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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:42 PM
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This is the most beautiful skyscraper I have ever seen:


Fifty-five years after the death of William Randolph Hearst, the media company he founded is flush with profits and has realized Mr. Hearst's dream of erecting a Midtown skyscraper.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/05/business/media/05hearst.html?hp&ex=1149480000&en=b21d5d6083fd0f3d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:45 PM
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1. my favorite is the Chrysler Building
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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:54 PM
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3. I agree...never could see why people preferred the Empire State Bldg..
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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:21 PM
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7. King Kong. It has become part of a myth and a legend.
But mostly because people are allowed to get in and go up and become part of it.

The Chrysler building seems colder and more aloof because it doesn't really welcome visitors. But I agree, it is a site. Nothing else like it in the world.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:03 AM
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16. Probably because NYC is the best fucking city in the world.
IMHO.

:)
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:25 PM
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9. Yes, oh yes. It's the best ever. There will never be another
building like that.

Redstone
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:34 AM
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18. Second that
The ONLY thing that took my breath away on my recent first-ever trip to NYC was turning a corner and looking up and seeing the Chrysler Building in all its glory rising up right before me.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 06:52 AM
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20. i'd like to add my vote for the chrysler.
but i also love the empire state.

i have no particular love for the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of the bauhause movement.
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Karenca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 08:50 AM
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21. ditto.....the Chrysler ..... eom
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 04:16 PM
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32. That or the Washington Monument.
But I LOVE Art Deco.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:47 PM
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2. now that's some erection!
whew.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:56 PM
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4. Damn you!
You beat me. :spank:




:toast:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:13 PM
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6. great minds . . .
and occasionally a great mind and mine ...
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 08:59 PM
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5. Its interesting....still... I can't help but think of
one of those folding sweater dryers when I see it!

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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 09:21 PM
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8. Here's a lamp to go with your favorite building.............


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lakemonster11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-04-06 11:56 PM
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10. My favorite is Washington Mutual Tower in Seattle


I couldn't really find a picture that did it justice.
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:09 AM
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13. That *is* a beautiful building.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:11 AM
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17. That is an exquisite building.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 04:17 PM
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33. Never seen that one before. It is beautiful.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:03 AM
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11. My favorite is the First National Bank building in St. Paul, MN:


I like it because I could see it from my grandpa's house when I was a kid. Everytime I went there and stayed the night, I always saw that glowing "1st" on top of the building.

Ahhhh...the memories.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:07 AM
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12. This is my idea of a beautiful skyscraper. Otherwise, it's an oxymoron:


Talking about buildings, architecture: in my opinion, "beautiful skyscraper" is an oxymoron.

My opinion.

:hi:
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:15 AM
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14. Crap compared to what Frank Lloyd Wright built in Bartlesville, OK.
1956:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 03:10 AM
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19. Wow.
Yeah.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:17 AM
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15. I'm partial to Nashville's Bat Tower
Otherwise known as the Bell South Building.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 03:04 PM
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29. I worked across the street from the Batman Building. n/t
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:27 PM
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22. I like the new Cira Centre here in Philly:


I live very close to this building and watched it being constructed. It is gorgeous, just gorgeous.

A different angle, with it reflecting the sky and clouds:
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:01 PM
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23. Now that is beautiful. n/t
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:05 PM
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24. There's a nice tower in Taipei.


It's supposed to resemble a bamboo shoot. It is, or shortly ago was, the world's tallest.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:11 PM
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25. Here's the world's ugliest skyscraper,IMHO.
The "Prude" in Boston.

Although in high school we'd drop acid and hang out on the observation deck and try to crash WBCN FM, who had their station up top.
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:12 PM
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26. One of the tallest buildings in my city
the interior is amazing, too
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:17 PM
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28. Where? Pittsburgh?
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kwassa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 03:19 PM
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30. Washington, D.C.
National Cathedral, which sits up high on a hill.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:15 PM
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27. PPG Place in Pittsburgh:
Maybe not the prettiest, but definitely unique.
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satireV Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 04:13 PM
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31. Dubai Hotel!
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