Those at least 100 meters tall, or 40 storeys and more, are classed
as skyscrapers.
High - rises of 100 metres or more, or that have at least 40 storeys, are categorized
as skyscrapers.
Cabs, cars and trains cruise along
as skyscrapers keep silent watch over the commotion.
The strong emphasis on the construction and implementation of advanced technologies such
as skyscrapers, airplanes, and trains allowed the photographer to capture the ways in which land and space were being conquered and transformed through new state initiatives.
The series of images documents New York in times of change and not only features a combination of Victorian architecture and cowboy saloons, but also modern elements such
as skyscrapers reaching high into the clouds and the first large billboards.
The bosses are as tall
as skyscrapers and attack you with massive swipes.
Environment design is not as varied or as inspired as the character design as the surrounding environments look too similar as they mostly include city streets with a variety of buildings such
as skyscrapers in ruins and overturned cars in streets amongst the rubble.
A few of them are as tall
as skyscrapers!
We have Big Surf competitions in my small town; people from all over the world come here to ride waves as big
as skyscrapers.
Both conceptually and dramatically, Godzilla preserves a human dimension, though it may prove better at placing viewers alongside its civilian cast than making them care for the characters that aren't as tall
as skyscrapers.
Handsomely shot by Steve Yedlin, Rian Johnson's regular cinematographer, and boasting a typically likable Dwayne Johnson as its star, San Andreas nonetheless struggles to drum up tension or interest, even
as skyscrapers topple like Jenga towers and massive tidal waves sweep through San Francisco Bay.
He has apparently been at this for some time; we see piles of cubed garbage as tall
as skyscrapers.
It has thunderous robots against terrifying monsters fighting to the death
as skyscrapers shatter like glass all while set to an amazing musical score.
Thick, white clouds of smoke and rubble (reminiscent of scenes from September 11) billow down the streets
as skyscrapers crumble to the ground.
While a typical Hollywood movie depicting first contact would invariably lead to a massive technicolour fight across all seven continents
as skyscrapers collapse into fiery abysses while heroic characters battle vicious aliens, Arrival couldn't be further from the trope.
From the twinkling lights along Michigan Ave. to decorations as big
as the skyscrapers themselves, I often feel like I'm living in a real life winter wonderland!
But there was a time when space travel kindled grandiose visions in scientists» minds, when rockets were as tall
as skyscrapers and an unmanned mission seemed a failure of nerve.
And they can reach staggering heights — some as tall
as skyscrapers.
As skyscrapers go, the boxy structure is modest.
Evidence indicates that waves as tall
as skyscrapers and thousands of kilometers wide once washed over the Red Planet.
Inside the park's boundaries, a fence protects a study plot of thriving native grasses (left)
as skyscrapers loom above the ger slums of Ulaanbaatar (right).
I'm hoping once we have baby # 2 (baby # 1 is a two - year - old now, and too heavy for this idea), I'll have the ambition to dress myself and my husband
as skyscrapers, and the wee one as a little gorilla.
@ Erin, I actually think that a 2 yo dressed as a gorilla, clinging to your husband dressed
as a skyscraper is totally cute.
The scale is such that if a neuron collecting its incoming signals is represented by a person's faraway fingers, the length of its hands would be as tall
as a skyscraper (left).
The best moments in the subsequent Mission Impossible movies, such
as the skyscraper - hanging stunts in Ghost Protocol, are a tribute to that.
The potential for this exhibition is as high
as a skyscraper!
Numerous artists have acknowledged their debt to Ruskin, including architects such
as the skyscraper pioneer Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924), the highly influential designer Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959), the Bauhaus director Walter Gropius (1883 - 1969) and the modernist Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965).
Not exact matches
Currently under construction, the
skyscraper has a very unusual shape, and is often referred to
as «Jenga Tower» by locals.
Cohen, 51, first caught Trump's eye in the early 2000s when,
as a member of the condo board at a Trump property, he took it upon himself to wade into a nasty dispute between Trump's management company and some residents at a
skyscraper near the United Nations.
By the early 1930s, the area along 42nd Street, directly north and south of Grand Central had become known
as the «Valley of the Giants,» home to three of New York City's six tallest
skyscrapers: Walter Chrysler's silver spire, real estate king Irwin Chanin's eponymous building across from the terminal and the white - faced Daily News Building.
Trippe's status
as one of America's most admired businessmen was secured in 1963 when construction was completed on the Pan Am Building, a
skyscraper located astride Park Avenue in Manhattan, just behind Grand Central Station.
Selling a
skyscraper isn't the same
as selling a retail storefront, explains George Carras, who runs research company RealNet Canada (though there is one comparison to selling a family home; the tower will likely be «fluffed» for visits by bidders, which could involve anything from new lobby furniture to removing condensation from windows).
Those were the words of Martha Stewart
as she tapped out a tweet in Shanghai at 5:26 a.m. Tuesday, snapping a photo of
skyscrapers stretching high above the Chinese metropolis that's now become one of her newest retail markets.
It seems to me that inasmuch
as the price rise and fall is homogeneous, applying to parking lots
as well
as to
skyscrapers, we should attribute it to land.
You can use link building tactics such
as guest posting, infographics,
skyscraper technique, video marketing, blogger outreach etc to build quality links to boost your overall search engine traffic to your sites.
One of the owners of the
skyscraper tells the Chicago Tribune that for now the building will be known
as 875 N. Michigan Ave. while a new naming rights deal is sought.
Sites such
as F - Squared Investments, which allows investors to purchase farmland, and Prodigy Network, which raised $ 171.8 million to build a
skyscraper that Forbes says will be Bogota, Colombia's tallest building, are constantly popping up in the industry.
«Just
as further innovation in elevator construction was required before today's
skyscrapers could dot the skyline, so too will opportunities in space mature because of access and falling launch costs.»
She uses
as an illustration the fact that foundations for new
skyscrapers in Southern California are placed on rollers, enabling them to roll with the movements of the earth during an earthquake so that they won't crack apart.
If it were up to Jesus, the services we provide from these Manhattan
skyscrapers (or basement offices
as it may be) would be completely free of charge and open to everyone, not just those who qualify on paper.
Again, a term initially introduced metaphorically (e.g. «foothill» or «
skyscraper») may come to be used
as a standard word and the original analogy is forgotten.
Repeat with remaining candy melts until you have enough
skyscrapers to surround your entire cake (I used about 2 1/2 bags of candy melts for
skyscrapers about 2x
as tall
as my cake).
Sitting on the sofa, I show him a few items: newspaper and magazine pieces about the Liston fights; Ali's conversion to Islam; the arrest for refusing military induction; the epic first battle with Frazier; the Supreme Court overturning the draft conviction; Foreman being voodooed by Ali; the Thrilla in Manila; the boxing lesson he gave Spinks in their second contest; a recent article about Ali buying buses for Chicago - area public schools (immediately after seeing a TV news story about how Dade County had no money for new buses, Ali sat down, wrote a check and mailed it, not using the gift
as a tax deduction); and one about helping a young man wearing a hooded dark sweatshirt and jeans who crawled out on a high window ledge of a Wilshire Boulevard
skyscraper in Los Angeles to kill himself.
It seems fitting that the Guinness folks would pick New York City's Empire State Building for their new World Records Exhibit Hall, because that oldtime
skyscraper held the record
as the world's tallest for 39 years.
The hopes of Barca fans the world over were smashed like a glass dropped from a
skyscraper last week
as the overwhelming favourites went down without a fight against Roma in Italy and were subsequently knocked out of the Champions League.
That way, she won't run out of cups
as she builds her fortress or her 100 - cup tall
skyscraper.
While you might want to avoid certain areas, such
as Vito Acconci's, since they explore the phallic imagery of
skyscrapers, there are plenty of playful, kid - friendly works on display.
Two LLCs affiliated with Extell gave the governor a total of $ 100,000 on Jan. 28, 2013 — two days before Cuomo signed legislation that granted a tax break to Extell's One57
skyscraper in Manhattan,
as well
as properties owned by four other developers.
The «Freedom Stone,» the cornerstone for the
skyscraper once known
as the Freedom Tower, now rests in the grassy front yard of a stone manufacturing plant in an industrial precinct in the Long Island hamlet of Yaphank.
Silver has also been viewed
as instrumental in securing tax breaks for Billionaire's Row
skyscrapers such
as One57 in return for affordable housing being built offsite.