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The Copenhagen Gateway Sees Your Dubai and Raises it 65 Meters

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Curves
11/10/08

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The chances of getting someone like myself who is afraid of heights to walk that bridge without the use of a gun are pretty slim. I will catch a cab and face city traffic before I get on that walkway.
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LoringGalung
11/10/08

@Curves:
How about traveling the bridge while tied to a wheelchair?

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Curves
11/10/08

@LoringGalung: OK yes, that would work too. Thanks for the suggestion.

@Lodlaiden: Yes, Ma'am, I am. If I see more than 5 or 6 cars on my current commute, I rage against urban sprawl.
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yogibimbi
11/10/08

@Curves: why you would need to hold a gun to walk over a bridge you are otherwise too afraid of crossing, is completely beyond me...
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Daveinva
11/10/08

@yogibimbi: The gun is there to motivate *him*.

English = first language.
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Curves
11/11/08

@Daveinva: "Engrich"
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WilCon
11/10/08

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My question is this. For the exorbitant cost of this what does it offer in return? Does it improve business, generate power to help offset the carbon footprint of the building, or is it just an aesthetic? Seems impractical, expensive and a complete waste. Not too mention an extremely dangerous walkway.
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Gann
11/10/08

@WilCon: Well, we are currently discussing their building for one, so it definitely fills a marketing purpose. It will probably also draw some tourism to the area. All the attention will probably draw some pretty large tenants, making the space easier to lease for possibly higher rent. Your argument forgets that aesthetics is one of the functions of a building.
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ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT
11/10/08

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"I can't help but to feel like the US isn't exactly pioneering the new era of remarkable architecture."

Were we EVER a pioneer in architecture? I always thought that the same lack of innovation that killed our auto industry also existed in our architecture.
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shorty63136
11/10/08

@ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT: You should see the History Channel's documentary on the City of New York and how the make up of the land (sub-terranian, mostly) makes NYC what it is today - both above and below ground. Lots of modern (for the time) architecture was pioneered in NYC.

Very interesting, really.
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Gann
11/10/08

@shorty63136: No mention of Chicago?
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shorty63136
11/10/08

@Gann: This particular documentary went all the way back to the initial settlement of the land - before it became NYC.

Chicago has some amaaaaazing architecture, no doubt. This documentary just didn't touch on it. If you could cross the messy geological/construction logistics and architecture, that's kinda what the documentary hit on.

Chicago's badass though. :)
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Serolf Divad
11/10/08

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One step closer to the collosus of Rhodes.
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