Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

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With winter still hanging on for a few more weeks I thought it was time to break up the doom and gloom and start a new game. Fairly simple concept, post a photo of a US city's tallest building and we all get to guess the actual city it's located in. Naming the building is not necessary and let's make sure the structure is in the downtown area and not some remote college dorm, beach condo or casino tower in the middle of nowhere or church spires and capitol domes. Clues are helpful but if street signs, license plates, building and store names are visible in your photo it might become too easy!

A relatively easy one for starters. This tower is located in a southern city as evidenced by the name of the bank on the front which is a clue. This city's population growth in the previous two decades has eclipsed the other major cities in the state dramatically and is often touted as a great place to live and retire. Good luck!
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This tower has completed an exterior makeover which turned the color from tan to black. In an incentive to attract new residents the city offers a financial reward to new arrivals who secure employment (minimum $50K salary) and live within the county limits.
 
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Are you telling me someone actually changed a building to make it look like One Hampshire Plaza?
 
This city has many bridges and it's surrounding area is somewhat of a trucking hub
 

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DZH22 said:
This is Harrisburg but what's post #4? Also, Route 81 is absolutely brutal because of the abundance of trucks.
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Nice! ... Yes, it was very busy when I lived there in the 90s, and even more so now
 
Post 4 clue: Fifth largest city in the state but three others that have more people are suburbs of a very large city in a neighboring state.
 
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This attractive16 story tower became the tallest in 1990 eclipsing the previous tallest by 46' and is located in the state's second largest city.
 
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There are a few small to mid sized "capitol" cities where the dome is the tallest structure and it would be too easy to figure out. Bismarck, Tallahassee, Lincoln, and Baton Rouge would be the exceptions seeing they all basically have office buildings with mini domes on a couple. Juneau also but its not the tallest building in the city.
 
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Portlander said:
There are a few small to mid sized "capitol" cities where the dome is the tallest structure and it would be too easy to figure out. Bismarck, Tallahassee, Lincoln, and Baton Rouge would be the exceptions seeing they all basically have office buildings with mini domes on a couple. Juneau also but its not the tallest building in the city.
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Wow... My kids think I'm good at identifying city skylines from pictures/video, but man, I am in pre-K compared to your PhD! :cool:
 
Thanks but don't sell yourself short! It's a unique passion and I've been obsessed with all things downtown, buildings, history and skylines since I was around 10. I remember spending hours looking at city photos in the different encyclopedias in the school library because that's all we had in the 60's and 70's. I travel a lot and I also enjoy identifying cities from the air which requires a decent level of navigational awareness. DZH22 and markhb are quite savvy at this stuff also! (y)
 
Full disclosure, this was the corporate HQ for a major US business for decades, until it was demolished about 25 years ago.

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