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David Strang: I've always been fascinated by this little funky building, and am delighted that it has been saved. New construction surrounding the building was inevitable and a necessary aspect of saving this little tower. ...... zagg: Finally something we agree on, jack. I wonder if they have a gift shop because I want a 'brown building with water towers' snow globe!... jack: i like the old building with the water towers... jack: ahh shucks, i told the wrong story, it goes like this, every morning the king would go to the tower and ring the bell to wake up the citizens of the town, so when he...... eyeofodin: Are you kidding me procyon?! The Trump Tower in Chicago is magnificent looking! It's a building that is going to stand the test in time in regards to looks, mature looking. Anyway,...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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
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Most of the streets in this area...... 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.... 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...... 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....... 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... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.,...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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...... mavinrya: the twin tower is the galleria suites. adjacent to the towers is the galleria mall. ... 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...... steelisreal: i got engaged at coit tower in August of 2005... i miss california so much... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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. ...... 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...... smiley: wow, what a beautiful church tower. i think i've been their once, very nice greek school there. ... 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...... 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...... 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.... joey: it's now september. has the tower fallen yet? or been demolished?... 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...... joey: the smith tower, 506 second ave. 35th floor observation deck.... 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.... 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...... 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...... Peter: gotta love hte sunbeams and {water tower}s...
the {warehouse}/{loft} building looks uncannily similar to one in my neighborhood in {bushwick}...... 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...... 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.... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.... Peter: i love that {tower} on the top right...... 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...... 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...... 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...... CartLegger: I dig that last once was a water-tower photo. The second shot--where was it taken from?... Andy: I'd have to say I prefer the view from Seoul Tower at night.... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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 ... 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.. ... 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]]... 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...... 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...... 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. ... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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....... 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".... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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... 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...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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 ...... 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.... joey: oooh. the dancing waters at tower city -oooh. ... 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!... groovehouse: That's a great clock tower! Yo, what time is it??... Peter: nice... i like the writing, and also that i can see the tower in the photo....
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