'SkyRise Miami' Observation Tower May Be The Craziest Miami Thing Yet

LOOK: Miami May Build Its Own 'Eiffel Tower'

What if New York had no Empire State Building? Seattle had no Space Needle? Paris lacked an Eiffel Tower?

Miami's tired of being naked like that. And a local developer just may build the craziest-looking observation tower of them all, a an open-sided, bobby pin-shaped spire called "SkyRise Miami" that features open sides, a nightclub, event space, amphitheater, restaurant, flight simulator, bungee jump, and a ride with a 50-story "high-speed" drop.

The $300-$400 million SkyRise will be the tallest building in Miami at 1,000 feet if developer Jeff Berkowitz secures investors to build it on a tiny sliver of land behind Downtown's Bayside development, the Miami Herald reports.

“It is going to allow Miami to assume its rightful place on the global map of world-class cities,” Berkowitz told Local10. "It's iconic... It's going to be Miami's Eiffel Tower."

At least, that is, until the whole thing's underwater. Though the Arquitectonica-designed Skyrise is designed so that hurricane-force winds can safely blow through its open sides, there's probably not much it can do about this.

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