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Re: Hold on tight! 80th floor harness walk in Dubai

DrFumblefinger ·
The CN Tower in Toronto has a walk you do at the top of the tower (on the outside) that looks similar to this photo. Thanks, but no thanks!
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Re: Hold on tight! 80th floor harness walk in Dubai

GarryRF ·
Sorry , I cant even look at that photo without a cold shiver !
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Chicago — City of Skyscrapers & Cloud Gate

DrFumblefinger ·
Like the monolith in Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s monumental film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, “Cloud Gate” looks like an alien object dropped onto a terrestrial landscape (not the African Savannah, but rather into...
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Skyscraper hotel planned for Swiss valley

Paul Heymont ·
A 100-suite luxury hotel, the same height as the Empire State Building, is planned for a tiny Swiss town of only 1000 residents. Room rates would run from just under $1000 a night to nearly $25,000 a night. It's aimed at (VERY) wealthy guests from the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 3, 2015: Chicago by Night

IslandMan ·
    City skylines can look the same after a while, but seeing them at night is a different experience again. As part of a USA trip, I wanted to visit as many iconic skyscrapers as I could. The Sears Tower in Chicago was on my list and I...
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Historic Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, NY

Samantha ·
A visit with Samantha to a park with a history as long as New York's, and a large variety of things to see.
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Spain, Britain vie for tallest European building

Paul Heymont ·
It's not just the Middle Eastern oil lands that like to brag about tall new skyscrapers; now Spain and Britain are in a competition for Europe's tallest.
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Hold on tight! 80th floor harness walk in Dubai

Paul Heymont ·
Definitely not for vertigo sufferers! Developers are planning an open-air viewing platform on a nearly-1000-ft building.
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Manhattan Monochrome

Paul Heymont ·
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
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Re: Manhattan Monochrome

DrFumblefinger ·
That's quite a skyline -- then and now!
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Re: Manhattan Monochrome

Samantha ·
Love seeing all these pictures. Just went to New York this year for the first time and fell in love with the city. Can't wait to go back and visit again. Thanks for the happy memories.
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