CloudOnMyTongue 0 #1 December 23, 2003 I heard yesterday about new york's plans to build the freedom tower. Just thought I'd throw a picture out of the current tallest building so everyone can remember what use to be the tallest. Even if it's mostly just an antenna edited to correct spelling (thanks Ivan) and to add pic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #2 December 23, 2003 QuoteEven if it's mostly just an antenna well, that and it is funny to watch the tourists who are afraid to stand on the glass floor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #3 December 23, 2003 Quoteplans to build the feedom tower You mean FREEDOM __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CloudOnMyTongue 0 #4 December 23, 2003 It's even more fun to jump up and down on the glass, and scare the tourists who are afraid to stand on the glass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #5 December 23, 2003 Sorry to bust your national pride....but no record books list that as the tallest buiding, because it's not a building. Personally, I thought it was cool to lay down on the glass and look up in the mirror. Of course that was before I ever went skydiving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #6 December 23, 2003 okay, would you believe the world's tallest free standing structure? i think that's what it falls under."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #7 December 23, 2003 Yeah and the bitch off cheers already shot the thing all to hell too. And Alan Alda was President And Michelle Moore was an angry mobster.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #8 December 23, 2003 QuoteYeah and the bitch off cheers already shot the thing all to hell too. And Alan Alda was President And Michelle Moore was an angry mobster. huh? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #9 December 23, 2003 QuoteSorry to bust your national pride....but no record books list that as the tallest buiding, because it's not a building. Really, why is it not a building? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #10 December 23, 2003 QuoteIt's even more fun to jump up and down on the glass, and scare the tourists who are afraid to stand on the glass. Dude, I'm absolutely terrified to stand on the glass. I kept reaching back to check my PC, and finding no handle. Totally freaked me out.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #11 December 23, 2003 QuoteQuoteYeah and the bitch off cheers already shot the thing all to hell too. And Alan Alda was President And Michelle Moore was an angry mobster. huh? Canadian Bacon I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #12 December 23, 2003 QuoteQuoteSorry to bust your national pride....but no record books list that as the tallest buiding, because it's not a building. Really, why is it not a building? Because it doesn't have any floorspace within it except in the observation area at the top. It's a telecommunications tower with a platform at the top. Different structural requirements than an inhabited building. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #13 December 23, 2003 there are actually two observation levels, and a full service, rotating restaurant/lounge. but i'll stick with the tallest free standing structure award."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #14 December 23, 2003 QuoteBecause it doesn't have any floorspace within it except in the observation area at the top. It's a telecommunications tower with a platform at the top. Different structural requirements than an inhabited building. Have you been there? When I was there, there was a bar, and a full service restaurant, a smallish movie room, gift shop and some meeting rooms. There certainly was more than just an observation deck. But, if you don't want to call it a building. It is still the tallest freestanding structure in the world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #15 December 23, 2003 Then there's the tallest structure in the world...KTHI-TV tower in North Dakota (2,063ft) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kingbunky 3 #16 December 23, 2003 is it free standing, or is it cable stayed?"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #17 December 23, 2003 Yeah, I've been there. That stuff is in the observation deck. Teh rest of the thing is hollow concrete. Plus it was built as a communications tower, and that stuff was added as an afterthought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #18 December 23, 2003 Quoteis it free standing, or is it cable stayed? Not free standing....not sure how it's held up. There was a taller one in poland....but it fell down...no, not a joke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #19 December 23, 2003 QuoteNot free standing....not sure how it's held up. There was a taller one in poland....but it fell down...no, not a joke. True and all are cable supported and not considered to be free standing, or house any observation decks, restaurants or anything similar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #20 December 23, 2003 true....CN Tower is the tallest free standing structure. But it's still not the tallest building na na na na na Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #21 December 23, 2003 QuoteBut it's still not the tallest building na na na na na According to Canadians it is. Don't fuck with us or we'll let the moose lose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hookitt 1 #22 December 23, 2003 Quotetrue....CN Tower is the tallest free standing structure. But it's still not the tallest building na na na na na This site says it's the tallest building <> Canada's Wonder of the World ---------------------------------- Defining the Toronto skyline, the CN Tower is Canada's most recognizable and celebrated icon. At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites PhillyKev 0 #23 December 23, 2003 You mean the CN Tower Web Site? Constructors and architects argue that a building is a frame structure made of walls and floors. Now CN Tower houses some occupied floors indeed, but most of the structure is no more than a concrete shaft housing elevators, and therefore it is not a building, one could argue. This is the reason why Jeff Herzer, and the Council on tall Buildings and Urban Habitat do not recognize CN Tower as the tallest 'building' in the world. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/tallest.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #24 December 23, 2003 QuoteCouncil on tall Buildings and Urban Habitat And what a surprise, that is a US based organization. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites hookitt 1 #25 December 23, 2003 QuoteYou mean the CN Tower Web Site? Of course It had the information on it exactly how I wanted it to read My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
PhillyKev 0 #15 December 23, 2003 Then there's the tallest structure in the world...KTHI-TV tower in North Dakota (2,063ft) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #16 December 23, 2003 is it free standing, or is it cable stayed?"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #17 December 23, 2003 Yeah, I've been there. That stuff is in the observation deck. Teh rest of the thing is hollow concrete. Plus it was built as a communications tower, and that stuff was added as an afterthought. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #18 December 23, 2003 Quoteis it free standing, or is it cable stayed? Not free standing....not sure how it's held up. There was a taller one in poland....but it fell down...no, not a joke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #19 December 23, 2003 QuoteNot free standing....not sure how it's held up. There was a taller one in poland....but it fell down...no, not a joke. True and all are cable supported and not considered to be free standing, or house any observation decks, restaurants or anything similar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #20 December 23, 2003 true....CN Tower is the tallest free standing structure. But it's still not the tallest building na na na na na Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #21 December 23, 2003 QuoteBut it's still not the tallest building na na na na na According to Canadians it is. Don't fuck with us or we'll let the moose lose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #22 December 23, 2003 Quotetrue....CN Tower is the tallest free standing structure. But it's still not the tallest building na na na na na This site says it's the tallest building <> Canada's Wonder of the World ---------------------------------- Defining the Toronto skyline, the CN Tower is Canada's most recognizable and celebrated icon. At a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches), it is the World's Tallest Building, an important telecommunications hub, and the centre of tourism in Toronto.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #23 December 23, 2003 You mean the CN Tower Web Site? Constructors and architects argue that a building is a frame structure made of walls and floors. Now CN Tower houses some occupied floors indeed, but most of the structure is no more than a concrete shaft housing elevators, and therefore it is not a building, one could argue. This is the reason why Jeff Herzer, and the Council on tall Buildings and Urban Habitat do not recognize CN Tower as the tallest 'building' in the world. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/tallest.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #24 December 23, 2003 QuoteCouncil on tall Buildings and Urban Habitat And what a surprise, that is a US based organization. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 1 #25 December 23, 2003 QuoteYou mean the CN Tower Web Site? Of course It had the information on it exactly how I wanted it to read My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
