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Richard: Here's a few more recent images of Brisbane City. By 2012 we'll have around 6 new supertalls reshaping our skyline. By 2020, an extra 10 fully constructed towers is expected, along with necessary infrastrucure upgrades.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

dirana1: PS EvilGentleman, there's more to a tower at KP than an mop and a squeegee believe me, I myself would have a couple of rounds of the indigenous firearm in the tower fired if someone......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

jon doe: i belive that the towers were rigged from top to bottom without a dought. theres no question that our goverment was behind it. i want to know who was on the two planes that hit......

in response to: If You See Something by GGP

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Michelle: The first building is the centre block of Canadian Parliament. After that is the Peace Tower. The flowy green-domed ones are the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Apparently the design of the musuem "is supposed to......

in response to: Parliament Hill Cats, Rideau Canal, and RCMP Stables by Michelle

TTT: i dont like both montreal or toronto. i agree, montreal is bland. with toronto, if the CN tower wasnt there it would look so boring and blend in with many other skylines like LA does....

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

dboy: Just to nit-pick ... By a fraction, Tokyo Midtown is the highest tower in central Tokyo and 4th highest in Japan. I was lucky enough to work there when it was finished last year, the......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

Richard: Brisbane has a beautiful river contour which curls around the CBD. We also have several major towers under construction that will completely evolve the city skyline! It's a really exciting time for Brisbane. To catch......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Richard: Hey, this is the current city skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane city is located in south-east Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. With so many new towers proposed, approved and underconstruction- Brisbane's skyline is......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Andrew Smith: Thought I'd try and take a few of the more urban side of Irlam... If ever your playing Irlam Town, get yourself to that football ground...now home of Irlam FC [[img:26236]] Most of the streets in this area......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Heavy Mike: Oh BTW that is not the broadcast tower. That may be the STL (Studio Transmitter Link) that gets the signal from the programming studio to the broadcast site which is out in Dewalt....

in response to: Defunct Radio Tower At Dusk by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Synthetrix: Excellent post! I thought I was the only freak obsessed with the observations towers. I have even dreamed about being up in them. I will hopefully see them in person this September. Until then, Cheers V http://www,synthetrix.com...

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Ken : Beautiful pic of Tour de la Bourse, it's a fine example of 1960's architecture in Montreal along with Place Ville Marie & Habitat 67. You don't get cool looking buildings like these in Toronto, the CN......

in response to: Tour De La Bourse by Cinic

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

liesbeth: Do you know if the new Beetham tower is built on top of the Great Bridgewater Street Wesleyan Chapel? or if not, where that might have been? I love all these sites on Manchester. Does......

in response to: Sunday in Town by Andrew Smith

Dunny DuNsTeR: Dawn, I totally agree. This is totally the point, Banksy's work is all about culture. I am sure if they do take it down he will come back with something equally provocative. Just as he......

in response to: Giant Rat Destroys Liverpool by banksyfan

Bob Watt: I'm English, but worked in NYC 1974-77. Although I never lived in Yorkville, some friends had an apartment in Ruppert Tower, and I visited them frequently. There was a store on 86th St.,......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

chitown chillin: i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

john taylor: along with my father,i worked for t.w.ward(dismantlers)of sheffield on the power station at barton ,i can't remember exactly how long it took to clear the site and drop the the two enormous chimneys but when......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

K King: Why do you take on such a smug attitude? And not include the CN tower as well, which obviously crushes the Space Needle? It is probably Canada's biggest tourist attraction in terms of attendance. Don't......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

pib: The building in question is The Bank Of America Building... I like that everyone still calles it the Columbia Tower though, fcuk BofA. My high school prom was held there when the building was new.......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

Peter: you know, i really hate it when people repeat blatantly knee-jerk (and ultimately, meaningless) mantras like ##"Never Forget what happened that day!"## ...as if its going to just, you know, skip right out of our......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Polarme: beautiful! i actually thought it was stockholm at first, we have a church-tower that looks rather similar to the one in this pic! (which is weird since churchtowers tend to look rather similar all around......

in response to: A Snow Falls in Brooklyn by Peter

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

mavinrya: the twin tower is the galleria suites. adjacent to the towers is the galleria mall. ...

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

Seamus Mc Clean: Thanks for the info on St Margarets. David, I would like a photo if you have one please. Can you scan and email to mccleanseamus@hotmail.cm? many thanks. Visited Stanley Street last weekend. My Grandmother was......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

steelisreal: i got engaged at coit tower in August of 2005... i miss california so much...

in response to: The City by the Bay by serlingrod

Elicar: The two towers in Glorietta is the Ascott Hotel, formerly known as Oakwood Premier Ayala Center. They changed it to Ascott as it was the site of the "Oakwood Mutiny" in July 2003. A group......

in response to: What Poverty? by Elicar

alensky: well,that twin towers i supposed is the Glorietta complex? (not sure) but it's like a Condo then shopping mall.filipino like to do shopping......

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Elicar: I might as well acquaint readers the exact place where this was taken. We were travelling along Ortigas Avenue, coming from Pasig City (Manila, as I refer to is the Greater Manila Area). The background......

in response to: Wrong Way, Buddy! by Elicar

Susan C. from Pueblo: I saw Bishop's Castle 2 weeks ago and was truly amazed at the work that Jim has done on the castle. He had to have God's help with this phenomenal work of art. ......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

gus hassler : a different type of tower crane instalation on the hospital.first time i ever put one up on a roof of a building on railroad tracks.travels lenght of roof on rails. i was master rigger during......

in response to: Queensboro Bridge by Peter

smiley: wow, what a beautiful church tower. i think i've been their once, very nice greek school there. ...

in response to: Moonrise Over The Greek School by groovehouse

Jeff: I am from Boston and even though my home city is very nice and livable like Montreal (my favorite), it doesn't make my top five skyline cities: 1) HONG KONG - Very difficult to......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

jack: ilona, you have to tell us a little something about yourself and the picture, seems interesting, you know i never went to paris, flew over it but never in it, my uncle gave me some......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

steve brown: I lived in Turner Towers we owned the largest penthouse there.It was a great place with. 4bedrooms 5 baths and two maids rooms.The roof garden was huge with unlimited views on all sides....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

joey: it's now september. has the tower fallen yet? or been demolished?...

in response to: Defunct Sign Tower by groovehouse

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

joey: the smith tower, 506 second ave. 35th floor observation deck....

in response to: One August Morning by joey

firecraker: we love our vultures in cleveland. they live in the terminal tower and help keep our pigeon population in check. great shots. the first one is my favorite....

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

serlingrod: [[img:23007]] Ha! I knew these buildings looked familiar! Here's the shot I snagged earlier this summer. F*** Best Buy! Something very similar happened in Philly earlier last year.....a row of very unique storefronts......

in response to: Say Goodbye by CE

Peter: gotta love hte sunbeams and {water tower}s... the {warehouse}/{loft} building looks uncannily similar to one in my neighborhood in {bushwick}......

in response to: Crane Building by Cinic

susannah: Thanks so much for these photos and commentary- they brings home the reality of the situation. I'm sorry about the tourists- that is pretty upsetting. I couldn't bear to go to ground zero after 9/11......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 2 - Life in the Exclusion Zone by Tyfoid Kid

Che: The Calgary tower's a lot better than most of these in my opinion, having actaully seen the majority in person. I think you just looked up the pictures on google....

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

procyon: General consensus seems to be a combination of luck (sometimes it's just unlocked) and being polite/respectful to the people who work there (i.e. if you see people working inside, try asking nicely if you can......

in response to: The Tent of Tomorrow, Revisited by procyon

elaine: is it really true we have better phones than you? mine, the nokia n80 http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n80-1347.php fyi, has TWO yes TWO cameras on it! the secondary camera is designed with teenagers in mind i think and......

in response to: Silvery Paste Up by elaine

CE: The picture of the second factory doesn't do its size justice at all. It's a massive building that towers over you when you're near it and even when you're on the other side of......

in response to: Two Factories by CE

EvilGentleman: The crosswalk countdowns look like the ones I have seen in the Lasalle borough of Montreal for the last 20 years. They're everywhere around here nowadays, but not downtown for some stupid reason. They really......

in response to: Co-branding Strategy by jeeff

jeeff: btw: shot number one happens to showcase two new toronto upgrades.. 1) coloured cn tower. i don't know how long red-and-white will continue--they can do all sorts of crazy patterns. i find my shots......

in response to: Co-branding Strategy by jeeff

EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its......

in response to: The Big-O by Cinic

anon (207-170-204-36.static.twtelecom.net): Um, I've got to concurr with the comment above. The "Darth Vader Building" is the one on Fourth and Blanchard. Now, there is a connection. Both buildings were designed by the same......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

aer suzuki: First of all, I would never, ever call myself a "real Seattlite" and I think I made it clear that I'm the only person I know who calls the building the Darth Vader building. As......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

Peter: heh, i used to live between 4th and 5th avenues just down from the park. nice. i also love that shot with the 5 water-towers superimposed under the fence....

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Peter: i love that {tower} on the top right......

in response to: Looking over Downtown by Brad

rox2mel: I just went on vacation back to my hometown of Colorado Springs. My son and I went to see the castle and I was amazed!! It really took my breath away after I......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

pbcre8 and family: We were just taking the scenic route from Denver back to Texas and passed by--but did a U-turn to check it out. My boy was preschool aged, but he climbed (trembling) to the top of......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

CartLegger: I dig that last once was a water-tower photo. The second shot--where was it taken from?...

in response to: Bridge by little ukraine

Andy: I'd have to say I prefer the view from Seoul Tower at night....

in response to: Some Phone by chiamattt

Hijaz: Kuala Lumpur will be adding some supertalls(The 4 Seasons Place and Lot C) that will match and complement the Petronas Towers height and architecture in some years to come. Then hopefully the author will rank......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

seaqueue: I was really surprised to learn the other day that St. James Cathedral is (just barely) taller than the Peace Tower in Ottawa. The Peace Tower seems like a much taller structure for some......

in response to: Dalhousie Street by Biff

upfromflames: good question. glad you asked that, as I just pulled out my CB4 (Bushwick) zoning map out last night after too long. And now I get to use it! Y'see, its pretty easy for the city......

in response to: The Tower of Bushwick by upfromflames

Brandon: I here there putting in a RITZ in toronto, and a four seasons tower, trump tower, and future R.O.M not to menion sapphire tower ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Brandon: [[img:20114]] Yo, Toronto , where its at. Just thought i'd add some new pictures. Anyone know if they have started the Trump Tower yet i havent been downtown in a few weeks.. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: Photo 2: Construction of {Angrignon} Towers retirement {condo} complex [[http://www.reseauselection.com/residences-detail.asp?ID=31]] Map: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.446561,-73.607492&spn=0.001833,0.003616&z=18]]...

in response to: Montreal Scenery, 2004 by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Still getting the hang of it, CartLegger. If you also are party of the Google Earth Community, I have added a few placemarks there under the name of Arcticmohawk. No problem, Cinic. As far as the......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Jamie: Nice photos from an under-represented city. I was in Leeds earlier this year, without my camera and I was very surprised by all the regeneration going on. Not being a fan of NCP cark park......

in response to: Student Days - Leeds by Andrew Smith

Amber: I really think that the photos are nice, My sisters aunt died in the world Trade Center in tower 2 on 9/11, but anyways they are nice photos of ground zero. ...

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Cambel: Lucho: If you were an honest researcher, you would investigate, and then use the information you find to form an opinion on what you see. Instead, you've already formed an opinion that the destruction of......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

procyon: ooh! i especially like the fifth one and the last one... it's always a surprise to see how beautiful pop is in the sunlight. the building on top of a building reminds me of the elevator......

in response to: DownTown Buildings by Tyfoid Kid

EvilGentleman: Amazing that nobody has commented about the lack of towers in the sky in this shot. I personally do not recognize the vantage point, but I am assuming that the WTC would have filled the......

in response to: NYC: this skyline once filled with towers by Peter

Frank S. Besner: The "Plallus" is called "Le 100 De La Gauchetière". Unlike it's rather unimaginative name (after the civic address it holds), that building is amazinly designed. the little cuppolas at the base of the tower are......

in response to: The Sun Life Building: The Secret Hiding Place of the British Crown Jewels by EvilGentleman

WhereAmI?: In the picture W7, you're looking north over the Cambie Street Bridge at the Downtown core. The big white bubble on the far right is BC Place Stadium, where the BC Lions football team plays.......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

ron m: I was working at KP when the olympics were on and you couldn't "Buy" a posting in any of the towers, it was reserved for all the"Bosses Kids"....

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

joey southside: 1st I'd like to say I dig the site sort of a memorial for the falling buildings...But In the chicago project buildings, more people were killed and commited sucide ( due to their situation) then......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Drew Jennings: I like the Cleveland skyline. Have you ever seen all the great buildings their. At Christmas time the Terminal Tower is lit up in green and red. Its great! You should have a picture of......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

K.H.: I visited the castle a few times back when I lived in Pueblo... truly amazing. I ran into Jim Bishop there on a couple of those occasions, and he was talking about building......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Jeff: The freedom tower will be so cool when it is completed i can't wait to see it soon, I love the New York city Area it rocks...

in response to: New Buildings by barry

Jeff: New York City is the gretest city and place a person could be the skyline is #1 along with chicago, and hong kong and there are more things to see and do there than anywhere......

in response to: New York City 2 by JayEastsider

john: i was born in clark street (1935) just off tower we could look into wullies dairy from our window i went to lambhill street school just round the corner clark st. tower st. sussex st.......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

mr tthomas mcgowan 2/2/2007: hi tommy here this brings back memories to me i was born in 20 sussex street.4up the pen [1945 ]my pals in the close was ian mc ewan billy logan,bobby park ......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

EvilGentleman: My great-grandfather was an ironworker who fell to his death while working on the Terminal Tower in November 1929. I still have a lot of relatives who remain in the Cleveland area....

in response to: Terminal Tower by joey

joey: oooh. the dancing waters at tower city -oooh. ...

in response to: Cleveland from the Golden Hour on by procyon

procyon: mega surreal. i love this, writing and picture both, and i wish i could be more articulate about why. abandoned [-looking] limo! space futuristic tower! snow, weeds, sodium lights and smoke!...

in response to: Too Cold to Melt by jeeff

groovehouse: That's a great clock tower! Yo, what time is it??...

in response to: Ribune Tribune by joey

Peter: nice... i like the writing, and also that i can see the tower in the photo....

in response to: Too Cold to Melt by jeeff

murphy: I grew up in Turner Towers in the mid fifties. It was wonderful...with a doorman and a switch board operator. The hallways always smelled like "cooking"...and the elevator operators were warm and friendly!~......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Princess: great shots I didn't know they put a clock in the leaning tower of pisa...

in response to: London Parliament by steelisreal

kruzer: Ya know... it's an art what he's doing. Wish someone can donate engineering time and material to make sure the structure will stand. If some of you bitch about these things... how about the leaning tower......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Pete Cesarini: A few thoughts: 1. Reminds me of another famous Spanish Don - Don Quijote. Who is Don Justo's Sancho Panza? 2. Another Quixotic monument (sculpture) still stands tall in Los Angeles, The Watts Towers. Very similar......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Beadle and Tatum: also in the background you can see lorain-carnege bridge, where [http://www.citynoise.org/article/5318/in/cleveland@oh] that post was shot. Then there is the Rapid transit bridge, the redline after it leaves ohio city, before tower city. The......

in response to: Bridges of Cuyahoga County by Jon