what's your favourite skyscraper?
Aug 17th 2012 | 10:02 am
#16
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
Do I win a prize?
. . .and not a million miles away from there . . . The Dunston Rocket . . . one of my favourites.
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Aug 17th 2012 | 11:00 am
#17
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Do I win a prize?
. . .and not a million miles away from there . . . The Dunston Rocket . . . one of my favourites.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6...179586ba_z.jpg
Do I win a prize?
. . .and not a million miles away from there . . . The Dunston Rocket . . . one of my favourites.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6...179586ba_z.jpg
No-one told me about the rocket building
Aug 17th 2012 | 11:06 am
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
As you asked for local I think I would have to give it to Eureka tower. The only skyscraper I know that is bleeding
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6131/6...1ff05cb0_b.jpg
Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia by Chris&Steve, on Flickr
I like both the Flatiron and Chrysler buildings above for overseas candidates...
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6131/6...1ff05cb0_b.jpg
Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia by Chris&Steve, on Flickr
I like both the Flatiron and Chrysler buildings above for overseas candidates...
Aug 17th 2012 | 11:10 am
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
I like how it portrays the eureka story of the gold fields even down to the blood shed in the battle...more buildings should tell a story. That glass box thing was fun as well. I know what you mean it can look awkward depending on the angle...
Aug 17th 2012 | 11:10 am
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
I live in Perth, so no skyscrapers here. 
But, I've always liked Toronto's City Hall
and Mississauga's "Marilyn Monroe" buildings are kind of funky.
But, I've always liked Toronto's City Hall
and Mississauga's "Marilyn Monroe" buildings are kind of funky.
Aug 17th 2012 | 11:11 am
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
I think The Shard actually adds to the London skyline, draws attention to London Bridge, St Pauls etc. A million times better than the ghastly 60/70/80s boxes that have been put up. The original Paternoster Square springs to mind along with many others.
Aug 17th 2012 | 3:22 pm
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
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Aug 17th 2012 | 4:55 pm
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Re: what's your favourite local skyscraper?
so what's your favourite local skyscraper?
i heart this one
http://www.thefifthestate.com.au/wp-...o7-390x539.jpg
sun-lit atrium:
http://sydneyarchitecturearchive.fil...4/bligh-11.jpg
rooftop:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3259/p1000054g.jpg
i heart this one
http://www.thefifthestate.com.au/wp-...o7-390x539.jpg
sun-lit atrium:
http://sydneyarchitecturearchive.fil...4/bligh-11.jpg
rooftop:
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3259/p1000054g.jpg
Aug 17th 2012 | 6:04 pm
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
Is that in Tooley St 
??? It looks like it's built right over the top of a building I worked in briefly ?
Ahaaa looked it up. Over the top of London Bridge Station.
Boy London has changed since I left. Canary wharf, the docklands precinct, O2... that footbridge the London Eye and all those new transport links.
Now this thing, I'd have to see it in person to make up my mind. I feel very distant from my past now. I've got a few cousins that live within distance still around Bermondsey and the Elephant.
Here's my favourite, because of what it means to me. It represents my Childhood, family and the formative me. When It used to appear from a distant place on The Skyline it meant I was close to home.
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/69/...0_cf990f52.jpg
??? It looks like it's built right over the top of a building I worked in briefly ?Ahaaa looked it up. Over the top of London Bridge Station.
Boy London has changed since I left. Canary wharf, the docklands precinct, O2... that footbridge the London Eye and all those new transport links.
Now this thing, I'd have to see it in person to make up my mind. I feel very distant from my past now. I've got a few cousins that live within distance still around Bermondsey and the Elephant.
Here's my favourite, because of what it means to me. It represents my Childhood, family and the formative me. When It used to appear from a distant place on The Skyline it meant I was close to home.
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/69/...0_cf990f52.jpg
Is this picture from somewhere near Crystal Palace?
Aug 17th 2012 | 6:27 pm
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
i don't think it's technically a skyscraper.
Aug 17th 2012 | 6:47 pm
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
I've always had a soft spot for this one:
not for any aesthetic reasons, but because I remember fondly stumbling out of the pub one night back in the early 90s with a bunch of mates and noticing a mildly orange glow emanating for one window. Within half an hour there were three floors totally engulfed in flames and an absolute army of fire trucks... Fantastic entertainment to accompany our post-pub kebabs. It was our very own 'towering inferno'.
Prizes for anyone guessing where... Extra points for naming the building
not for any aesthetic reasons, but because I remember fondly stumbling out of the pub one night back in the early 90s with a bunch of mates and noticing a mildly orange glow emanating for one window. Within half an hour there were three floors totally engulfed in flames and an absolute army of fire trucks... Fantastic entertainment to accompany our post-pub kebabs. It was our very own 'towering inferno'.
Prizes for anyone guessing where... Extra points for naming the building
Aug 17th 2012 | 7:23 pm
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Re: what's your favourite skyscraper?
My wife used to work with his sister I'll see if she remembers him like that 
My geordie wife is salivating now btw after that vid...not sure what the hell was in those "canny bag of" tudor crisps but they all seem to love them
