Sentences with phrase «from tall towers»

Everyone complains about shadows or reflections from tall towers; here is a great idea to actually plan for them.

But they had a lot of trouble with the idea that the Earth was in motion, because if it's in motion why don't we feel it; you know, why aren't the birds swept backwards; why if you drop a heavy object from a tall tower, why doesn't it land near the base of the tower, shouldn't it be wooshed away?

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Completing the picture were the colossal 11.5 - metre - tall Olympic rings suspended from nearby Tower Bridge.

Vigilant Global, a Canadian telecommunications company owned by the Chicago - based HFT firm DRW Trading, submitted plans in August 2015 to construct a communications tower of 320 meters or taller in Richborough, near the southern coast of England and some 80 miles from London, according to an application submitted to Dover District Council.

In November, Steve Witkoff, Fisher Brothers and New Valley landed a $ 650 million inventory loan and financing for their 800 - foot - tall, 157 - unit Tribeca tower at 111 Murray Street from the Blackstone Group.

The fourth - tallest skyscraper in New York, Bank of America Tower, was finished in 2009, a short jaunt along 42nd Street from JPMorgan Chase's property.

In a feature from the business section entitled «Les villes chinoises veulent toutes leurs gratte - ciel géants,» La Mondetakes note of the phenomenon that is the skyscraper - dense Chinese city, and specifically, the completion of Shanghai Tower, now one of the tallest buildings in Asia.

The cross from Hector Bellerin spotted Sanchez at the back post and Sanchez towered above all the tall Palace defenders.

Nestled between baby Jesus in his manger and a towering menorah with seven candles illuminated, the 8 1/2 - foot - tall letter and accompanying signs erected last week are meant as a counterweight to the religious displays, according to an official with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the organization...

Also at 11 a.m., World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein joins over 500 union construction workers and ublic officials, business leaders and representatives from the local community at a topping out ceremony for the 1,079 - foot tall 3 World Trade Center tower, Manhattan.

The owner of Grand Central Terminal filed a $ 1.1 billion lawsuit in US District Court in Manhattan that argued that the de Blasio administration, the NYC Council and SL Green Realty Corp. had deprived him of his property rights when the city gave SL Green permission to build a 1,501 - foot tall office tower, without having to buy any air rights from him.

The move would get rid of the rule that bars residential towers in New York City from exceeding more than 12 times their lot size, leading to more tall buildings on city streets, according to Crain's.

A foot - tall Lego tower holds a syringe, controlled by some plastic gears, standing astride a homemade plotter powered by motors scavenged from old computer printers.

Could concrete towers be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's 80 meters to the steadier winds at 100 meters and taller?

Three - dimensional images of hurricane Katrina from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite captured nine - mile - tall hot towers emerging right before the storm intensified to a category 5.

From the National Space Science Centre featuring a Soyuz rocket to the model ecosystems inside the Eden Project's multiple linked geodesic domes — tall enough to enclose the Tower of London — the science centers offer much more than inner - city renewal, says @Bristol chief executive John Durant.

The IODP team wants to test a leading model for peak ring formation, in which granite from Earth's depths rebounds after a major impact, like water struck by stone, to form a central tower, taller than the crater rim.

These anvil cloud tops, which form from moisture not harvested by precipitation in tall, convective tower clouds, operate as Earth's thermal blanket and therefore are an important component of the climate system.

You can build up the tower and make it taller, but at some point you're going to be taking away from the foundational building blocks that keep that tower upright.

From its deadly flying silver spheres through to its hooded dwarf minions, and of course, the towering figure of arch villain The Tall Man himself, the imagery conjured up by the Phantasm films remains etched in the psyche of genre fans everywhere.

Down below in the valley bottom the mine was marked out by a line of wooden towers and tall red - brick chimneys standing across from a huge man - made heap of slate - grey waste, and stretching up from it on all sides row upon row of squat grey houses, monotonous and momochrome, straddled the hillsides like an encamped army of insects.

There are some pretty cool designs on - line these days, from dog - shaped posts to tall towers that let her get a good stretch while she claws away and you can always make one yourself.

These two towers are the tallest ones that still remain from that day, and the Asinelli Tower is the only one available to climb.

Standing at 368 metres, the Art Deco - influenced, 72 - storey curvilinear tower will be the 36th tallest structure in the world and Dubai's second tallest building after Burj Khalifa in Downtown Dubai, which itself fills the view from the hotel's guestrooms.

If You Chicken Out: Try Lighthouse Tower, but don't be fooled; it may look like an old - fashioned circular swing from the early 19th century, but it's much, much taller — almost 300 feet aboveground — and surprisingly fun.

Crowne Plaza Xi'an is situated at the tallest building in Shaanxi Xinxi Tower with panoramic view of Xi'an City.Easy access from all directions via the South Second Ring Road.315 well appointed guestrooms and suites stand on the top list in Xi'an city, no matter the size or the luxury.All rooms have walk - in closet at the hotel.Elegant Chinese Restaurant with 15 private rooms of various sizes from 8 to 40 guests, the biggest private room in the town.Highest restaurant & bar in the city with panoramic view, serving the best steak.

From the ground, the 1,142 - foot - tall landmass (which is taller than the Eiffel Tower, according to the Parks Australia website) seems unsurpassable.

Seen from the lake, Varenna looks like a colourful painting with its brightly painted houses and buildings, flowers along the lake edge, a castle tower above the tall pines on the verdant mountain behind, and the spire of the Chiesa di San Giorgio rising up above the roofs.

The crowned spire of its tower, the Westertoren, is the tallest church steeple in town, and you can see it from almost anywhere in the city center.

You can also enjoy a tour through the so - called Skyscraper City and admire the 79 towers of Jumeirah Lakes Towers before enjoying the fantastic panoramic view from the tallest building in the world — the Burj Khalifa.

After lunch, enjoy a bird's - eye view of the city from the 781 - foot - tall Mori Tower.

They'll love the dizzying views from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, and the spectacular ballet of the Dubai Fountain (the world's largest — of course) on the lake in front of the tower.

Sky Point, located on top of the iconic Q1 Building, one of the world's tallest residential towers takes you to the highest point above the Gold Coast and offers spectacular 360 degree views from the surf to the hinterland and beyond, rising 230m into the sky.

Enjoy a fantastic 8 hours tour in Dubai by visiting the world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa which is 828 meters high and have a lovely dinner at the Armani hotel which is one of the most luxury hotels in Dubai where you can watch the beautiful fountain shows every 30 minutes, ride on a traditional boat for 30 minutes inside Dubai Marina which has more than 200 skyscrapers before you drive the 8th wonder of the world the Palm Island to take pictures for the Atlantis hotel and stop at 7 * hotel for pictures from outside (Burj Al Arab) hotel.

Dating from the thirteenth century and built in Romanesque Gothic style, the Church Saint - Maur possesses the tallest of the seven towers which dominate the town's skyline.

We made our way from Trinidad to the island of Cayo Santa Maria via the Manaca Iznaga Tower which is 45 metres tall and is located in the Valley de los Ingenios or Valley of the Sugar Mills and after a relatively tough climb, you are rewarded with a lovely panoramic view of the surrounding area.

Five minutes from the Petronas Twin Tower and Bukit Bintang shopping area, Hotel Istana is a five - star business hotel with a touch of charm and luxury.Istana is Malay for palace, and the hotel is rightfully described as such, as it exudes elegance and grandeur, starting with the lobby lounge Songket Lounge with its high ceilings, intricately - patterned marbled columns, and tall glass windows with views of the gorgeously - landscaped gardens, to staff clad in traditional purple songket kebaya and baju melayu outfits welcoming you.Being in Jalan Raja Chulan makes Hotel Istana all the more attractive, too - with business centres, shopping, sightseeing and nightlife all a short walk away, guests are sure to be kept occupied throughout their stay.

Take in the panoramic views from one of the two Mantra Circle on Cavill towers, the tallest stretching 69 storeys high.

Fly from Dubai's most famous manmade island to the world's tallest tower.

You see bizarre natural rock towers jutting from the surf - and tall headland cliffs as high as 45 meters (150 feet).

Basically, Bowser's chasing Mario up a tall tower, and you just have to stay on the various moving platforms while avoiding the ocassional fireball from a statue or Bowser striking at / destroying the platforms you're on.

The towers, which measure about seven feet in diameter and stand on eight - foot - tall supports, are intended by the artist to serve as vessels for a vocabulary of the political and personal experience of immigration, according to a release from Mad.

In a show of 19 impeccable paintings, all that latent talent rushes to the fore in a tour - de-force of animals, text, fish, and landscapes, all rendered in a jeweler's palette of powdery color, especially a work that should be bought by a museum, a lavender depiction of the New York view from the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere.

The institution attempted to expand its landmark building in 1978, commissioning UK architects Derek Walker and Norman Foster to design a tall tower alongside it, the first of several proposals from leading architects.

NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy collect observations of methane and other gases from the tops of telecommunications towers, typically about as tall as the Empire State Building, and during research flights.

Turbine towers could not be taller than 500 feet from base to blade tip, and they could not emit noise greater than 45 decibels at the property line.

If NextEra is successful in getting the wind farm approved, Juniata Township would see 31 wind towers erected, 486 feet tall from base to blade tip.

Top - down methods take air samples from aircraft or tall towers to measure gas concentrations remote from sources.

The measurement program includes around the clock measurements at 4 baseline observatories and 8 tall towers, air samples collected by volunteers at more than 50 sites, and air samples collected regularly from small aircraft mostly in North America.

Thus, in addition to widespread, frequent, fixed surface - level measurements, ESRL / GMD also studies the processes driving greenhouse gas cycles from very tall communication towers, planes, trains, and ships.