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Originally posted by August Borms
A sad state of affairs, really
A sad state of affairs, really
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Hey man, that was one of the biggest skylines in Europe. A century or 5 ago.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts. -
You can see Canada Tower and some of the other Docklands skyscrapers (HSBC and Citigroup) from near my home. Although from this distance they aren't very big to look at.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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I see a red 'X'. or is this what you meant by Antwerp's skyline?Originally posted by Colon
Here's Antwerp's skyline
I drew a simple paint sketch
to represent how would that look like, following the Parisian model. and yes, I know that the Parisian skyscraper neighbourhood is rather small.
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that's one of the reasons.Because they're ugly.
oslo has only two skyscrapers (or high-rises, what's the definition? they're about 110 m) in the city centre. they look totally out of place and should be torn down
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Originally posted by paiktis22
Because they're ugly.
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It is a skyscraper, they just had to build a small one because "the view of the cathedral must not be obstructed"
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If only they'd make me mayor, I'd burn the whole city down and then rebuild it in a Albert-Speer-meets-Hongkong style
-Damn christians
Oi mate, I'm not religious, far from, but don't even think of touching our beloved Cathedral !!
They've taken down enough as it is, just to please a couple politicians and rich b*stards...
Last edited by alva; June 2, 2003, 13:44.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
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I would say skyscrapers are 40+ or 50+ stories. 150m+. The Empire State Building is 381 meters. Using these criteria, there are 186 such skyscrapers in New York City.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Even Third World Panama is ahead!
Some beautifull cocaine towers!If you don't like reality, change it! me
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GePap: That's also because you have a Colon Free Zone!
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Given the Hell on earth that is the city of Colon, well...
Trust me when I say that most of the buildindings you see there have 20-30% occupancy at best, yet they report profits...
If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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Costa Rica is more legal..
San Jose Skyline:
They always had the reputation for being the more stable country in Latin America..For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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Nothing compares to this
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San Jose my butt! That is one measly building!
I found a great site about Skyscrappers (they define them as buildings over 90 Meters tall), and they rankedf Skylines!
Panama City came in at 36th! It has 49 buildings over 90 meters, more than London, Tel Aviv, Detroit, Maimi and others.
As for the cities with the most buildings over 90 meters:
1.NYC, 783
2. Hong Kong, 656
3.Chicago, 306
4.Shanghai, 298
5. Tokyo, 269.
Tokyo scores higher than Shanghai in the skyline poll, so the ranking is just not about numbers, but I guess they also take inot account the relative heights.\
Here is the site: great stuff!
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"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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I think that's because 30+ floors buildings in Mexico are banned due to the earthquakes, but I'm not sure.Originally posted by GePap
It might also be preferences. Fort example, while Mexico City is bigger than Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo has a skyline and Mexico City has few buildings over 30 stories. Even Panama city and it's cocaine towers have a better skyline than Mexico City.
Down here we don't have buildings over than 50 floors due to the architectural regulations and to the earthquakes measures.>>> El cine se lee en dvdplay <<<Comment
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