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Tower of the Americas

observation tower in San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Tower of the Americas

Summary

Tower of the Americas is an observation tower[1]. It draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #10 of 79).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tower of the Americas is located in Texas[3].
  • Tower of the Americas is in the country of United States[4].
  • Tower of the Americas's image is recorded as Tower of the americas 2013.jpg[5].
  • Tower of the Americas's instance of is recorded as observation tower[6].
  • Tower of the Americas's architect is recorded as O'Neil Ford[7].
  • Tower of the Americas's owned by is recorded as San Antonio[8].
  • Tower of the Americas's made from material is recorded as concrete[9].
  • Tower of the Americas's Commons category is recorded as Tower of the Americas[10].
  • Tower of the Americas's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20000341[11].
  • Tower of the Americas's Emporis building ID is recorded as 118195[12].
  • +1968-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tower of the Americas[13].
  • Tower of the Americas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.4189, 'lon': -98.4836}[14].
  • Tower of the Americas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05kt7r[15].
  • Tower of the Americas's participant is recorded as Ford, Powell & Carson[16].
  • Tower of the Americas's participant is recorded as Félix Candela[17].
  • Tower of the Americas's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[18].
  • Tower of the Americas's number of elevators is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[19].
  • Tower of the Americas's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 9604[20].
  • Tower of the Americas's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4737201[21].
  • Tower of the Americas's date of official opening is recorded as +1968-04-06T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Tower of the Americas's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00892666n[23].
  • Tower of the Americas's SAH Archipedia building ID is recorded as TX-01-SA63[24].
  • Tower of the Americas's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from Tower of The Americas[25].

Body

Geography

Tower of the Americas is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Texas[3].

Designation and Status

Tower of the Americas's instance of is recorded as observation tower[6].

History and Context

+1968-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tower of the Americas[13]. Its owned by is recorded as San Antonio[8].

Why It Matters

Tower of the Americas draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (observation_tower category, ranking #10 of 79).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Buildings of Texas collection. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Buildings of Texas collection. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+3'}
    Number of elevators → {'amount': '+3'}
    Architect → O'Neil Ford
    Inception → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "TowerOfTheAmericas::mmzc4"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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