top structures that are symbolic of your country

Tom Servo · #1 Posted **Jan 8, 2008, 11:16 PM**

1. Statue of Liberty and Mt. Rushmore

2. WTC

3. United States Capitol

4. Empire State and Chrystler Building

5. Sears Tower and John Hancock Center

6. Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridge

7. Space Needle and Gateway Arch

8. The Alamo

9. Las Vegas Welcome Sign and Times Square

10. Wal-Mart and McDonalds

*all pictures are from wikipedia and are for public use*

Steely Dan · #2 Posted **Jan 8, 2008, 11:27 PM**

i think the washington monument would deserve a place in there somewhere, along with the white house as well.

other structures that are missing:

hoover damn
the hollywood sign
independence hall
cinedrella's castle at disneyworld

Tom Servo · #3 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 12:20 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

i think the washington monument would deserve a place in there somewhere, along with the white house as well.

other structures that are missing:

hoover damn
the hollywood sign
independence hall
cinedrella's castle at disneyworld

yeah, i also left starbucks out of the mix...

Cbautz · #4 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 12:47 AM**

Mt Rushmore is a mountain not a structure

Tom Servo · #5 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 4:50 AM**

says who?
it was built, wasn't it?

Alliance · #6 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 2:43 PM**

1. Statue of Liberty
2. Golden Gate Bridge
3. US Capitol
4. White House
5. Washington Monument
6. Empire State Building
7. John Hancock Center
8. Lincoln Memorial
9. Brooklyn Bridge
10. Seattle Space Needle

Cbautz · #7 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 2:55 PM**

I was joking, but technically I think its not a structure. I am saying that.

Dac150 · #8 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 5:16 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cbautz

I was joking, but technically I think its not a structure. I am saying that.

It's a sculpture, a work of art. Not so much a structure. The mountain was not built, it was carved.

X-fib · #9 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 8:11 PM**

If you really want to get representative, I would add to this several buildings/structures symbolic of this counties history:

Anisazie (sic?) cliff dwellings in the American southwest.
Chahokia Mounds, a World Heritage Site in Collinsville, Illinois
Any prominate Effigy Mound site in the eastern US

(all are very indicative of ancient America)

Independence Hall, Philadelphia
War of 1812 Balitmore Harbor Fort (sorry don't recall the name)
Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC
Mackinaw Island, MI (talk about a place that is Americana, the whole thing is full of historic structures)

lawsond · #10 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 8:32 PM**

ok so canada...

the cn tower.
the parliament buildings.
the peggy's cove lighthouse.
signal hill tower
chateau frontenac

umm, those dudes out west have to come up with some symbolic stuff.
can't think of anything west of toronto.....

LeftCoaster · #11 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 11:03 PM**

^ Thats such a pathetic list

pico44 · #12 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 11:44 PM**

You're all wrong:

1. Statue of Liberty
2. Capitol Building
3. Empire State Building
4. White House
5. Hollywood Sign
6. Golden Gate Bridge
7. NYSE
8. Times Square
9. Mt Rushmore
10. Brooklyn Bridge

This list is final

pico44 · #13 Posted **Jan 9, 2008, 11:46 PM**

Of course the golden arches and Coca Cola isignia are more famous and widely known than all of these structure put together

x10

Tom Servo · #14 Posted **Jan 10, 2008, 12:45 AM**

this thread is funny...
nyse? when i asked my friend in berlin what the nyse looked like, she had no idea. in fact, i made my list when talking to my german friends... i asked, when you think of america, what comes to mind.

i am curious about what people think of when they think of a country.

dan added some really good ones that i forgot about:
hoover damn
the hollywood sign
independence hall
castle at disneyworld

also, why do americas (mostly east coasters) always leave chicago out of the mix? i asked my friend in berlin, what do you think of when you think of america, and she said: new york, chicago, vegas, florida, california, and dallas. so i don't get why all the other american lists leave sears and hancock out... after all, sears is our tallest building...

Tom Servo · #15 Posted **Jan 10, 2008, 1:38 AM**

dear fellow neighbors to the north:

this is what i think of when i think of canada.

1. CN Tower

2. Parliament Hill, Ottawa and National Assembly, Quebec City

3. Olympic Stadium

4. Habitat 67

5. Alsop and Libeskind

sorry guys...

*wikipedia*

raggedy13 · #16 Posted **Jan 10, 2008, 2:28 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawsond

ok so canada...

the cn tower.
the parliament buildings.
the peggy's cove lighthouse.
signal hill tower
chateau frontenac

umm, those dudes out west have to come up with some symbolic stuff.
can't think of anything west of toronto.....

How about the West Edmonton Mall? Perhaps even the Esplanade Riel. I see it as one of the most iconic bridges in the country.

You could probably add Confederation Bridge to that list as well.

lfc4life · #17 Posted **Jan 10, 2008, 3:06 AM**

1. Newgrange County Meath, built about 3300 BC, more than 500 years before the great pyramid at giza and 1000 years before Stonehenge. At dawn on December 21st every year the sun shines through the opening to light the inside of the passageway, it only happens once every year

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Newgrange.JPG

2. Custom House Dublin, designed by James Gandon and finished in 1791, it was nearly totally destroyed by fire during the Irish civil war of the early 1920s, it was retored to its former glories in the 1980s

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...at_night_2.jpg

3. Four Courts Dublin, another Gandon masterpiece which was completed in 1802, it too was very badly damaged in the Irish civil war but by 1932 the building was operational again

http://irelandposters.com/dublin_cit...land_photo.jpg

4. Trinity College Dublin, opened in 1592 the college's alumni include Samuel Beckett, Bram Stoker, Jonathan Swift and Oscar Wilde

http://www.paddi.net/images/tcdaerial.jpg

5. Ha'penny Bridge Dublin, built in 1816, the bridge is so called due to a half penny toll that was required in order to cross, the toll was dropped in 1919

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Liffeyeast.jpg

6.Bunratty Castle, County Clare, the current struture was finished in 1425 but there has been a castle on the site since 970 AD, predecessors were razed to the ground by various groups, today it is one of the few fully working castles left in ireland

http://www.netdata-systems.co.uk/Web...s/Bunratty.jpg

7. Sean's Bar, Athlone, the oldest pub/bar in Europe dating back to 900 AD, and is listed by Guinness World Records as so. During renovations in 1970, the walls of the bar were found to be made of wattle and wicker, dating back to the ninth century. Guinness are currently investigating whether Sean's is the oldest bar in the world.

http://www.karott.com/gallery/pictur...2/DSC01151.jpg

8. Blarney Castle County Cork the castle dates from around 1200 AD and is famous worldwide for the Blarney Stone

http://www.guide-to-castles-of-europ...es/Blarney.jpg

Xelebes · #18 Posted **Jan 10, 2008, 5:26 AM**

Canada:

1. CN Tower (Toronto)
2. Peace Tower (Ottawa)
3. Habitat 67 (Montreal)
4. Peggy's Cove Lighthouse (Nova Scotia)
5. Chateau Frontenac (Ottawa)
6. Halifax Citadel (Halifax)
7. St. Lawrence Bridge (Montreal?)
8. Rideau Canal (Ottawa)
9. Science World (Vancouver)
10. Banff Lodge (Banff)