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Downtown: Louisville's downtown may not have the skyscrapers of bigger cities, but its tall towers make for a distinctive skyline overlooking the Ohio River.
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Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2024
Its wide roads and low brick-and-mortar shops are a sharp contrast to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024
Surely New York would be crawling with residents, pouring out of the skyscrapers and into the streets, or else retreating into their apartments.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 June 2024
At the Mint of Poland shop in downtown Warsaw, set amid skyscrapers on soil where the Warsaw Ghetto once existed, the price of gold is updated throughout the day on a screen.
—Vanessa Gera, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
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Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2024
Its wide roads and low brick-and-mortar shops are a sharp contrast to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 June 2024
Surely New York would be crawling with residents, pouring out of the skyscrapers and into the streets, or else retreating into their apartments.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 June 2024
At the Mint of Poland shop in downtown Warsaw, set amid skyscrapers on soil where the Warsaw Ghetto once existed, the price of gold is updated throughout the day on a screen.
—Vanessa Gera, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
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“Skyscraper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyscraper. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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skyscraper
noun
sky·scrap·er
ˈskī-ˌskrā-pər 
: a very tall building
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