TOP 15 FASTEST-GROWING CITIES BY PERCENT CHANGE 7/1/2022-23

TOP 15 LARGEST-GAINING CITIES BY NUMERIC CHANGE 7/1/2022-23

WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA

 

Weirton is a city in Hancock and Brooke counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia.  The city of Weirton extends from the Ohio border on the west to the Pennsylvania border on the east at a point where the northern extension of West Virginia is 5 miles across. It is the only community in the United States to touch two different states on either side and its own state on the other two.

MARINA CITY AND LAKE POINT TOWER CHICAGO

 

From 1960 until 1991, Chicago was home to the tallest residential buildings in the world. 1960-1968 MARINA CITY I AND MARINA CITY II:  Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg.  The complex consists of two 587-foot 65-story apartment towers, and occupies almost an entire city block on State Street on the north bank of the Chicago River on the Near North Side, directly across from the Loop.  When finished, the two towers were both the tallest residential buildings and the tallest reinforced concrete structures in the world. The complex was built as a "city within a city", featuring numerous on-site facilities including a theater, gym, swimming pool, ice rink, bowling alley, stores, restaurants, and, of course, a marina.  1968-1991 LAKE POINT TOWER:  Lake Point Tower is a residential skyscraper located on a promontory of the Lake Michigan waterfront in Chicago, just north of the Chicago River at 505 North Lake Shore Drive. It is the only skyscraper in the city east of Lake Shore Drive.  Lake Point Tower was completed in 1968, is approximately 645 feet tall, and was the tallest apartment building in the world at that time.  Its tall curved three wing 'Y' shape was an inspiration for the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Chicago-born architect Adrian Smith.

MARINA CITY I AND II (LEFT) AND LAKE POINT TOWER (RIGHT)

NEEVA TOWERS FKA THE-RENNAISSANCE-MOSCOW TOWERS

 

The Neva Towers, formerly the Renaissance Moscow Towers, is a complex of two skyscrapers located on plots 17 and 18 of the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in Moscow, Russia. Tower 1, at 302 991 feet tall with 65 floors, is the ninth-tallest building in Europe. Tower 2, at 1,132 feet tall with 79 floors, is the tallest residential building in Europe and the fourth-tallest building in Europe. The complex was completed in 2020.

NEVA TOWERS

432 PARK AVENUE – NEW YORK CITY

432 Park Avenue is a residential skyscraper at 57th Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, overlooking Central Park. The 1,396-foot-tall tower was developed by CIM Group and Harry B. Macklowe and designed by Rafael Viñoly. A part of Billionaires' Row, 432 Park Avenue has some of the most expensive residences in the city, with the median unit selling for tens of millions of dollars. At the time of its completion in 2015, 432 Park Avenue was the third-tallest building in the United States and the tallest residential building in the world. As of 2023, it is the sixth-tallest building in the United States, the fifth-tallest building in New York City, and the third-tallest residential building in the world.

432 Park Ave. New York, NY

CHISUMLE-DEMCHOK ROAD AKA UMLING LA ROAD

 

In 2017 Chisumle-Demchok Road was constructed in Ladakh, India between Chisumle and Demchok villages passing through Umling Pass in the Himalaya Mountains. As the road ascends to a height of 19,300 feet in the vicinity of Umling Pass, it becomes the world’s highest motorable road.  Of note is that Chisumle-Demchok Road is at an altitude that is higher than the Mount Everest Base Camp.