SkyscraperPage
{{Short description|Website for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts}}
{{Infobox website
| name = SkyscraperPage.com
| logo = SkyscraperPage.com logo.png
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| url = {{official URL}}
| type = Forum
| language = English
| registration = 62,300+{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com |title=Forum Stats |website=SkyScraperPage.com|access-date=January 23, 2014}}
| owner = Skyscraper Source Media Inc.
| author = Dylan Leblanc
| launch_date = 1998 - Present
| current_status = active
| revenue =
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SkyscraperPage is a website for skyscraper hobbyists and enthusiasts{{cite news | author=Kate Russell | title=Webscape | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/4469168.stm | work=BBC News | date=25 November 2005 | access-date=2010-04-05}}{{cite news | author=Ivor Tossell | title=With skyscrapers, size does matter | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/with-skyscrapers-size-does-matter/article713178/ | website=The Globe and Mail | date=2 October 2008 | access-date=2010-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404020311/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/with-skyscrapers-size-does-matter/article713178/ |archive-date= Apr 4, 2010 }} that tracks existing and proposed skyscrapers around the world.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/the-true-story-of-japans-economic-success.html New York Times: "The Myth of Japan's Failure" by Eamonn Fingleton], January 6, 2012. The site is owned by Skyscraper Source Media, a supplier of skyscraper diagrams for the publication, marketing, and display industries, and is a publisher of illustrated skyscraper diagram poster products.{{cite web|title=About |url=http://skyscrapersource.com/about.htm|website=Skyscraper Source Media|access-date=January 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150130172929/http://skyscrapersource.com/about.htm |archive-date= Jan 30, 2015 }} They are based in Victoria, British Columbia.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-01/big-daddy-meets-big-dig-in-toronto-freeway-confrontation Bloomberg: "Big Daddy Meets Big Dig in Toronto Freeway Confrontation" by Katia Dmitrieva] April 1, 2014
The site has over 80,000 drawings of skyscrapers, other major macro-engineering projects, and tall structures around the world.{{cite web |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=2018 |title=World's Tallest Buildings 2020 |website=SkyScraperPage.com|access-date=23 June 2011}} The scale of the drawings are one pixel per meter.{{cite web|title=Diagrams|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/|website=SkyscraperPage|access-date=28 May 2018}} The images are created using pixel art. Using these diagrams, skyscrapers and other tall structures can be compared. General information is also given about each structure if available, such as the location, the year built, the height and the number of floors.{{cite news | title = How tall should Hamilton buildings be? City wants your take | newspaper = CBC News | date = May 26, 2015 | access-date = April 11, 2025 | url = https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3086429 }}
The site also hosts a discussion forum for skyscraper enthusiasts.{{cite web | title = Great Skyscraper Websites | first = Jackie | last = Craven | website =ThoughtCo | date = January 29, 2020 | access-date = April 11, 2025 | url = https://www.thoughtco.com/great-skyscraper-websites-178376 }}
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External links
- [http://skyscraperpage.com/ SkyscraperPage]
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