July 17, 200717 yr ^ lol -- wow good catch! the heads were lopped off by telecommunications giants no doubt. entrusting the kids to carnies? tch tch. oh wait i see he has his hardhat on. he's ready. ok carry on.
July 17, 200717 yr Good call on the missing heads, Jskinner. I think this image might explain what else is missing from the top of the modern-day tower:
July 17, 200717 yr A quick comparison from an old pictrue (although very blurry since I only had paint, powerpoint, and photoshop 2.0 to work with)
July 17, 200717 yr A little bit of trivia: Leveque was the tallest building in the world outside NYC or Chicago (according to my research) when it was built, and Terminal (as is pretty well known) was the tallest (outside NYC) in the world until the mid 1950s and in the USA until the early 1960s. The Moscow building that surpassed it looks very similar and was allegedly copied from it.
July 17, 200717 yr Are you thinking of... The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the world's 164th tallest building. The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki imienia Józefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication was revoked[citation needed]; Stalin's name was hastily removed from the interior lobby and one of the building's sculptures.
July 17, 200717 yr the heads were lopped off by telecommunications giants no doubt. That is sad but most likely true.
July 17, 200717 yr Are you thinking of... The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the world's 164th tallest building. The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki imienia Józefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication was revoked[citation needed]; Stalin's name was hastily removed from the interior lobby and one of the building's sculptures. Naw, that's in Warsaw. It was finished later and is 757 feet (Terminal's 708). This one, part of Moscow State University, is 787 feet. It was allegedly built in part by prisoners and some of them were sealed up in it. The Warsaw tower was built by the Soviets.
July 17, 200717 yr ^Just making sure. Palac Kultury is also known as "Stalin's Gift." Around the house, we jokingly call it "Palac Kotsury," which would translate to "Palace of the giant cats." We're a scream, I tells you.
July 17, 200717 yr Most of the Soviet-era architecture of the time is of that stylized neo-classicism, and in fact the Terminal Tower bears a strong resemblance to NYC's Municipal Building. It's highly unlikely there was any actual "copying", though there's certainly a similarity there. Lev Rudnev, the architect of the Moscow tower also designed the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
July 17, 200717 yr Most of the Soviet-era architecture of the time is of that stylized neo-classicism, and in fact the Terminal Tower bears a strong resemblance to NYC's Municipal Building. It's highly unlikely there was any actual "copying", though there's certainly a similarity there. Lev Rudnev, the architect of the Moscow tower also designed the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw. I did a google on this and found a thread on another board that you posted on. Absolutely fascinating for any skyscraper fan: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=132616
July 17, 200717 yr Entrusting him to carnies? He IS a carnie. "So who wants to go FASTER??!!" although i am sure he is an angel you might want to steer his career in another direction. it's not like he is really gonna meet solveig dommartin (in one of my fav movies "wings of desire") while manning the scrambler! yes he is definately a keeper!
July 17, 200717 yr I was going to post an image from Tod Browning's "Freaks," but decided against it. Thanks again for the gene-check. I'll dedicate a thread to photos of my guppies soon enough.
September 29, 200717 yr BUMP! A few more from today: From the COSI side of the Scioto: With its new-fangled brethren: No Photoshop...just Pure Scioto Ripplage:
October 3, 200717 yr brewmaster, I love this photo! Is there a way I can get it for my background? thanks
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