May 21, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Skyscrapers

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The New Tallest Building In The Southern Hemisphere...

Posted 03.21.2013 | Travel

Melbourne officials approved plans this week to construct a 388-meter (roughly 1,273-foot) skyscraper dubbed Australia 108, which would become the tal...

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The 10 Tallest Apartment Buildings In The World

The Huffington Post | Rain Embuscado | Posted 03.14.2013 | HuffPost Home

And six of them are located in the same city. Can you guess which one?

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In Praise Of The Bean

Daniel Maidman | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts

Read More: Anish Kapoor, The Bean, Skyscrapers, Chicago, Millennium Park, Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor Bean, Chicago Art, Silver Bean Chicago, Millennium Park Bean, Cloud Gate Bean, Cloud Gate Chicago, Anish Kapoor Cloud Gate, Arts News

I haven't been back to Chicago since 1996. Among the things I've missed was the creation of Millennium Park, and with it, of the Bean, a 100-ton sta...

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PHOTOS: Mesmerizing Skyscraper Reflections

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 01.18.2013 | New York

In his last two trips to New York City, 46-year-old German photographer Carsten Witte focused his lens on a particular urban phenomenon: the intricate...

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PHOTOS: The World's Ugliest Skyscrapers

Posted 09.17.2012 | Travel

Read More: Worlds Ugliest Skyscrapers, Video, Skyscrapers, Ugly Skyscrapers, International Destinations, Terrible Architecture, Tall Buildings, Architecture, Architects, Buildings, Skyscraper, Travel News

They spark our wanderlust, they inspire citizens and, occasionally, they stand as monuments to human ingenuity. But oftentimes skyscrapers also proudl...

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Pilobolus Dance Theatre at the Joyce

Margaret Fuhrer | Posted 07.20.2012 | Arts

Read More: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Pilobolus Dance, Trish Sie, Dance, Automaton, OK Go, Duet, Skyscrapers, Gnomen, Megawatt, Arts News

If you have a boyfriend who's "not sure about this whole dance thing," you take him to see Pilobolus. Everybody finds something to like about this eminently likable group.

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OK Go Runs An Old Song Through The Viral Video Machine

Posted 04.03.2012 | Home

Read More: OK Go Music Video, Track of the Day, Video, OK Go, Ok Go Skyscrapers, Skyscrapers, On Our Radar, Home News

OK Go released yet another clever, colorful and highly clickable video for "Skyscrapers"last week. The video features two tango dancers throwing out ...

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Incredible Skyscraper Designs

| Posted 03.09.2012 | Home

Read More: Evolo, 2012 Skyscraper Competition, Evolo Skyscraper Competition, Evolo Skyscraper Competition 2012, Skyscrapers, Slidepollajax, Home News

Karissa Rosenfield (click here for original article) eVolo is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Skyscraper Competition. Established in 2...

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PHOTOS: Teen LEGO Enthusiast

| Megan Horst Hatch | Posted 11.29.2011 | Home

Read More: Cn Tower, Buffalo Grove Patch, Skyscrapers, World Trade Center Complex, Eiffel Tower, Burj Khalifa, Fun Stuff, Amazing Teens, Legos, Rocco Buttliere, Patch, Buffalo Grove, Home News

In the Buttliere family’s Buffalo Grove home, the Eiffel Tower shares a table with the World Trade Center complex, Toronto’s CN Tower, and Dubai...

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Empty Ceremonies:
Grandees Gather for 9/11

Jan Herman | Posted 11.08.2011 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Skyscrapers, Rudolph Giuliani, Jimmy Breslin, Ground Zero, New York News

Jimmy Breslin was right. It's a lousy idea to turn the victims of 9/11 into martyrs and just as lousy to turn Ground Zero into a glorified cemetery. ...

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WATCH: Leaps Of Faith Around The World

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Brady | Posted 11.30.2011 | Travel

Read More: Pacific Travel, Rappelling, International Destinations, Asia Travel, Travel Video, Thrill Rides, Europe Travel, Gotta See This, Destinations, Video, Skyscrapers, Bungee Jumping, Adventure Travel, US Destinations, Slidepollajax, Canada Travel, Skyjump, Travel News

Daredevils of the world have been asking: What's the point of a skyscraper if you can't fling yourself off it? From Las Vegas to Macau to Auckland,...

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PHOTOS: 'Hotel Of Doom' Exterior Completed

Posted 09.12.2011 | Arts

Read More: Bbc, Ryugyong Hotel, Design, Architecture, Independent, Cold War, Kim Jong-Il, Coalition Provisional Authority, Communism, Pyongyang, Skyscrapers, South Korea, Telecommunications, Hotel of Doom, Orascom, Iraq, North Korea, Arts News

The massive Ryugyong Hotel, which towers over the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, has long been symbolic for all the wrong reasons. Built from 1987...

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15 Mind-Blowing Skyscrapers

Posted 06.11.2011 | Green

From Inhabitat: With world populations growing and land scarce, more and more architects are looking to build upwards instead of outwards. Want some ...

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What Skyscrapers Tell Us ... About Us

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Just as the height and placement of skyscrapers tells us about our global standing and self-image, the buildings they now hide and overshadow tell us about new religious realities.

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PHOTOS: The World's Most Stunning Skyscrapers

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Skyscrapers, Tall Buildings, Massive Buildings, Architecture, Slidepollajax, Buildings, World News

From the record-breaking spires of Dubai's Burj Khalifa to the unusual shape of Spain's Torre Agbar, the world's skyscrapers are not only wonders of d...

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Macmillan Loves The Flatiron Building, Despite Its Eccentricities

The New York Times | Helene Stapinski | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Flatiron, Macmillan, Book Publishing, Old Buildings, Books, Skyscrapers, New York City, Books News

The Flatiron Building's triangular shape, designed by Daniel Burnham, and its location at the junction of Broadway and Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, ha...

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