Skyscrapers topping out early, some just tapping out

Here's a heartwarming story about a construction defect that was discovered halfway through completion. Reinforcing for the concrete columns wasn't installed correctly (don't know exactly what that means, but could be pretty expensive to fix). The novel solution: just stop building...



But, in these times of economic woe, it seems like everyone is scaling back their plans. Not just the unlucky builders who hire incompetent contractors. Even the famous Chicago Spire is now just a smoking hole in the ground. The fun thing is that so many of these "super-tall structures" or "towers of babel" are associated with equally large egos. Schadenfreude to the max.