Sentences with phrase «than the tallest building»

«If you took the halo board, which is 1,100 feet around, and stood it straight up, it's taller than the tallest building in Atlanta,» McKay said.

Insightful post — I'm in my mid 20's and like many others living in New York I often forget that there's more to this city than tall buildings and flashy lights.

Hydraulic dams squeezing through narrow valleys down river force the water level higher than the tallest buildings to be built in what becomes Portland, Oregon.

Not exact matches

As for what else is in the pipeline, Bloomberg News reported on Aug. 26, citing sources familiar with the matter, that Apple's suppliers are set to start building a new iPad with a 12.9 - inch display, almost 3 inches taller than the flagship model.

The new building, which has yet to be designed, could be as much as 500 feet (150 meters) taller than the current headquarters, said the person, who asked not to be identified because details of the plans haven't been publicly disclosed.

Canada's deepest basement: The building goes six storeys below ground, the deepest excavation ever in the country, and two more than the taller First Canadian Place across the street.

Without the spire, One World Trade Center would actually be shorter than the Willis Tower in Chicago, which currently wears the crown of tallest building in the U.S. at 1,451 feet, not including its own antennas.

From the ground, each building looks like it is three stories - tall, but the second and third floors are actually a lot smaller than the first floor.

In its heyday in the 1970s, the company forever changed Chicago's skyline by building the iconic, 110 - story Sears Tower, which held the record for the tallest building in the world for more than 25 years.

Miami Beach has a $ 400 million storm pump system in place, and Palm Beach regulations call for a 7.5 - foot building elevation, which is half a foot taller than the federal height requirement.

The developer plans to build a 65 - story, 1,005 - foot - tall office tower spanning more than 2.8 million square feet at 509 West 34th Street.

After which, he and Congress will leap tall buildings in a single bound and run faster than a speeding bullet.

I thought NOTHING in Washington was to be built taller than the height of the Monument?

In contrast, my own Chicago parish church and elementary school are located on two city blocks that together take up ten acres, but those blocks include — in addition to the church and school — over 100 dwelling units in a variety of buildings two - to - three stories tall, more than 15 businesses, and nearly 200 on - and off - street parking spaces for the public.

He may be lightly built, but Ward measured in taller than expected at the Combine — 5 ’10 7/8 — which meets the Packers» traditional thresholds for cornerback height.

Those who don't like it can go take a long walk off a tall building for all I care... Tomorrow the NLD is absolutely meaningless — it has no value for Arsenal whatsoever other than putting us closer to fifth place rather than sixth place.

It's taller than that building.

He «s got a hefty build and plays bigger than his size, leveraging his length, bulk and explosiveness to contest shots and bang with taller players.

He is taller than his peers and he is build very muscular which is a result of all the sports he plays.

There are no built - in leg extensions, so if your bed is greater than 24 ″ tall, you will have to buy a leg extension kit additionally.

However, it does not have built - in leg extensions like the Clear Vue co-sleeper so, if your bed is greater than 24» tall, a leg extension kit has to be purchased at an additional cost.

Not all strollers are built the same and men are often taller than women.

Manhattan representatives have expressed concerns about additional height allowances and changes to the so - called sliver law, which prevents narrow buildings from being built taller than their neighboring ones.

The program allows developers who set aside at least 20 percent of the units in their projects at below - market rents to build taller or denser projects than would otherwise be allowed.

Acuity Capital sought a special permit to build taller than current zoning allows, transferring air rights from adjacent properties, which the local community board and the Municipal Arts Society claimed should invoke MIH.

The $ 27 million contract to purchase One Seneca Tower — Buffalo's tallest building — has fallen through after less than two weeks, as the wealthy New York City buyer pulled out of the deal because it was too expensive without investment partners to spread out the costs.

Buffalo's tallest building, virtually empty and dark, is now apparently worth less than the average Fortune 500 CEO earns in one year.

MIH is one of the mechanisms the city utilizes to advance its plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units over the next decade; it allows developers to build taller buildings than existing regulations allow if they include affordable housing.

At a thousands - strong demonstration by building trades workers outside City Hall, Councilman Corey Johnson, a Manhattan Democrat, and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer announced a new bill that would obligate all workers on buildings taller than 10 stories to go through state - approved apprenticeships — training programs administered almost exclusively through unions and unionized companies.

The church is facing one major obstacle: Current laws prohibit building anything taller than 95 feet, so now the church is seeking permission to rezone the area.

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.

However, people who are built taller or broader may prefer bikes that are set up to be wider and taller, because they'll be more comfortable than narrower bikes.

It seems to be built a little on the smaller side, so people taller than 5» 8» or so should look for a different bike.

But most buildings in midtown are waaay taller than that.

The study, just published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, points out that low hedges reduce the impact of pollution from vehicles in cityscapes where there are large buildings close to roads, far more effectively than taller trees.

In addition, spray - applied fire - resistive materials must perform four times more effectively than current requirements in buildings 75 to 420 feet tall, and more than seven times better in buildings taller than 420 feet.

For instance, buildings taller than 420 feet are now required to include an extra exit stairwell or a specially designed elevator that occupants can use for evacuations.

The Vancouver building, assembled from composite wooden components engineered to be stronger and more fire - resistant than ordinary wood, is unlikely to remain the tallest wooden structure for long.

This rigid skeleton of vertical columns and horizontal beams, connected with welds, has become the most popular way of supporting buildings, especially those taller than five storeys.

Volk: From what it is today, and yet it was massively different with ice sheets where you and I are talking right now; in New York City would have been covered with an ice sheet that was taller than the Empire State Building, that would have been right here, you know, over 20,000 years ago, and the distribution of trees and all kinds of organisms, these distributions were very different from what they are today.

«In fact,» she says, «the buildings in downtown Los Angeles are much taller than those in Kathmandu and therefore resonate with a much lower frequency.

One can't stop bad people from doing bad things, but when bad things happen to tall buildings, the situation quickly becomes desperate — for the occupants, for firefighters, and for adjacent buildings — in ways that are an order of magnitude worse than in low buildings.

Not only are they more expensive to build, but more than a third of every floor in buildings as tall as the World Trade Center towers is given over to the service core.

It's a fairly large target, taller than the Empire State Building, and scientists suspect that not much has happened to Bennu since it formed, which should mean they can use it as a type of time capsule of the early solar system.

The skeleton stood no more than 5 feet 4 inches tall, but had an immensely powerful build.

This Atlas power rack comes with a built - in knurled pull - up bar that is 83 ″ from the floor, which works great even if you're taller than average.

My sister is only an inch taller than me, but she is of a much more slender build, and insists on wearing some of her pants this way, and it looks decent.

Tucked in between tall buildings and on one of Auckland's busy street, Queen Street, Giapo is an ice cream paradise for those who seek more than just the basic cone and ice cream scoop on top.

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She must be averaged built and not taller than 1.65.