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Mind-boggling plans for America’s tallest skyscraper in surprising location

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The tower's height pays homage to the unexpected state it will be built in

MIND-BOGGLING plans for the tallest skyscraper in the US have been revealed and it will not be built in New York.

The ambitious project intends to be bigger than One World Trade Center - but the location choice is unexpected.

The Bricktown Tower would become the tallest skyscraper in the United States eiqtiqrhidtdprw
The Bricktown Tower would become the tallest skyscraper in the United StatesCredit: SWNS
It will surpass One World Trade Center in New York which is the current title holder
It will surpass One World Trade Center in New York which is the current title holder
The mammoth project includes luxury hotels, apartments and an observation deck
The mammoth project includes luxury hotels, apartments and an observation deckCredit: SWNS
The construction will have commercial use and communal spaces
The construction will have commercial use and communal spacesCredit: SWNS

The Bricktown Tower aims for the stars in a surprisingly unassuming state of Oklahoma.

The grandiose structure will consist of three towers - each about 345 ft tall - together with a fourth skyscraper towering 1,907 ft above Oklahoma City's usually nondescript skyline.

The construction will span a whopping 5 million square ft and will include 1,776 residential units, two luxury Hyatt hotels and 110,000 square ft of commercial and community use space.

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The top of the tower will also offer a breathtaking view of the entire city landscape from its restaurant and a bar.

And an observation deck will be installed for the same purpose, according to Matteson Capital.

Developers at a real estate company have adjusted their initial plan by a few hundred feet to surpass the current tallest building in the US.

In the early planning stages, the mammoth project had the tower reaching 1,750 ft - just 26 ft behind the One World Trade Center.

But the newest adjustments would not only put it on a pedestal of the biggest skyscraper in the states, but also pay homage to Oklahoma state.

"The symbolic height honors the year that Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state of the United States," Matteson Capital said in a statement.

The firm now hopes to get permission from the city's zoning board to construct the giant tower.

If approved, it will also become the sixth tallest skyscraper in the world.

Aiya Zhussupova

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