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TIL the Rivergate Tower is a 454ft tall skyscraper with 32 floors and is the sixth tallest building in Tampa, Florida USA and one of the tallest limestone buildings in the world. It was designed by architect Harry Wolf who based its measurements on the Fibonacci Series.

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