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10 of the tallest empty skyscrapers around the world

Towering skyscrapers often create a city’s iconic skyline, but in cities from New Orleans to Bangkok, sky-high buildings have fallen into disrepair or remain unfinished.

While abandoned buildings can become symbolic of a location’s financial or social struggles, cities still have to decide what to do with them. Some are left to rust, others are demolished, and a few become revitalized.

In the mid-20th century, many older buildings in the US went under the wrecking ball. That’s not the best option from a sustainability standpoint, Shawn Ursini, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s senior building database manager, told Business Insider.

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