@aec007: No amount of technological innovation and progress will replace the working class attitude that is missing in America now that built the Empire State building back then.
@trs: I always wonder, what is the life expectancy of some of these early skyscrapers? At what point will maintenance no longer suffice, and the thing's gotta come down? A 100-story implosion would be pretty wild, although infeasible because of the amount of debris.
@michaelfox: Burj Dubai is a skyscraper, so people want to see its height compared to other skyscrapers. It's not a "tallest structures" comparison, it's just a helpful graph to compare it to other similar things.
Personally, I'm not really impressed by these structures that end up looking and functioning more like spires based, in large part, on winning a glorified pissing match. That's why I was always in such awe of the WTC buildings.
Dubai loses its luster when you find out that all the development is built upon the backs of slave labor. Just google "Dubai slavery" if you want to find out more.
@MarcusMaximus: Its speed would increase exponentially every few feet until it became a red hot copper bullet of death capable of piercing the earth and splitting men asunder. Or its terminal velocity might top out at, say, 80 MPH and give someone a nasty welt. Science is such a buzzkill...
If this were built in the USA the center would be filled with kiosks and it would have a roof.
I remember Town East mall in Mesquite TX. It looks like a volcano and it used to have a big open area in the middle and then for no reason other than greed they filled up the center with shops. Now it is a big triangle with nowhere to sit.
Hope you like it Frucci. Cause I can guar-an-tee ya that something like this is in Bloomberg's folder marked Revenue Generation, sub-folder Central Park, sub-sub-folders Reservoir/Great Lawn.
@OMG! Ponies!: I have to agree Kayne, but not about the blog. The video for Single Ladies WAS the best video ever. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong with a better video for a song released this year!
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400 days to build the Empire State.
8 Years to build Nothing.
Pretty sad state of affairs.....
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nvm I am not even touching that one
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If this were built in the USA the center would be filled with kiosks and it would have a roof.
I remember Town East mall in Mesquite TX. It looks like a volcano and it used to have a big open area in the middle and then for no reason other than greed they filled up the center with shops. Now it is a big triangle with nowhere to sit.
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@CSX321: Here is what it used to look like on the inside. They have since built another building around the center so the open area is lost.
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I'll let you guys get back to commenting on this in a second. I just want to say that Beyonce has the best gadget blog ever!
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Sorry, that's all I can do.
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*points at eyes*
*points at you*
*points at eyes again*
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@natural selection: If you don't shut the hell up, I'm going to shove my keyboard down your fucking throat.
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