Where are the anti-aircraft turrets, incase Jihadis want to try something?
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| To drill a hole in the sky! |
| 2005-07-27 |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #19 I am waiting for the "Launch Arco" |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-07-27 22:11 |
| #18 no pine cones, k? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-27 20:27 |
| #17 rjschwarz, What I'd like to see midsized-buildings with grass and trees on top. High winds.. Trees.. Ouch.. |
| Posted by: Dawg, Red 2005-07-27 20:16 |
| #16 Where are the anti-aircraft turrets, incase Jihadis want to try something? Biged, I imagine it works somewhat like the Eye of Moldar(sp?). Tip of the tower lights up and shoots out a beam of light, in this case a "la-zer" beam. |
| Posted by: Charles 2005-07-27 18:05 |
| #15 Article: Developer Donald Trump, who is constructing a 92-floor, 1,360-foot skyscraper in Chicago for luxury condominium buyers, said Carley's proposed building would not be economically viable in the post-September 11 climate. "Nobody is going to want to live in a building that's a target," he told the Chicago Sun-Times. Trump really has a sense of humor. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-07-27 17:28 |
| #14 White Slag towers? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-27 15:46 |
| #13 Looks like the Chinese (or North Koreans?) have finally been able to drill thru the center of the earth. But why choose Chicago? |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-07-27 15:23 |
| #12 It does like like a syringe! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-27 15:13 |
| #11 Took me a while, but I finally got the headline. Sounds like a movie title you'd see on MST3K. Droll, very droll. |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-07-27 15:13 |
| #10 I believe all tall buildings should be flanked by two medium height buildings, all pointing to Mecca, of course. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-07-27 14:53 |
| #9 Where are the anti-aircraft turrets, incase Jihadis want to try something? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-07-27 14:48 |
| #8 It looks like a giant syringe... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-27 13:53 |
| #7 I liked the Illinois Mountains in the background of that picture. "Guys, this is so not Illinois." -Mike Nelson, MST3K, in The Beginning of the End (They're just clouds, but they look like they wanna be mountains.) |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2005-07-27 12:34 |
| #6 Why make it weird looking? What I'd like to see midsized-buildings with grass and trees on top. Basically it shouldn't look like a building from above but more like a park. If enough companies did that you'd have more light into the city and a more pleasant area in general to live in. It would also get more work for gardeners and could be paid for partially by the National Endowment for the Arts (assuming they aren't bankrupted by my border 'mural'). |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-07-27 11:05 |
| #5 Proposals like this crop up in the Chicago area every couple of years. I think a lot of it has to do with what I call "The Second City Syndrome". I doubt that this ever gets built much less any serious talk about funding go anywhere. But then I never thought Milwaukee would pull off the Calavatra designed addition to the Art Museum http://www.mam.org/ |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-07-27 10:20 |
| #4 Shrek: Dya suppose they're compensating for sumpthin? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-27 10:11 |
| #3 One order of Encite for Mayor Daley, pronto! |
| Posted by: Crans Thaling7071 2005-07-27 09:45 |
| #2 BTW... I'm missing an endmill. Has anyone seen one lying around? |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-07-27 09:22 |
| #1 Yes it has a striking look but, - because of the curves, the cladding will be very expensive - it's so thin that the usuable square footage is very low compared to the space needed for structural elements - it's pretty far from the closest CTA stop and to close to Lake Michigan for a deep underground parking garage. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-07-27 09:01 |