Sentences with phrase «tall tower blocks»

Welch said: «Let me make an analogy: back in the 1950s and 1960s there was a population boom and we built lots of very tall tower blocks around the place and now we are knocking them down.

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The rezoning of 78 blocks of east midtown Manhattan was approved by the New York City Council in August, with the goal of enabling the area's aging building stock to be replaced by more modern — and taller — office towers.
The rezoning of those 78 blocks is intended to replace many older structures with taller and more up - to - date and office towers.
During the course of two hours, tributes were paid to the five, and some frustrations vented at the «disgusting» tragedy that claimed at least 80 lives and left a gutted 24 - storey tower block described by one relative as a «tall coffin in the air».
Hillman Library is just around the corner on the right, and the cylindrical towers (student housing, think East Halls Towers, but taller) are in the same block (forgive me, I grew up in the» burgh and know Oak - town quite well).
By age 2, most toddlers can kick a ball, scribble with a crayon, and build towers four or more blocks tall.
As you stack one on top of the other, describe what you're doing by saying «I'm building a really tall tower» or «Let's put this green block on top of the red one.»
Whether you choose to use magnetic blocks, marble runs, bricks etc; come up with something creative you can build together or have contests on who can make the tallest tower.
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.
Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively taller and unstable structure.
Behind them, tall, grey, concrete tower blocks scarred the skyline and dwarfed these one - roomed nomadic homes.
The Peachtree Center, a futuristic complex of tower blocks designed by John Portman (between Baker St., Ellis St., Williams St. and Courtland St.), with the world's tallest hotel, rises to varying heights between 302 ft and 722 ft. With numerous offices and a wide variety of shopping, dining and entertainment facilities, it forms a second city centre.
In the same area you collected Moon # 43, turn right as you enter and use the Hammer Bro to ascend the tall cheese block tower.
Formed around a central tower block, each of the six skyscrapers will be 396 metres tall and have 111 floors — containing residential areas, offices and leisure space.
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