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Could you imagine how much the JHC and Sears Tower would have stuck out in chicagos skyline when they were first completed? I mean there were hardly any towers over 500 ft in the city at that time let alone ones that were over 1450 ft tall. They must have looked incredible, even more so than they do today. Like two steel giants rising above the Earth. I would love to see some photos of the two and how they looked in the skyline during the mid 70s or so.
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^JHC would have been especially visionary at the time
I moved here in 1976 and remember as a kid being on the eisenhower expressway coming in from the west and sears seemed like the only building you'd see for about 20 minutes |
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Some of them would have made great construction threads.
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^ Can you imagine? Sears and JHC would have been interesting watching go up with their unique shapes. And can you imagine watching the Chrysler Building as they jacked up its spire? The CN Tower and Transamerica Pyramid would have been cool to watch too.
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From Ed Lifson's Hello Beautiful blog - Mies, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago (1948-51):
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y15...esinLife24.jpg http://edwardlifson.blogspot.com/ |
Here are a couple of the CN Tower under construction...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/...cd9aeb31_o.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/...4db5abc2_o.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1211/...be4ff4f0_b.jpg I feel that without the CN Tower Toronto would not be the city that it is today. |
Indeed, more than any other single event/structure/etc., the CN Tower firmly established Toronto on the International Map.
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Centennial Tower and Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0Plaza/202.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0Plaza/206.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0Plaza/216.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...0Plaza/220.jpg Bank of America Plaza, Atlanta http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...%20Atl/099.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ca-atlanta.jpg AON Center & BofA Plaza, Los Angeles http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...db974678_o.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...3d76f481_o.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...d257fae3_o.jpg The other AON Center :rolleyes: http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...cbc68a0017.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...c649f68575.jpg US Bank http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...One9805/us.jpg |
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John Hancock (Boston)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/4...970311.jpg?v=0 John Hancock (Chicago) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/...604fa0ef_o.jpg Empire State Building http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...d/BE003370.jpg One Liberty Plaza (Philly) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...484783eb_o.jpg Conde Nast Building (NYC) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/136047.jpg Citi Group Center (NYC) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...d/JA002294.jpg Smith Tower (Seattle) http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/TY...Seattle_OM.jpg 900 North Michigan (Chicago) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../1988chi-1.jpg US Bank Tower (Los Angeles) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/usbank.jpg |
Jin Mao (Shanghai)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...anghai1997.jpg Renaissance Center (Detroit) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...6rescenter.jpg |
Scotia Plaza
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e9805/8788.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...nstruction.jpg 7 wtc http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/777777.jpg 3 wtc http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e9805/wtc3.jpg and heres some more http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...5/IH122546.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...5/IH115550.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2.../1988chi-1.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...b2ffd9b5_b.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...e9805/1971.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...2-18378689.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9805/32e23.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...fbab9f1f_b.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...612ff66d_b.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...5/CIMG4491.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...05/wtc1970.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...3c4fbf4f_o.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...ingboc1988.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/1959-1.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...88686ca5-1.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...9805/23e32.jpg |
Bank of America Plaza (Los Angeles)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/...1abee70a_b.jpg |
Dade County Courthouse - Miami, Florida - 1927 - Florida's tallest at the time of construction
http://i.pbase.com/o6/21/571721/1/77...deC_n1_600.jpg http://k41.pbase.com/g6/21/571721/2/...6.V9OLw96l.jpg src: http://www.pbase.com/donboyd/memories_downtown |
Germany - 1925
The German Bundesarchive has opened it amazing amount of Pictures to the public through Wikimedia Commons. Currently they are by Year, not subject
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...rchive_by_year Radio mast ( it looks to be under construction - I don't know German ). http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...C_Funkturm.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...C_Funkturm.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...C_Funkturm.jpg a different tower ? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...der_Arbeit.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Sendeturm.jpg thx to all the posters - the best thread here. |
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