MovieChat Forums > The Towering Inferno (1974) Discussion > There's a supergiant skyscraper going up...

There's a supergiant skyscraper going up in downtown San Francisco...


...And it's half as tall again as the highest skyscrapers around it.

And EVERY time I see the damn thing looming over the city, I think of this movie and expect it to go up in smoke! Is anyone else having the same reaction?



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You mean the Millennium Tower which has the sinking foundation?



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OP stated "going up", implying that it is still under construction. Most likely referring to the Salesforce Tower which is taller than the Millennium Tower (opened back in 2009).

http://www.salesforcetower.com/

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The one I'm referring to is still under construction, has cranes taller than the tower itself standing around it - and I don't want to be near one of those things in the smallest earthquake!

It's huge. Much taller than the surrounding towers, and from a distance it looks wider as well. Like Barad-Dur, or some other tower of ill omen.



“Seventy-seven courses and a regicide, never a wedding like it!

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