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Re: What amazing things is America building?
Contempt of the rest of the world?
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Contempt of the rest of the world?
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Interestingly, the Freedom tower will be 1368 feet at the roof. The 200 Greenwich Street Building looks to be coming in at 1270 feet at the roof. WTC 1 was 1368 feet at the roof, WTC 2 was 1362 feet. WTC 7, which was the 3rd tallest building in the complex was only 610 feet (and has already been replaced by the new WTC 7 at 750 feet!) 175 Greenwich looks to be 1155 at the roof to be the third tallest building in the new complex.Originally posted by OzzyKP
Freedom Tower:
There are more amazing buildings though.
I had thought that we were being too timid in only replacing WTC 1 and WTC 2 with The Freedom Tower, but it looks like this will be a skyscraper "in your face!" to AQ afterall.
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That video is awesome but how does the Spire stack up to other buildings in Asia?Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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The website doesn't look to active. Last "news" item in 2005.Originally posted by BeBro
Anybody familiar with that "Freedom Ship" project (nah it isn't ex French
)?. Saw something about a while ago, it's a big ship like a city on the ocean for several thousand (or tens of thousand?) permanent inhabitants. I'm wondering if they ever going to realize that.
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That redesign looks crappy. I much prefer the original design as this "new" design is pretty much just a generic box with a couple of pathetic attempts at making it not look like the generic box it is.Originally posted by OzzyKP
Freedom Tower:
There are more amazing buildings though.
Oh, and cutting the height to just 1368ft from the original 1776ft was lame. I loved how the previous plan called for, every September 11th, the building to cast a shadow on the 9/11 memorial site at exactly the time of the 9/11 attacks and for the shadow to pass at exactly the time after the second tower fell. That's what I call great thought and indepth design and setting the height to 1776 ft was another key tie in with American history. What these jerk offs have done was sell the public on this world class design then after the project got approved they changed EVERYTHING leaving nothing but a generic box. What crap.
Last edited by Dinner; November 7, 2007, 13:59.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Oerdin, the "official" height will still be 1776 feet as tha will be the height of the antenna mast. I believe that WTC 1 was actually 1767 with its antenna mast."I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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Well that's good but I still like the original design better.Originally posted by PLATO
Oerdin, the "official" height will still be 1776 feet as tha will be the height of the antenna mast. I believe that WTC 1 was actually 1767 with its antenna mast.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Masts are cheating
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It's dead. Fortunately there are people who are going about it in a more realistic way.Originally posted by BeBro
Anybody familiar with that "Freedom Ship" project (nah it isn't ex French)?. Saw something about a while ago, it's a big ship like a city on the ocean for several thousand (or tens of thousand?) permanent inhabitants. I'm wondering if they ever going to realize that.
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Originally posted by DanS
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QFTOriginally posted by Kuciwalker
Wow, that building is fugly.
Native-born Chicagoans should both hate the thing's design and be proud it's bringing Chicago back into the game. The Sears Tower is 442.3m and the Drill Bit will be 609.6m. The Burj in Dubai is currently looking at being 807.7m (I believe they're still being hush-hush about its final planned height). Skyscraperpage.com has stats and comparisons.The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
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QFMFTOriginally posted by Patroklos
Masts are cheating
The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
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Don't federal regulations relating to air safety prohibit the construction in the US of any structure as tall as the burj anyway?Originally posted by DRoseDARs
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Native-born Chicagoans should both hate the thing's design and be proud it's bringing Chicago back into the game. The Sears Tower is 442.3m and the Drill Bit will be 609.6m. The Burj in Dubai is currently looking at being 807.7m (I believe they're still being hush-hush about its final planned height). Skyscraperpage.com has stats and comparisons.Comment
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Going up on the north lawn."The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.Comment
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Not an antenna mast, a "spire". Which makes a difference apparently when judging the height of buildings. Spires count, antennas don't. *shrug*Originally posted by PLATO
Oerdin, the "official" height will still be 1776 feet as tha will be the height of the antenna mast. I believe that WTC 1 was actually 1767 with its antenna mast.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
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