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by Debra Kim | NY Times
New York City could soon lose its claim to the tallest building in the United States. The Oklahoma City Council on Tuesday gave the green light to plans for a tower that will rise nearly 2,000 feet in Oklahoma’s capital city, dethroning One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan as the nation’s highest.