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The '''Grant USA Tower''' was a propsed 121-story skyscraper planned for ], ] by developer Harry Grant<ref></ref>. Harry Grant was an Israeli-born developer out of New Jersey, who financed the gold dome of Newark's City Hall and planned the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city<ref></ref>. The location of the '''Grant Tower''' was to be over the old ] Terminal. Today the old and unused part of the train station that is left has plans to be turned into a museum <ref></ref> There were plans for a 21-floor atrium above the 121st floor, which would have been the top floor of the hotel. If it was built as planned by 1986, it would have had the tallest hotel contained and would have been the tallest building and the tallest structure. The '''Grant USA Tower''' was a propsed 121-story skyscraper planned for ], ] by developer Harry Grant<ref></ref>. Harry Grant was an Israeli-born developer out of New Jersey, who financed the gold dome of Newark's City Hall and planned the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city<ref></ref>. The location of the '''Grant Tower''' was to be over the old ] Terminal. Today the old and unused part of the train station that is left has plans to be turned into a museum <ref></ref> There were plans for a 21-floor atrium above the 121st floor, which would have been the top floor of the hotel. If it was built as planned by 1986, it would have had the tallest hotel contained and would have been the tallest building and the tallest structure.


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The Grant USA Tower was a propsed 121-story skyscraper planned for Newark, New Jersey by developer Harry Grant. Harry Grant was an Israeli-born developer out of New Jersey, who financed the gold dome of Newark's City Hall and planned the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city. The location of the Grant Tower was to be over the old Central Railroad Terminal. Today the old and unused part of the train station that is left has plans to be turned into a museum There were plans for a 21-floor atrium above the 121st floor, which would have been the top floor of the hotel. If it was built as planned by 1986, it would have had the tallest hotel contained and would have been the tallest building and the tallest structure.

References

  1. Emporis Page
  2. We'll Make This Dream Come True, Mayor Says NY Times Article
  3. Star Ledger Archives
Proposed supertall and megatall skyscrapers
Proposed
Cancelled/Stale proposal
Never realized
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