. Louis Arch. This building is pretty cool.

Unknown said...

I've never been in a very tall building. The Burj Kahlifa is mind blowing. I didn't think it was humanly possible to have a building like this.

JayGray757 said...

Hello Mr. Downing. The tallest building I have been in is the Washington monument. I think the Burj Khalifa is amazing. The Dubai is in the Middle East.

Unknown said...

The tallest building i've been in the Space Needle in Tennessee. I think the Burj Kahilfa building is tall, i would not like to live in it. And Dubai is in the middle east.

Unknown said...

The tallest building I've ever been in was the Paris Tower at kings dominion

Unknown said...

The tallest builiding i have been in was eighty floors high. Duabi is in the Middle East. I think this new "tallest" tower is cool, but sorta of a waste of time.

dontarius said...

The tallest building i've been in was Windsor High School. I think the Burj Kahlifa tower is amazing. Dubai is in the Middle East.

Unknown said...

I can’t remember the tallest building I have been in. But I think them building that tall building was kind of crazy. I don’t know how people could work, or live in a building like that.

Unknown said...

I actually haven't been in very tall building like the one in Dubai. I think that building is very impressive in its height and size. I think Dubai is located in Suadi Arabia or somewhere in the Middle East.

harley said...

I have never been in a extremely tall building, I think the tallest building I have been in was the hospital. I think the Burj Kahlifa tower is amazing, I hope I get to see it one day. It is above the United Arab Emirate.

Unknown said...

I really don't know what is the tallest building I been in. I think that the building is to tall. I don't know how anybody could live in there

Dez said...

I think this is very interesting. These are cool buildings. I have seen the Washington Monument. I think the Burj Kahlifa is pretty neat. I would like to visit the Chrysler Building.

jzilla said...

The tower sounds amazing. I would love to visit that building some day. The tallest building i've been in is the Natural History museam. Dubai is located in the United Arab Emerentes.

Unknown said...

The tallest buliding I have ever been in is the Washington Monument. I think that the Burj Kahlifa is a pretty cool looking buliding. Dubai is in the Middle East.

Brandon said...

The tallest building I have ever been in is the empire state when I was three. The highest I have ever been is a little over a mile which I do every year when I go to New York. This tower is amazing. Dubai is in United Arab Emirates.

brooke said...

The tower is so awesome and really big. Dubai is in the Middle East. The tallest building I have ever been in would be the MacArthur Center

muzykr said...

I haven't been in any very tall buildings. I think the building is very cool and would be a lot of fun to visit. Dubai is located in the Middle East.

Silky said...

The tallest building I've been in is probably the National Air and Space Museum. They actually haave rockets there inside the building. The fact that humanity has made a tower stretching a half mile into the sky is amazing. Dubai is in the United Arab Emerites, off the coast of Saudi Arab.

Racquel said...

The tallest building I have ever been in is probably the Washington Monument. I think the Burj Kahlifa building is pretty cool. Although, I don't see the point in building something so tall especially when you're in debt and had to borrow the money to build it. Dubai is located in the United Arab Emirates which is near Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Unknown said...

I'm not really sure what the tallest builing I've ever been in is but I've gone to New York and been to the top of the Rockefeller Center building and that was pretty tall. I think that the Burj Kahlifa is pretty amazing, it's like really tall! Dubai is located in the United Arab Emirates.

Unknown said...

It is in the United Arab Emirate. I think its cool how they can build something that big. The highest Ive ever been in was the Eiffel Tower in Kings Dominion.

Unknown said...

I think that the building is okay. I've only been in a light house and that was tall, I think. Dubai is located south of the Persian Gulf.

domr said...

That's pretty cool. It's kind of pointless, but it looks nice. I would be mad if I was a taxpayer in that country.