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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 started the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city<ref></ref>. The '''Grant Tower''' was to be located over the old ] Terminal near Broad Street and Lafayette Street. Today the incomplete Renaissance Mall has been torn down to build the ] and the old and unused part of the train station below where the tower was to be built remains. There are currently plans to connect it with the Prudential Center and turn it 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 proposed 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 started the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city<ref></ref>. The '''Grant Tower''' was to be located over the old ] Terminal near Broad Street and Lafayette Street. Today the incomplete Renaissance Mall has been torn down to build the ] and the old and unused part of the train station below where the tower was to be built remains. There are currently plans to connect it with the Prudential Center and turn it 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 proposed 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 started the never-completed Renaissance Mall in the city. The Grant Tower was to be located over the old Central Railroad Terminal near Broad Street and Lafayette Street. Today the incomplete Renaissance Mall has been torn down to build the Prudential Center and the old and unused part of the train station below where the tower was to be built remains. There are currently plans to connect it with the Prudential Center and turn it 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 October 24, 2007
Proposed supertall and megatall skyscrapers
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Cancelled/Stale proposal
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