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Here are some more pics:
Maina City (Chicago) http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/8...tionwebai3.jpg http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/4...ructionyt9.jpg Woolworth Building (NYC) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...0old/5268w.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...rth_const1.jpg http://pro.corbis.com/images/BE04459...-6b85eb969014} Chrysler Building (NYC) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...old/25push.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ry_slide12.jpg MetLife Building (NYC) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._York_City.jpg City Hall (Toronto) http://www.toronto.ca/archives/photo...268_it0462.jpg United Nations http://pro.corbis.com/images/UKD806I...-0180592036e2} http://pro.corbis.com/images/U915490...-acd6abf58179} WTC http://pro.corbis.com/images/BE03042...-a235fdc225f2} http://pro.corbis.com/images/GE00116...-7a784f80ef52} http://pro.corbis.com/images/U169327...-695d33698011} http://pro.corbis.com/images/RT00135...-d3d2670a5831} http://pro.corbis.com/images/GE00116...-b1d31afba7de} One Atlantic Center http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nstruction.jpg http://jolomo.net/atlanta/beltline/1180ptree-1987.JPG City Hall (LA) http://www.skyscrapers.cn/images/na/...nstruction.jpg Key Tower http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/...eyconstbw2.jpg http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/...eyconstbw1.jpg http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/...nd/keytop1.jpg http://www.clevelandskyscrapers.com/...ytowerucgp.jpg JPMorgan Chase Tower http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...eTower-001.jpg http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/...eTower-002.jpg Petronas Towers http://www.bmf.ch/images/nl9909_31.jpeghttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/...yscraper_1.jpg Taipei 101 http://forumst.free.fr/image.php?ima...en&frame=smallhttp://www.designbuild-network.com/c...k/2-alimak.jpg Chrysler Building https://www.nyhistory.org/web/images...truction_7.jpg CN Tower http://img.search.com/thumb/2/2c/Cnt...unfinished.jpghttp://www.jonasbrandon.com/CN%20Tower.jpg Space Needle http://www.historylink.org/db_images/wlt78.JPGhttp://www.djc.com/special/century/2c.jpg Eiffel Tower http://www.moma.org/modernteachers/f...4e5dec6e6e.jpghttp://www.moma.org/modernteachers/f...4e61a0d813.jpghttp://www.essential-architecture.co...iffel_1878.jpg Turning Torso http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20...ructionAir.JPGhttp://forumst.free.fr/image.php?ima...en&frame=smallhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nstruction.jpg Swiss Re http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/3...73_swissre.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-the-skies.jpg Burj Al Arab http://www.v-consult.co.uk/images/burj02.jpghttp://p.vtourist.com/2341748-Gosh_I...rted-Dubai.jpg Bank of China http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/...g/hkgboc01.jpg Trump World Tower http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/265532.jpg WFC http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...05/newyork.jpg Columbia Center http://www.djc.com/special/century/7.jpg |
Actually a rendering,posted in this thread http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...26#post3499526
In the background you can see republic tower,energy plaza and 1400 pacific all UC,and the recently completed San Jacinto tower on the left http://www.greenargon.com/bldg/images/0248.jpg |
Good thread, Threehundred. Man, those construction photos of L.A. in the 60's, 70's and 80's are awesome!:tup:
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Brillliant idea for a thread. Those LA shots and the Space Needle are well fantastic.
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^^^ That JHC pic has always been my favorite hands down.
Thanks for posting it cbotnyse. |
http://www.westland.net/expo67/map-d.../habitat56.jpg
Expo Habitat (Montreal) under construction http://www.westland.net/expo67/map-d...ildingexpo.htm |
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Montreal booming in the 1960s : Place Ville-Marie ( Royal Bank of Canada Headquarters) and CIBC Tower ( CIBC Headquarters ) under construction.
http://www.mtlurb.com/pictures/main....serialNumber=1 The US Pavilion under construction at the 1967 World Fair http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/17...5e6969.jpg?v=0 The Olympic Stadium http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/servlet/ga...?type=3&id=277 http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/servlet/ga...?type=3&id=294 http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/servlet/ga...?type=3&id=291 Victoria Square http://www.banq.qc.ca/histoire_quebe...85S2D79P17.jpg http://www.banq.qc.ca/histoire_quebe...85S2D113P1.jpg Desjardins Credit Union Headquarters http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6...2archxlxd4.jpg |
this thread is awesome - thanks for pics
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Empire State U/C
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_gOowFCNUW_U/RL...0/be003370.jpg Chrysler Building U/C https://www.nyhistory.org/web/images...truction_7.jpg Flatiron Building U/C http://img.nytstore.com/IMAGES/NSAP390_SMALL.JPG |
Nothing like seeing NYC Landmarks under construction, miss the twins.
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Great, great thread!
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More of US Bank
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/...f1b99f63_b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1290/...9dd7dc6b_b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1413/...3ed62daa_b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/...a4ab0cf2_b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1374/...098163be_b.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/3...4dea46a8_o.jpg |
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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 |
A few photos from the books Houston: City of Destiny and the first edition of Ray Miller's Houston from the late 70s and early 80s...
Aerial view from the west with Pennzoil Place under construction http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...70s/DTwest.jpg Pit of Pennzoil Place http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...excavation.jpg 1978/79 or so, Three Allen Plaza & Enterpise Plaza UC http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../HOU70sDT1.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...Toverview2.jpg 1979, Three Allen Plaza, Enterpise Plaza & barely visible Le Meridien (Doubletree) http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...Toverview3.jpg Part of 4 Houston Center visible during Construction http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...ShopsConst.jpg 1600 Smith Street http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...SmithConst.jpg Allied Bank Plaza (Wells Fargo Plaza) http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...on70s/ABP1.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...70s/Const1.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...70s/CoverA.jpg w/ Cranes for RepublicBank Center (Bank of America Center) visible http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...on70s/I45N.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...0s/DTnight.jpg Heritage Plaza during 1986's Rendez-vous Houston concert http://www.jarreuk.co.uk/houston/houston25.jpg http://www.jarreuk.co.uk/houston/houston25.jpg http://www.jarreuk.co.uk/houston/houston31.jpg http://www.jarreuk.co.uk/houston/houston31.jpg http://k53.pbase.com/o6/07/527607/1/...dE.img073a.jpg http://k53.pbase.com/o6/07/527607/1/...dE.img073a.jpg http://i.pbase.com/o6/07/527607/1/94...X3.img080a.jpg http://i.pbase.com/o6/07/527607/1/94...X3.img080a.jpg http://www.phototx.net/images/firewo...S/IMG00005.JPG http://www.phototx.net/images/firewo...S/IMG00005.JPG Distant view of DT from University of Houston's Main Campus w/ Gulf Tower (Fulbright Tower), 4 Houston Center, Allied Bank Plaza, and cranes from 1600 Smith & Four Allen Center http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/UHcampus.jpg Portion of RepublicBank Center (Bank of America Center) w/ model http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...on70s/RBC1.jpg America Tower (American General Center) http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...0s/Amertwr.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/Amertwr2.jpg Transco Tower (Williams Tower) w/ Original Rendering http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/Transco1.jpg Four Oaks Place http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...n70s/4oaks.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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More Germany
1926
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...er%C3%BCst.jpg Berlin, Höhenarbeiter auf einem Gerüst.jpg 1927 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...amer_Platz.jpg Berlin, Reklame-Wanderschrift am Potsdamer Platz not a skyscraper - but too cool to pass up http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nsteinturm.jpg Potsdam, Einsteinturm 1934 - Berlin Olympic Stadium http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...iastadions.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...iastadions.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...iastadions.jpg 1935 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ichsarchiv.jpg Potsdam, Richtfest im Reichsarchiv http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nisteriums.jpg Berlin, Neubau des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nisteriums.jpg Berlin, Bau des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nisteriums.jpg Berlin, Neubau des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...BChrerhaus.jpg München, Ehrentempel und Führerhaus |
woolworth building,
feb 2, 1912 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Z62-105567.jpg july 1, 1912 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Z62-100109.jpg 1913 http://www.newyorkcity.ro/gallery/46...ding_fixed.jpg |
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How tall do you want the building Mr. Woolworth?
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I can't believe that beauty is almost 100! :eek:
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^the 700 foot Metlife tower on Madison Sq. turns 100 this year.
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30th street station and the post office: not really skyscrapers, but still iconic buildings. Source: http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index...OOT=/p268001uw
http://digital.hagley.org/cgi-bin/sh...w&CISOPTR=5500 http://digital.hagley.org/cgi-bin/sh...w&CISOPTR=6261 http://digital.hagley.org/cgi-bin/sh...w&CISOPTR=6632 And from Phillyskyline.com, One Liberty Place (http://phillyskyline.com/onelibertyplace/): http://phillyskyline.com/onelibertyp...eliberty50.jpg http://phillyskyline.com/onelibertyp...eliberty70.jpg |
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The very beginnings of the 792 ft. Woolworth Building. Completed in 1913.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8...orthc11911.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2...rthfoundat.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6...rthconst19.jpg http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5...rthdec1911.jpg |
ICC U/C - Hong Kong
http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...4/IMG_0535.jpg http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...4/IMG_9812.jpg http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...3/IMG_7427.jpg http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...8/IMG_1816.jpg Hanoi Road Redevelopment http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...8/IMG_1810.jpg Harbourside http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...8/RIMG2080.jpg http://www.globalphotos.org/hongkong...1/RIMG1268.jpg |
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