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How high is high
Already the tallest man made structure , when it is completed next year the
Burj Dubai Skyscraper will top out over 1/2 mile high above the Persian gulf
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414341,00.html
If you happen to work on one of the upper floors you will be able to arrive
just in time to punch out and go home again. 
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What is now known as the GE Building , 30 Rockefeller Plaza was completed in 1933.
It has 69 floors and is 259 meters in height. See view from the 70th floor observatory
HERE -> http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/welcome/default.aspx
Use the RED slide bar just below the picture to pan the view
Here is a looming view from it of the neo-gothic Saint Patrick's cathedral below it,
completed in 1878 it's spires rise 100 meters from street level.
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The Burj will be over three times as tall as the Rockefeller building and eight times
taller than the cathedral, which for it's time and all of previous history was as high
as things ever got.
The Great Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu's Pyramid in Egypt, at 146 meters
original height was the tallest man made structure in the world for over 3,800 years until
the 160 meter tall spire of Lincoln Cathedral was completed in some 60 years at around
1310 A.D., itself the tallest building in the world for over 200 years until it's spire collapsed
in 1549 by what actuaries might describe as an act of god.
The pyramid was constructed over a 20 year period and completed about 2560 B.C.
For comparison the 102 story 381 meter tall empire state building was completed
in 1931 after just 410 days.
The observation that computation speed and capability doubles every 18 months
is known as Moore's law. Can it be there is a similar trend underway in building
construction ? It won't be long before another one steps up to proclaim mine's
bigger than yours.
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Obviously an insufficient man's phallic quest for length. But then, insufficient women's structures would be rounder, taking up more volume but alas
failing to meet the same impressive height records. 
Tim
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Nor is the trend limited to verticle erection, there are also pronounced horizontal exploits
Since it's opening in 2005 the Millau Viaduct has been an instant tourist attraction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct
Click the picture to see the super colossal image
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Base jumping anyone ?
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| Quote: | | the 160 meter tall spire of Lincoln Cathedral was completed in some 60 years at around 1310 A.D., itself the tallest building in the world for over
200 years until it's spire collapsed in 1549 |
The second tallest in England is Salisbury cathedral at 123 m, built around 1250AD (the spire was finished a bit later, when I don't know, within 50
yrs probably). It still stands...
Do you think any of these trashy 20-21 century structures will be standing in 2700 AD?
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The earliest skyscrapers date to the first decade of the 20th century which
is a sign of endurance. I was in the Flatiron building also known as the Fuller
building and 23 skidoo, which dates from 1902, and it seemed fine to me.
Those corner offices though are very small, barely big enough for a desk
and side chair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building
Click the picture to see the super colossal image
Here is a view of the Faltiron as seen from a webcam on the 55th floor
of the Empire state building
http://empirecam.acronym.com
For reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper#History_of_tallest_s...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_th...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_s...
Whether a construction will last depends to a great deal if it is subjected to
warfare including the unconventional sort. The World Trade Center is now history.
So much was destroyed in the second world war that although much has been
restored none is the original, is it. The Hermitage in Russia dates mostly now
from the post war era. The relics of antiquity can hardly be said to have lasted,
the Coliseum in Rome and the Parthenon in Athens and all the rest in Egypt
are all ruins, Venice is barely holding its own and has markedly degraded in
living memory.
The Millau bridge was designed with a lifespan of 120 years, that's about what
the Brooklyn bridge has lasted, with proper maintenance who knows. I have seen
personally the roman aqueduct at Segovia Spain, that has lasted 1900 years
and it's basically just a pile of stones that are stacked together without mortar.
It has undergone some recent maintenance and to this day still carries water.
But thats Spain for you, the oldest restaurant in Madrid dates from 1725
Fraunces Tavern in New York dates to 1762, although the building is earlier 1719
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Segovia
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[Edited on 8-9-2008 by franklyn]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 12AX7
Obviously an insufficient man's phallic quest for length. But then, insufficient women's structures would be rounder, taking up more volume but alas
failing to meet the same impressive height records.
Tim |
Well I hear they wanted to build one of those too, but couldn't find enough tarpaulins to cover it up.
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in
beer.
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The world's biggest brassiere?
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Will this do ya
For grandiosity of scale few can beat Buckminster Fuller's scheme of enveloping cities
http://www.waltlockley.com/manhattandome/domeappendix.htm
Here is a view from inside of the Montreal Biosphere
and some more here _ 
http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/...
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Well I've been to some good parties, but, I came across this chart today - might be interesting to some?
[Edited on 18-9-2008 by DrP]
\"It\'s a man\'s obligation to stick his boneration in a women\'s separation; this sort of penetration will increase the population of the younger
generation\" - Eric Cartman
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Past and Future
Still in the hypothetical stage , building castles in the sky is the last frontier
transcending architecture. Buildings are a very mature technology, 5000
years ago when they were proposed for the first time it was innovative.
What have we done lately. Frank Lloyd Wright shrinks to mundane in
comparison to Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
 
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Oh, I do miss those two towers... I've taken a look through one of the cameras on Empire State Building and it suddenly showed Freedom Tower. Here's
the photo.
I have almost no sympathies for the overall design of the whole site. It's too generic. There's nothing special about that tower that would say "NYC".
The Towers were icons, bold and easily remembered. Paint a sillhouette of a city and two fat stripes and everyone knows where that is. Freedom Tower?
Oh, the irony and bland, sold out "architecture". :/
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Quote: Originally posted by Endimion17  | | Oh, I do miss those two towers. The Towers were icons, bold and easily remembered. Paint a sillhouette of a city and two fat stripes and everyone
knows where that is. Freedom Tower? Oh, the irony and bland, sold out "architecture" |
Transferred to an R&D lab in NY in 81, all I had for a camera was a crappy 110 film POS as my 35 mm had been lifted a few days prior. Had a local
snap a pic of me with the WTC as a backdrop. Really wish I had owned my DSC-F717 digital still camera back then. Resolution is so poor with hopefully
obsolete 110. No doubt they stood out compared to all the buildings around them.
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" Richard Feynman
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The race for the highest building continues. In 2018 the "Burj al Mamlakah" in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) must be completed (it currently is under
construction). This tower will have a height of just over 1 km: http://www.urbanfile.org/blog/2012/06/jeddah-kingdom-tower-%...
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| Quote: Originally posted by Endimion17 | ...............I have almost no sympathies for the overall design of the whole site. It's too generic. There's nothing special about that tower that
would say "NYC". The Towers were icons, bold and easily remembered. Paint a sillhouette of a city and two fat stripes and everyone knows where that
is. Freedom Tower? Oh, the irony and bland, sold out "architecture".
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There would have been no better two fingered salute than to build the two towers back, just as they were, to the last inch.
[Edited on 16-8-2013 by jock88]
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| Quote: Originally posted by IrC | | Transferred to an R&D lab in NY in 81, all I had for a camera was a crappy 110 film POS as my 35 mm had been lifted a few days prior. Had a local
snap a pic of me with the WTC as a backdrop. Really wish I had owned my DSC-F717 digital still camera back then. Resolution is so poor with hopefully
obsolete 110. No doubt they stood out compared to all the buildings around them. |
110, I've still got one unexposed cassette. There's no way I could develop it today without spending lots of money, so I keep it in the refrigerator.
One day, who knows...
I've got some photos from the 70's, while the North Tower still had nothing on its top except few small antennas. Some of my family members went to NY
on a tourist trip and, although they've captured nice shots while cruising the Hudson river, they never went to actually visit the site. I don't know
why.
I have a few brochures from that decade, even this postcard.
It must've been amazing to go to that beach Battery Park City is now located on.
The sun, the sand and two giant silver monoliths, and sometimes public art. Amazing.
It's a nice design, but it's obvious how these races aren't bold in the sense of the races in 20th century. The buildings are heavily tapered at the
top, ending with spires. That is a sign of unsolved issues in architecture, like transportation, facilities and structural integrity. It's basically
the same thing we've had with buildings during the era right before Empire State Building. Chrysler and neogothic style has roots in utilitarism.
And then came the World Trade Center, surpassing everything, with full floor area until the very top. Now that's bold. Who knows when we'll get to see
that policy with today's supertalls...
| Quote: Originally posted by jock88 | There would have been no better two fingered salute than to build the two towers back, just as they were, to the last inch.
[Edited on 16-8-2013 by jock88] |
Exactly. Lots of people advocated for a complete rebuild, with the same exterior and interior style, except with the addition of concrete and modern
safety systems.
But I guess money got in the way, as always.
At least they could've built the memorial centre by simulating the remains of the facade that stood after the buildings fell down. That was actually
one of the ideas. Large portions were left standing as the upper parts peeled away and the core fell down like a stack of chopsticks. Those parts
could've been like a sanctuary, hosting something similar to those pools we see today. The towers would still be there in a way of speaking, visible
as skeletons. The core columns could've been represented in a fashion similar to that Holocaust memorial in Berlin.
But no, they turned the footprints unaccessible and there's nothing a street level walker can see that would say there were two monoliths there.
People aren't 50 metres tall.
It's a pool you can only gawk in, and they've ignored the dimensions of the central cores, which weren't tiny squares in the middle. They were
positioned perpendicular to each other and were rectangles. They defined the towers' interiors.
I really have zero interest to visit that site, especially with that huge and dumb pedestal Freedom Tower is sitting on.
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Lords of the rings
I seem to have triggered a lot of sentimental reminiscences.
My recollection of the World Trade Center complex of buildings
was that it presumed to be a self contained city but did so
awkwardly , as if it was reaching , but fell short of the goal.
This I attribute to it's conception as a bigger version of just
another building. Anything that extensive in scale requires
considerable human amenities without which the structure
is barren and uninviting , as if the inhabitants are alien to it.
Traveling vertically within it I had a sense of concern for
what could happen should there be an emergency and
leaving it fast became a priority. My thought was to have
a glass cutter and a sport fishing reel of high tensile line to
bust out and rappel myself to the ground.
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Gerard O’Neill’s High Frontier near earth space colonization
working group termed L5 society undertook serious study
of visionary projects to develop living habitats in space. In
a weightless environment megastructures of unprecedented
size are entirely feasible , providing there is a cheap enough
method to lift material off the earth's surface for their
construction. An electromagnetic driver /launcher would
accelerate capsules to a six mile per second speed to reach
the low earth orbit of manned space vehicles. http://bit.ly/lZiYQR
Click the pictures for video
— No one can say our generation wasn't bold —
"We choose to go to the moon. Not because it is easy , but because it is hard."
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy — September 12, 1962
www.youtube.com/embed/g25G1M4EXrQ
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High is when you become confused about whether you are inhaling or exhaling and hod your breath until the anoxia makes you panic.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Paddywhacker | High is when you become confused about whether you are inhaling
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Well, it's true that, during almost the whole first decade of its existence, the superblock was looked upon as a tumor that grew in the middle of a
busy city tissue. The Plaza was a barren land without anything to offer, looking pretty much like in this photo. Yamasaki's intentions were to make it zen, for the workers to enjoy in a stress relieving environment, but it became zen to the point
of being a desolate surface for the wind to errode people of it.
But the things changed. Building #3 was made so the wind was slowed down, various sculptures were scattered around, concerts started, small coffee
shops and snack bars were opened. People gradually started occupying the environment. I've read about 150-200 thousand people would visit the site
every day as a stopping point, with around 80 thousand visitors to the observation deck. That's just stunning. Almost an entire population of my town
worth of people.
I don't know about any other skyscraper complex that ever had such public traffic. Most of the plazas around them (if they even exist!) are desolate
or act like repellents for people because they're unwelcoming. So WTC was actually quite different from the normal example.
As for the Stanford torus, you can see something similar in Elysium.
I somehow doubt we'll ever see anything similar, on a small scale, during our lifetimes.
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With the ubiquity of bland hybrids, I'd almost forgotten what "high" was . . .
But my "Old Timer's Haze" are just now coming into flower!
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Lol thats where i live
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Continuing on this post above => www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=11140#pid2959...
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Director of the New York Hayden Planetarium outlines the shortcomings of the national loss of faith in aerospace technology.
http://youtu.be/9H3vOFPPSXo?t=42s , Watch this until time 9:25
http://youtu.be/g25G1M4EXrQ?t=1m32s
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Can you top this ?
http://www.drivethedistrict.com/2014/08/11/worlds-first-kilo...
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I am a major buzz kill.
So I am thinking: End of life demolition plans? We know the materials are NOT spec'd to last as long as the great pyramid, especially those built in
areas with substantial rainfall...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank_Building
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