[Shakeepuddn]

Pieces of eight on an island fair,

Stacked and piled on high.

A treasure to measure millennial birth

Riches to reach the sky.

Place and number all in a name

Better than best by one,

Four meager years upon the throne,

By a sultan uncrowned undone.

[Shakeepuddn]

I'd like to pretend "with the assist by lotus

[spoiler='You bet Lotus, you were all over it. Dave B gets credit too. Explication

']I guess T-101 is too unfamiliar to most. I live 40 minutes from Taipei and can see it on a clear day from my high-rise apartment. Eight sections (Chinese 8 stands for prosperity and furtune)and the 101 has several symbolic meanings that were considered in choosing the name:

Street address, New century/millenium. 100 is "perfect" number and 1 goes one better, etc. Burj is the sultan (unfinished and without a "crown" or top spire) and just topped 101 this year, only four years after 101 was completed.

[Guest]

I'd like to pretend "with the assist by lotus

[spoiler='You bet Lotus, you were all over it. Dave B gets credit too. Explication

']I guess T-101 is too unfamiliar to most. I live 40 minutes from Taipei and can see it on a clear day from my high-rise apartment. Eight sections (Chinese 8 stands for prosperity and furtune)and the 101 has several symbolic meanings that were considered in choosing the name:

Street address, New century/millenium. 100 is "perfect" number and 1 goes one better, etc. Burj is the sultan (unfinished and without a "crown" or top spire) and just topped 101 this year, only four years after 101 was completed.

I do think that was a brilliant riddle, Shakeepuddn. Although, my favorite of yours is still Digsby Digs. : )