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Reunion Tower and the Dallas Hyatt Regency under construction in the mid 70s...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/...bca77b14_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/...72e96e23_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/...4dbf2c2f_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/...753250de_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/10166952@N08/ Dallas City Hall u/c around the same time... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/...c50e4016_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/10166952@N08/ |
Couple more from Dallas...
The Republic Bank building in '53... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/...1c066ff1_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ The Mercantile Building in '42... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/...e11643d0_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ The Baker Hotel u/c in the 20s... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/...2e81bb3b_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ The Southland Center u/c in the 50s... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/...40634d04_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ One of the more interesting pics, on the left is the Medical Arts building being deconstructed and on the left is I.M. Pei's One Dallas Centre u/c in the 70s... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/...072a94c4_b.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatguyinalittlecoat/ |
I've always loved looking at Texas construction pictures.
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Here is an old one: Detroit's first steel framed office tower, the 13 story Chamber of Commerce building completed in 1895 (it is now 114 years old and while modified, remains intact). Note: Sometimes the 10 story Hammond Building (1889) is called Detroit's first Skyscraper (the definition has changed over the years) but it had load bearing masonry walls.
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/DecoJ...ercommerce.jpg Photo Credit: Scan of photo in book I own called Detroit in Pictures.http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1001480 |
DALLAS:
How'd they get that Mercantile Building out of the ground in 1942, right in the middle of WW2? I always thought next to nothing was constructed domestically during this time. |
The Singer Building (187m, 1908)
September 13, 1907 http://ia341007.us.archive.org/GnuBo...31.jp2&scale=4 http://ia341007.us.archive.org/GnuBo...35.jp2&scale=4 Complete http://ia341007.us.archive.org/GnuBo...23.jp2&scale=4 |
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awesome thread!
i'd love to see pics of the sydney opera house. |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ction_1968.jpg http://thesydneytimes.com.au/images/journal/4577_2.jpg http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/...pritzker08.jpg http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carth...ey_opera_9.jpg Lets go to Vegas. Riveria (1953) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...on%201954a.jpg Tropicana (1955) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...rop%201955.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...op%201955a.jpg Sands (1963) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...ion%201965.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...on%201965a.jpg The Mint (1964) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...struction2.jpg Caesers Palace (1965) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...struction1.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...ars%201965.jpg Aladdian (1970) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg Riveria (1974) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg Aladdian (1975) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...20complete.jpg Stardust (1990) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg Casino Royale (1991) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg Luxor (1992) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...truction-b.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...struction2.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...r%20sphinx.jpg MGM Grand (1993) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...structiomn.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...on%201993a.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...tion%20old.jpg Stratosphere (1995) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...struction5.jpg Caesers Palace (1996) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...ars%201996.jpg Rio (1996) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...0sept%2096.jpg New York New York (1996) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com.../nyny-1996.jpg Bellagio (1996) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...llagio1997.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...gio%201996.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...201996%20a.jpg Paris (1997) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...on%201997b.jpg http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...on%201997a.jpg Mandalay Bay (1997) http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com...nstruction.jpg Tour Montparnasse (Paris) http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF00...8/Downie04.jpg |
Interesting to see the growth of Cesars Palace. The original semi-circular tower and lowrise portions still exist today but their appearance has been radically altered.
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More LA..
Union Bank (and a few other towers) under construction http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...302EBAE43?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...51-4-ISLA?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...4448-ISLA?v=hr Arco Towers http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...4435-ISLA?v=hr Downtown in the mid 60's. Notice the Convention Center under construction and the vast emptiness of the Bunker Hill Redevelopment http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...75-2-ISLA?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...75-9-ISLA?v=hr Downtown circa 1973 (Note AON Center and B of A Plaza under construction) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-33340?v=hr Downtown circa 1986 with the Wedbush building under construction. The Pac Bell building on the left is now 1010 Wilshire. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-42064?v=hr |
here is two from Brisbane
riparian plaza http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2004/10/311065.jpg aurora tower http://www.emporis.com/images/6/2005/09/402330.jpg |
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^THAT is a badass photo. :)
Here's the best UC photo I can find for my tiny hamlet of Aliquippa, PA. A one story Arby's under construction: http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8...rant017sp5.jpg Rumor has it that a roofer was preparing for the topping off ceremony and he fell all the way to the ground sustaining a semi-serious scrape on one of his elbows. |
Wells Fargo Plaza (Houston)
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...805/Const1.jpg First Canadian Place (Toronto) http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r_construc.jpg |
here's one from my city brisbane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ri...nstruction.jpg |
here's on from Brisbane
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa /Riparian_plaza_under_construction.jpg |
Ther enot exactly skyscrapers but oh well. Barrow has no skyscrapers.
Construction of the High level bridge. http://www.southlakes.addr.com/old/b...ilevel1965.jpg Source: http://www.southlakes.addr.com/old/b...ilevel1965.jpg Construction of Devonshire Dock Hall http://www.southlakes.addr.com/userr...ngddh1980s.jpg http://www.southlakes.addr.com/userr...dingddh80s.jpg Sources http://www.southlakes.addr.com/userr...ngddh1980s.jpg http://www.southlakes.addr.com/userr...dingddh80s.jpg |
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