Comments about tall buildings

There are 60 comments about "tall buildings"

James: Man Niagara Falls just keeps building (The one on the left is one of the existing buildings and the one on the right is underconstruction and i heard this will be the......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Helladog: Yeah, Saint John has a better skyline than Moncton. And The guy above is right- Saint John and Moncton have the tallest buildings in NB, not the Maritimes. ...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

J: For the record, St John and Moncton do not have the tallest buildings in the Maritimes... Halifax has at least 5 buildings that are more than 20 floors. I agree with your comments about......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cityplanner: Top 5 Canadian cities: Toronto: Toronto has so many skysrapers and so many of them that you will break you're neck trying to look up at them. Montreal: Montreal is probably the nicest in all of Canada......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

katwoman: hey bill, sounds like you live not too far from where i used to 11 years ago (I was on LaSalle & Oak). I had no idea there was a culinary school in Cabrini....when was......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

grad: I agree calgary has the second best but this pic. does not do it justice as a pic from the sait campus gives it a more dense look as it slopes toward the river where......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

chitown chillin: i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Jean: It's interesting reading the response people have about life in Henry Horner. My family moved there when only the first three floors had tenants and appliances were still being installed in the other apartments. I......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

T DAWT: Toronto is underepresented in pictures. Did you know the skyline actually isn't along the lake but North/South. It'll probably soon surpass Vancouver in terms of density and has some nice tall buildings in......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

pib: The building in question is The Bank Of America Building... I like that everyone still calles it the Columbia Tower though, fcuk BofA. My high school prom was held there when the building was new.......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

montrealrules: If you look at the pictures I posted above. In the 3rd picture I put, it shows a biiger skyline then some of the cities mentioned above (not the top 15 cities,im talkin about......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

quarkwiz: The Metro Mall, on Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village (at the end of the M line), is a horrific, brown-walled, brutally ugly monster of a building. I'd say it should definitely be on a shortlist......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Elicar: I might as well acquaint readers the exact place where this was taken. We were travelling along Ortigas Avenue, coming from Pasig City (Manila, as I refer to is the Greater Manila Area). The background......

in response to: Wrong Way, Buddy! by Elicar

Jeff: I am from Boston and even though my home city is very nice and livable like Montreal (my favorite), it doesn't make my top five skyline cities: 1) HONG KONG - Very difficult to......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, your block is not doing that badly. Most of the really nice buildings on Linden between Bushwick and Evergreen, e.g., #64, are still there and doing very well. The few buildings that were lost......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

colavitos ghost: i like to take/look at pictures like that first one... the grass is taller than the buildings! take that, modernity!...

in response to: Long Island City: Summers End by CartLegger

anon (207-170-204-36.static.twtelecom.net): Um, I've got to concurr with the comment above. The "Darth Vader Building" is the one on Fourth and Blanchard. Now, there is a connection. Both buildings were designed by the same......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

aer suzuki: First of all, I would never, ever call myself a "real Seattlite" and I think I made it clear that I'm the only person I know who calls the building the Darth Vader building. As......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

jay: This building is not th building that real Seattlites refer to as the "Darth Vader building" I used to work in the "Darth Vader building" and it is on 4th and blanchard. Also the building......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

Angebee: I live in one of these buildings. The architects won all sorts of awards for the fact that we have a "green" project. What people don't know is that the architects, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

mike: some people have mentioned Los Angeles. despite its lack of many tall buildings, we should remember that it is the most filmed and photographed skyline in the world (thank you hollywood). With it's rows of......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Cay: I started out hopeful and willing and embracing the challenge of fitting in and making it work. I'm just sharing with those who care to listen to go about their business, and deal with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

james560mcgrath@hotmail.com: why is everyone complaning about the who's who of city skylines, they are all great. a city is just a big community with tall buildings, they house people to work and live, nothing more.they may......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

upfromflames: Clarifications: I’ve found out a lot more about the Bushwick Initiative this week, after talking to Annie Marie Mirez, who helped to develop the program and currently helps to oversee it for HPD. The first thing......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

LondonBoy: I think londons skyline is very underated. i've lived in london all my life and always loved the buildings. Like One London Place. The pics u c on the internet r shit!!!!!!!!! There is still......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

artM: Where to start? Planes can't get high enough to see the "largest Nazi symbol on American soil"? Of course they can. This diagram (or even aerial photos) of the runway layout can......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Beadle and Tatum: Hey Little Uke! This is 'that grain belt bridge' too. The lyrics are really appropriate. I used to live 2 blocks from there and if you walk accross it you can go right......

in response to: First Bridge Across the Mississippi by Tyfoid Kid

anon (cpe-24-26-249-52.satx.res.rr.com): I don`t care about how tall the buildings are, but San Antonio, Tx. has the most beautiful riverwalk period!...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Micah: The Moncton skyline as viewed from Lewisville Road is much more impressive: you see not just the tall commercial buildings but also some nice old ones, church steeples, etc., too that are hidden when viewed......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

dfwtiger: Houston, Atlnata, Vancouver........these would be on my list. Also, a great skyline does not have to be one with tall buildings....Perhaps Stockholm....Copenhagen.....Oslo......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Sirhcbre: There's a good reason for that though, the reason Europe and North America have so few on this list is because their major cities are all cities that were booming when building heights wern't as......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

aer suzuki: Ha...thanks for the comments... Did a little further research on this skyscraper as I just posted some companion shots and found out something I didn't know. From Wikipedia[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center]] : "On June 16, 2004, the 9/11 Commission reported......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

Sherlock77: I'll agree with Calgary... I live there after all, and grew up here :) Where I live (just south of downtown) I have great views of the Calgary Tower all the time. ......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Chris Erb: I definitly agree with the paint being an issue. With existing painted houses, there's nothing that can really be done other than removing the old paint and re painting with an environmentally friendly paint.......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

elaine: it looks brick built, is it? i believe brick buildings can only get so tall before something drastic happens. it looks knitted. and i agree that it has a certain mojo just for surviving, as......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Chris Erb: I forgot to mention that this is also one of the ugliest buildings in the city. Ignoring the mystery design, this very plane wall with the ugly roof line is what faces the street......

in response to: Coincidence? by CE

Chris Erb: Thanks EG. I checked on Emporis and pic #5 is indeed the tallest building in Montreal. it's called Le 1250 Boulevard René-Lévesque (why can't they give these buildings actual names?) and at 226 metres tall......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie. Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: Ironically, I have seen taller buildings in Iqaluit, Nunavut. And the buildings in Montreal were originally not allowed to be higher than Mount Royal (much like Halifax and the Citadel). Nowadays, the heights of the buildings......

in response to: Fredericton Skyscrapers by CE

Elicar: Chris, since you are already in Montreal, why don't you drive further west to Toronto. It's only about 5 hours drive. You'll find more much. much bigger lobbies than the tallest building in Fredericton. Then,......

in response to: Fredericton Skyscrapers by CE

Chris Erb: I am currently in Montreal. There seem to be lobbies to buildings that are bigger than the tallest buildings in Fredericton....

in response to: Fredericton Skyscrapers by CE

hool: good to see other toronto street work. be very careful about photographing the people at the corner of bathurst and queen. if you do shoot there, watch your back. a few of......

in response to: Street Shots by urbanghost

Franny Wentzel: [[img:10063]] One of the more compelling skylines in the small city catagory is the city of Albany, New York. Until the 1960s there were only a couple building over 20 storeys tall but with the construction......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: The smashed windows were the least of their worries. I drove by again late this afternoon, and here is the aftermath: [[img:9654]] The appliance store was totally destroyed, and I imagine the stores on either side of......

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Fire by EvilGentleman

Peter: nice! i used to live right up there near {morningside park} :) small world. that second photo looks like it was taken from columbia university's "east campus" tower, or perhaps one of hte tall apartment......

in response to: One Summer Day by julie

vz: a new ##downtown##?what about the old one? i have a kind of odd association with this one -- La Defense, a large cluster of modern skyscrapers ten minutes outside Paris, the only one of its kind......

in response to: Downtown Los Angeles I-5 View by joey

vz: the layering effect is definitely what makes this view preferable over the other side of the skyline, where the buildings are taller but fewer....

in response to: morning by vz

elaine: well, he certainly sounds like a bit of a toss pot. our own olympic bid seems to have hit a hysterical pitch. i have never heard of any dissent on the news. so much for......

in response to: The World Trade Center Site by Peter

jeeff: in tokyo, smoking is illegal on the sidewalk in many places, but legal in almost all buildings (airports, etc). why? because holding a lit cigarette on the sidewalk, you could accidentally poke somebody......

in response to: Newark Morning by Peter

elaine: also, re context, our history with high rise building is very different from the US version, cheap tower blocks thrown up postwar to house the poorest when homelessness and slum clearance became acute, so we......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

CAPTAIN AMERICA: email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

Marc: hool, i'm blown away- the black n white pics remind me of seeing godspeed you! black emperor live, the filmwork that they play behind them-- the moody music accenting the video of clouds gathering darkly......

in response to: clouds like hair like clouds the body building ground by hool

Marc: yo john and debra at cryptome.org/cartome.org have some dope pics- these are amazing sites, especially the eyeballing series where they take satellite photos of buildings like fort knox, classified military installations, etc and describe the......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

SPiN: The United States and it uncontrollable desire to become the strongest nation of the world, has grown in population all parts of the states, not knowing he damage that is being caused. It insane......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett