Due to the world’s economic troubles, the following skyscraper projects have been scrapped, or put on hold. All prices are in USD. Number 10: Burj Al Alam, Dubai The Burj Al Alam, or World Tower, was designed to represent a $1.36bn 510 meter (509.9 meter) crystal flower. By comparison, the tallest building in Vancouver,…
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Modern Abandoned Cities (Ghost towns)
In May 2008, officials in the Chinese province of Sichuan announced that the city of Beichuan may be moved to a neighboring county, leaving the old city abandoned. Beichuan was one of the areas hardest hit by an earthquake earlier that same month, which killed more than 50,000 people. The quake destroyed most of the…