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I already updated my giant a bit, here's a height comparison.
Yes, even giants are in the Christmas mood.
For those who enjoyed seeing our photo "Event Horizon" earlier in the week, here is one of the street level figures. Anthony Gormley is a lot taller than me, but nearly everyone is!
Gasing Height is the “Green Lung” of Petaling Jaya, one of the largest city in Malaysia. This is the Escapee’s climb up the hill called Gasing Height. To read more about our climb, please check out our blog for more details of the climb - iescapee.blogspot.com/
The mountain certainly strikes a commanding profile! Befitting its height of 14,025 ft / 4275 m, it seemed like this area caught more of the recent, light coating of snow than elsewhere in the Sierra.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Tsz Shan Monastery (慈山寺) is a large Buddhist temple located in Tung Tsz, Tai Po District, Hong Kong. As a Chinese Buddhist monastery established for the inheritance of the teaching of the Buddha, Tsz Shan Monastery is a sanctuary for the purpose of spiritual purification, and endeavours to open the door to compassion and wisdom for the public through various activities. Much of the monastery building funds were donated by local business magnate Li Ka-shing.
Within the Tsz Shan Monastery, an outdoor bronze Guanyin statue, 76 meters in height, is the second highest in the world. Tsz Shan Monastery completed its construction and opened to public visitors in April 2015, led by the Venerable Kok Kwong HHCKLA.
Excerpt from the Guide Map of Tszshan Monastery: The Grand Buddha Hall has its front facade divided by columns into seven bays with an eighteen-metre high roof ridge. Inside the Hall three Buddha statues are placed, namely Sakyamuni Buddha 釋迦牟尼佛, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha 東方藥師佛 (the Medicine Buddha), and Amitabha Buddha 西方阿彌陀佛. On either side of Sakyamuni Buddha stands his attendant disciples, Cenerable Mahakasyapa 迦葉尊者 and Venerable Ananda 阿難尊者. The statues are carved from camphorwood 樟木 either painted with gold powder or affixed with gold leaves. The statues inside the Hall were carved following the sculptural traditions of the Tang 唐 and Liao 遼 Dynasties. On the two sides of the Hall, there are eighteen bronze statues of arhats 十八羅漢. At the back of the Hall, visitors can find an illustration of the Maitreya Descending Sutra 彌勒經變, reproduced with modern technology from the north wall of cave 25 of the Yulin Grottoes 榆林窟, east of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes 敦煌壁畫, as well as illustrations of the bodhisattvas Manjusri 文殊經變 and Samantabhadra 普賢經變 from cave 3 of the Yulin Grottoes.
The Flatiron Building, originally the Fuller Building, is a triangular 22-story,285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed landmarked building located at 175 Fifth Avenue Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Dinkelberg, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city upon its 1902 completion, at 20 floors high,and one of only two "skyscrapers" north of 14th Street. It was to be named the Fuller Building after George A. Fuller, founder of the Fuller Company and "father of the skyscraper", who had died two years earlier.However, locals persisted in calling it "The Flatiron", a name which has since been made official.
The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham as a vertical Renaissance palazzo with Beaux-Arts styling.Unlike New York's early skyscrapers, which took the form of towers arising from a lower, blockier mass, such as the contemporary Singer Building (built 1902–1908), the Flatiron Building epitomizes the Chicago school conception.Like a classical Greek column, its facade – limestone at the bottom, changing to glazed terra-cotta from the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company in Tottenville, Staten Island, as the floors rise – is divided into a base, shaft, and capital.
Two features were added to the Flatiron Building following its completion. The "cowcatcher" retail space at the front of the building was added in order to maximize the use of the building's lot and produce some retail income. Harry Black had insisted on the space, despite objections from Burnham. Another addition to the building not in the original plan was the penthouse, which was constructed after the rest of the building had been completed to be used as artists' studios, and was quickly rented out to artists such as Louis Fancher, many of whom contributed to the pulp magazines which were produced in the offices below.
The retail space in the building's "cowcatcher" at the "prow" was leased by United Cigar Stores, and the building's vast cellar, which extended into the vaults that went more than 20 feet (6.1 m) under the surrounding streets,was occupied by the Flatiron Restaurant, which could seat 1,500 patrons and was open from breakfast through late supper for those taking in a performance at one of the many theatres which lined Broadway.
When the building was first constructed, it received mixed feedback. The most known criticism received was known as "Burnham's Folly". This criticism, focused on the structure of the building, was made on the grounds that the "combination of triangular shape and height would cause the building to fall down." Critics believed that the building created a dangerous wind-tunnel at the intersection of the two streets, and could possibly knock the building down.The building's shape was blamed for the 1903 death of a bicycle messenger, who was blown into the street and run over by a car. However, the building's structure was meant to accommodate four times the typical wind loads in order to stabilize and retain the building's iconic triangular shape.
The New York Tribune called the new building "A stingy piece of pie ... the greatest inanimate troublemaker in New York", while the Municipal Art Society said that it was "Unfit to be in the Center of the City". The New York Times called it a "monstrosity".But some saw the building differently. Futurist H. G. Wells wrote in his 1906 book The Future in America: A Search After Realities:
"I found myself agape, admiring a sky-scraper the prow of the Flat-iron Building, to be particular, ploughing up through the traffic of Broadway and Fifth Avenue in the afternoon light."
As of November 2020, the building is empty, and the full renovation is expected to take at least until 2022.
(From my personal digital photo archive, 2010)
Berlin is a true gem for history lovers, as it is full of corners where many events of its long history as a city and also as the capital of Germany took place.
The so-called "Albert Speer Candelabra" (in German "Speer Kandelaber", also called "OWA Kandelaber", OWA are the German initials for "Ost-West-Achse" because they were part of the East-West Axis project, which in turn was one of the parts of the project "Germania Capital of the World", in German "Welthauptstadt Germania").
These candelabra were part of this East-West Axis from the Brandenburg Gate, for seven kilometers to what is now called Theodor-Heuss-Platz (in honor of the first President of Germany after World War II), which was previously called Adolf-Hitler-Platz and before that also Reichskanzlerplatz.
These candelabra were designed by the Berlin Energy and Light Limited Company (Berliner kraft- und licht-Aktiengesellschaft), because they had to meet a special lighting requirement along the entire Axis, which had to span a bridge over the Canal Landwehr at the Charlottenburg gate, without raising the bridge height too much and yet the channel had to remain navigable.
Albert Speer designed the outside of those candelabra.
Part of these candelabra, more like street lamps, had to be dismantled on the avenue now known as Avenue of June 17 ("Straße des 17. Juni", which was then called "Charlottenburger Chaussee"), since the part of the avenue that it is included between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column, in the last weeks of World War II, during the Battle of Berlin when the city's airports were no longer usable, as they were taken over by the Red Army, it was used for the take off and landing of Luftwaffe aircrafts.
Some 800 candelabra have been preserved since 1936, which have been repaired several times and are among the few remaining living vestiges of that megalomaniac project called "Germania World Capital", and despite the past time they continue to have a modern design reminiscent of works of art arising from the time of the Staatliche Bauhaus. (Source: Wikipedia)
LOS CANDELABROS DE ALBERT SPEER, 2010
(De mi archivo personal de fotos digitales, 2010)
Berlín es una auténtica joya para los amantes de la historia, pues está lleno de rincones donde ocurrieron muchos eventos de su dilatada historia como ciudad y también como capital de Alemania.
Los llamados "candelabros de Albert Speer" (en alemán Speer Kandelaber, también llamados OWA Kandelaber, OWA son las iniciales en alemán de "Ost-West-Achse" por que formaban parte del proyecto el Eje Este-Oeste, que a su vez era una de las partes del proyecto "Germania Capital del Mundo", en alemán Welthauptstadt Germania).
Estos candelabros formaron parte de este Eje Este-Oeste desde la puerta de Brandenburgo, durante siete kilómetros hasta la hoy llamada Theodor-Heuss-Platz (en honor del que fue primer Presidente de Alemania después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial), que antes se llamó Adolf-Hitler-Platz y antes también Reichskanzlerplatz.
Estos candelabros fueron diseñados par la Sociedad Anónima de Energía y Luz de Berlín (Berliner kraft- und licht-Aktiengesellschaft), porque tenían que cumplir un requerimiento especial de iluminación a lo largo de todo el Eje, que tenía que salvar un puente sobre el Canal Landwehr en la puerta de Charlottenburg, sin levantar demasiado la altura del puente y sin embargo el canal tenía que seguir siendo navegable.
Albert Speer diseñó la parte exterior de esos candelabros.
Parte de estos candelabros, más bien farolas, se tuvieron que desmontar en la avenida que se conoce ahora como Avenida del 17 de Junio ("Straße des 17. Juni", que entonces se llamaba Charlottenburger Chaussee), pues la parte de la avenida que está comprendida entre la Puerta de Brandenburgo y la Columna de la Victoria, en las últimas semanas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, durante la Batalla de Berlín cuando los aeropuertos de la ciudad no eran ya utilizables, pues estaban tomados por el Ejército Rojo, fue utilizada para el despegue y aterrizaje de aviones de la Luftwaffe.
Desde 1936 se conservan unos 800 candelabros, que se han reparado varias veces y son de los pocos vestigios vivientes que quedan de aquél megalómano proyecto llamado "Germania Capital Mundial", y a pesar del tiempo pasado siguen teniendo un diseño moderno que recuerda las obras de arte surgidas de la época de la Staatliche Bauhaus. (Source: Wikipedia)
Aria on the Bay is a high-rise condominium located in the Omni/Edgewater neighborhood at 1770 North Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida, USA overlooking Margaret Pace Park and Biscayne Bay in Miami's Arts & Entertainment District, Aria on the Bay location is conveniently located to Downtown Miami, Design District, Wynwood, The Beaches and Brickell. It was approved at a height of 535 feet (163 m) in 2015 after an initial notice of presumed hazard by the FAA, who recommended a height of 460 feet. The 53-story building will have over 648 units ranging from 813-2365 sq ft as well as commercial space. Aria on the Bay is being developed by Melo Group and is designed by Arquitectonica who is handling the architecture, interior design and landscape.
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Maho Beach
A American Airlines Boeing 757 (former US Airways) flying on a reasonable height over Maho Beach seconds before touchdown at Princess Juliana International Airport - St. Maarten
The Security Building is a historic site in downtown Miami, Florida. It is located at 117 Northeast 1st Avenue. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building has 16 floors with a height of 225 feet (69 m) and was built from 1926 to 1927.
The Dade County Security Company was organized in 1901 and moved to a nearby headquarters in 1923. By the mid-1920s the company needed a larger headquarters. In 1921, the Dade County Security Company had acquired the McKinnon Hotel which occupied a mid-block parcel on Northeast 1st Avenue and renamed it the Security Hotel. Dade Security had considered adding stories atop the hotel but opted in 1925 to raze the hotel and construct a new headquarters on the same site under the direction of architect Robert Greenfield.
Construction on the Security Building began in 1926. The building was known as the Security Building from its opening in 1927 until 1945. Upon opening, the first level and mezzanine were devoted to banking offices. The floors above provided 275 office suites and were reached by four "high speed" elevators.
The Security Building faces west onto NE 1st Avenue. It is located in mid-block with buildings on either side. Those buildings are considerably shorter than the Security Building. The building maintains a zero-foot (0 m) setback, and the entry doors open directly onto the sidewalk. There are no landscape features on the property. The building is composed of a main block parallel to the street, and a second block connected perpendicularly that extends to the east.
With only a 50-foot (15 m) frontage, the architect made a grand statement by creating an almost temple-like base, consisting of the first three stories. Engaged pilasters, that also frame the center bay, articulate the corners creating three distinct bays. Spandrels between the floors are bronze and feature relief ornament. The pilasters carry the entablature, with the name “Security Building” in incised letters. A dentilled molding ornaments the cornice that terminates this division of the building.
The fourth floor begins the transition to the high-rise portion of the building. Stone panels with a similar relief accent the corners and separate the bays. Above the windows of the fourth floor is another projecting element, a stringcourse that is ornamented with a guilloche pattern in relief.
Floors five through 13 continue the three bays with window arrangements that are grouped in pairs on each of the end bays, and are grouped in three in the center bay, emphasizing the importance of the center bay to the entire composition. The windows are a metal casement type.
Security Building (Miami) South and West Facades, top floors with mansard roof and cupola.
The 14th and 15th floors function as the base for the great mansard roof, which terminates the building. To balance the composition, the two floors are treated as if they were one by the use of a round arch at the 15th floor that is carried by the pilasters of the 14th floor, so that the two floors are visually united.
A bracketed cornice separates the building from the roof form that is so decidedly different from roof treatments in Miami during this period. A mansard roof is a double-pitched roof with a steep upper slope. The mansard roof was named for architect Francois Mansart (1598–1666). Mansart worked in the 17th century and introduced the roof form that extended attic space to provide additional usable area. The mansard roof is a character-defining feature of the Second Empire style that was named after Napoleon III, who took on major building projects in Paris during the 18th century.
The mansard roof of the Security Building is clad in copper and terminates in a series of antefixae. A series of arches containing windows and serving as dormers penetrates the roof. Bull's-eye windows are placed between the arched windows. An eight-sided cupola that extends from the center of the roof is fenestrated on each side with a multi-paned arched window. The dome of the cupola also is clad in copper.
The north and south ends of the building are not ornamented. The windows are a metal casement type. The quoining on the corners of the west elevation is repeated in the north and south elevations of the building. The extension to the east is flat-roofed and is terminated by a defined cornice. The majority of the wall surface contains windows that are either square or rectangular in shape. They contain metal casement windows.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Building_(Miami,_Florida)
miami-history.com/security-building-in-downtown-miami/
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In a rare occurrence that only affects the area about once a decade, the Grand Canyon was filled with a dense, white fog during the Thanksgiving weekend in the end of November. The phenomenon was caused primarily by a phonomenon called temperature inversion.
Here is the view of Grand canyon from the Ooh aah point in South kaibab trail, as you can see absolutely none of the canyon could be seen from this height, we had to descend another 1000 feet below the clouds to get a view of the canyon,
In Hunan Province of China. The glass skywalk is one of the main attractions at Tienmen Shan (天门山). It overlooking Tongtian Ave, called the Coiling Dragon Cliff at height of few hundred meters.
Pretty settled on the design for the roof section; I knew those 1x1s with sticks would come in handy eventually. Happy with the height too, it encompasses the mech nicely.
The Beach Club Hallandale represents the oceanfront lifestyle you are looking for. From the 50,000-square-foot spa and fitness center to the endless infinity-edge resort-style pools, onsite restaurants, and services found at 5-Star resorts, the Beach Club Hallandale is easy to call home.
The Beach Club Hallandale features some of the most dynamic and technological advancements in fitness, our skilled staff is dedicated to making you look and feel your best. Consulting trainers will make your experience the most efficient and effortless workout you have had. Your physical aspirations will soon become manifestations.
The Beach Club Spa is certain to change your life. “Desires” will become realities when they are part of your “home”. You can have a massage or get a facial...workout or relax...swim or just sit by the pool. Life here is about options and our spa and fitness center are no different.
Yes. We are the first living “experience” that is designed for people just like you...those who want more than most but think that they are worth it. Residents at The Beach Club Hallandale Spa and Fitness Center will finally realize what it was they were missing in life. While The Beach Club is going to redefine your lifestyle, our Spa and Fitness Center is going to make you look and feel better than ever before.
As if that wasn’t enough, the Beach Club Hallandale also features Azure, a poolside Bar & Café offering a wide variety of fare from a classic burger to grilled Mahi-Mahi or perhaps a Salad Nicoise while you sip on a Pina Colada. Holiday parties and weekend music with friends & fellow residents, imagine that.
For those that like to explore the ocean life, the Beach Club is also adjacent to a limestone reef, approximately 650 offshore from the towers which is enjoyed by both divers & snorkelers alike.
A 9-Acre Site with Over 500 Feet of Magnificent Ocean Frontage
Oversized Heated Swimming Pool and Spa Overlooking the Atlantic Ocean
Snack Bar with Pool-Side Services
Lushly Landscaped Grounds
Magnificent 2-Story Lobby Entrance
Spectacular Porte-Cochere
24-Hour Valet Parking
Multi-Level Covered Parking
Full-Time Concierge
Mail and Package Receiving Desk
24-Hour Security
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www.emporis.com/complex/109540/the-beach-club-hallandale-...
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Located at the foot of the new $100 million North bridge to Palm Beach, 625 Flagler has 900-22,000 SF available for immediate occupancy. The building is located in the Flagler Financial District and features gorgeous ocean and Intracoastal views and is just minutes to Clematis Street, Government Center, Palm Beach County Courthouse, CityPlace, restaurants, retail shops, banking, and the Palm Beach International Airport.
PROPERTY FEATURES
Ultima Gym – 10,000SF fitness facility
Located at the foot of the new $100 million North bridge to Palm Beach
Valet Service
900-47,000 SF available
Immediate Occupancy
11-story Class-A contemporary office building
4-story attached parking garage
Gorgeous ocean and Intracoastal views
Located in the Flagler Financial District
Manned security guards
Alarmed security with closed circuit TV monitor system
Building access is available 24/7/365
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www.emporis.com/buildings/map#c=26.718598,-80.050839&...
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The drive through the Madonie Park (Parco delle Madonie) was probably the most exciting part of our Sicilian roadtrip. I so wish to go back there on bicycle! I was surprised by the height and wildness of the mountains and astonished by the beauty of the empty roads.
12,000 feet height (= 3,6 km).
Long and I know it. I am so sorry.
The video lasts 6 minutes and 6 seconds. The double parachute jump only lasts 20 minutes and was worth every minute.
But you can feel each second what I felt it.
45 seconds of free fall.
My second jump.
Double Jump or Tandem Equipment is a special parachute that has the sole purpose of performing two-person jumps (1 instructor + 1 student).
These parachutes are equipped with all safety devices and are systematically checked and evaluated so that they can provide your moment of fun in complete safety.
The process of opening the parachute consists of several steps aimed at the deceleration of bodies. This process takes approximately 5 seconds and reduces the speed from 200 km / h to 20 km / h. In short, there is no hard jolt and it doesn't hurt.
After opening the parachute the instructor will check and then pass the parachute control so you can feel the feel of turning and diving the parachute.
Near the moment of landing it will regain control.
Several factors influence landing, but all are performed smoothly and by the Instructor. The passenger touches the ground only after the instructor has landed the parachute.
September 22nd., 2010.
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Sad history, if you want to read it.
Skydiving instructor Alex Adelman died Monday (9/7/2012) after being hit in the air by the plane he had jumped at at the National Skydiving Center in Boituva, 116 kilometers from Sao Paulo. Two other skydivers who had also jumped out of the plane, Vanderson Campos Andrade and Conrado Alvares, were hit by their mate, projected by the plane crash, and were injured. According to the Civil Police of Boituva, it is not yet possible to say whether the accident was caused by malpractice of the pilot or the skydivers.
Alex carried a camera and filmed the free fall of his companions. He would have been hit first and was thrown against friends. With the shock the instructor became unconscious and the parachute, which has a safety device, opened automatically. Automatic maneuvering reduced the body's impact on the ground. The instructor was rescued while still alive and taken to the emergency room of Hospital São Luiz, in the city itself, but could not resist.
The other two skydivers were able to operate the equipment and hit the ground, but had fractured lower limbs from the shock. They remained in the same hospital on Monday night, but their health was not considered serious.
Alex had been a skydiver since 1994 and, in March of this year, broke the Brazilian record in the largest formation of vertical free fall in the city of Piracicaba. He specialized in airborne filming.
Southeast Financial Center is a two-acre development in Miami, Florida, United States. It consists of a 764 feet (233 m) tall office skyscraper and its 15-story parking garage. It was previously known as the Southeast Financial Center (1984–1992), the First Union Financial Center (1992–2003), and the Wachovia Financial Center (2003-2011). In 2011, it retook its old name of Southeast Financial Center as Wachovia merged with Wells Fargo and moved to the nearby Wells Fargo Center.
When topped-off in August 1983, it was the tallest building south of New York City and east of the Mississippi River, taking away the same title from the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, in Atlanta, Georgia. It remained the tallest building in the southeastern U.S. until 1987, when it was surpassed by One Atlantic Center in Atlanta and the tallest in Florida until October 1, 2003, when it was surpassed by the Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also in Miami. It remains the tallest office tower in Florida and the third tallest building in Miami.
Southeast Financial Center was constructed in three years with more than 500 construction workers. Approximately 6,650 tons of structural steel, 80,000 cubic yards of concrete and 7000 cubic tons of reinforcing steel bars went into its construction. The complex sits on a series of reinforced concrete grade beams tied to 150 concrete caissons as much as ten feet in diameter and to a depth of 80 feet. A steel space-frame canopy with glass skylights covers the outdoor plaza between the tower and low-rise building.
The tower has a composite structure. The exterior columns and beams are concrete encased steel wide flanges surrounded by reinforcing bars. The composite exterior frame was formed using hydraulic steel forms, or "flying forms," jacked into place with a "kangaroo" crane, that was located in the core and manually clamped into place. Wide flange beams topped by a metal deck and concrete form the interior floor framing. The core is A braced steel frame, designed to laterally resist wind loads. The construction of one typical floor was completed every five days.
The low-rise banking hall and parking building is a concrete-framed structure. Each floor consists of nearly an acre of continuously poured concrete. When the concrete had sufficiently hardened, compressed air was used to blow the forms fiberglass forms from under the completed floor. It was then rolled out to the exterior where it was raised by crane into position for the next floor.
The building was recognized as Miami's first and only office building to be certified for the LEED Gold award in January 2010.
The center was developed by a partnership consisting of Gerald D. Hines Interests, Southeast Bank and Corporate Property Investors for $180 million. It was originally built as the headquarters for Southeast Bank, which originally occupied 50 percent of the complex's space. It remained Southeast Bank's headquarters there until it was liquidated in 1991.
The Southeast Financial Center comprises two buildings: the 55-story office tower and the 15-story parking annex. The tower has 53 stories of office space. The first floor is dedicated for retail, the second floor is the lobby and the 55th floor was home to the luxurious Miami City Club. The parking annex has 12 floors of parking space for 1,150 cars. The first floor is dedicated for retail, the second floor is a banking hall and the 15th floor has the Downtown Athletic Club. A landscaped plaza lies between the office tower and the parking annex. An enclosed walkway connects the second story of the tower with the second story of the annex. The courtyard is partially protected from the elements by a steel and glass space frame canopy spanning the plaza and attached to the tower and annex. Southeast Bank's executive offices were located on the 38th floor. Ground was broken on the complex on December 12, 1981 and the official dedication and opening for the complex was held on October 23, 1984.
The Southeast Financial Center was designed by Edward Charles Bassett of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The Associate Architect was Spillis Candela & Partners. It has 1,145,311 ft² (106,000 m²) of office space. A typical floor has about 22,000 ft² (2,043.87 m²) of office space. Each floor has 9 ft x 9 ft (2.7 m x 2.7 m) floor to ceiling windows. (All of the building's windows are tinted except for the top floor, resulting in strikingly bright and clear views from there.) The total complex has over 2.2 million ft² (204,000 m²). The distinctive setbacks begin at the 43rd floor. Each typical floor plate has 9 corner offices and the top twelve floors have as many as 16. There are 43 elevators in the office tower. An emergency control station provides computerized monitoring for the entire complex, and four generators for backup power.
The Southeast Financial Center can be seen as far away as Ft. Lauderdale and halfway toward Bimini. Night space shuttle launches from Cape Canaveral 200 miles to the north were plainly visible from the higher floors. The roof of the building was featured in the Wesley Snipes motion picture Drop Zone, where an eccentric base jumper named Swoop parachutes down to the street from a suspended window cleaning trolley. The building also appeared in several episodes of the 1980s TV show Miami Vice and at the end of each episode's opening credits.
Zara founder Amancio Ortega purchased the building from J.P. Morgan Asset Management in December 2016. The purchase price was reportedly over $500 million, making it one of the largest real estate transactions in South Florida history.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Financial_Center
www.emporis.com/buildings/122292/wachovia-financial-cente...
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Leigh Corporation buses were always arranged to be of low height, firstly because of several low bridges and later, after these had been removed, because of the height of the garage entrance.
The AEC Renown was built specifically to be lower than most double deckers. The chassis is low and the engine is inclined, to 'point' the transmission shaft along the bus at a low level. Access to the gearbox is through a hatch made up of the first few stairs. Although several Greater Manchester bus operators tried more modern liveries in the 1960s, Leigh kept its shaded lettering and dark blue colours to the end.
1965 Leyland AEC Renown double-decker PTC114C, fleet No. 15, was in services from 1965 until 1978 and is preserved in the Museum of Transport, Manchester. There was seating for 72 and 5 standing passenger.
The mouth of the Kotor, which is enclosed by the Verige gorge, forms a fjord 350m wide, the deepest in the Mediterranean, and is framed for a hundred kilometres by the steep summits and gullies of the Dinara Alps, reaching a height of 1 749m above Kotor. Once a part of Croatian Damatia, Kotor was joined to Montenegro in1945 when the second federal Yugoslavia was created.
After walking around Kotor’s Stari Grad, I was warmed up enough for a walk up to Tvrđave Kotora or the Castle of San Giovanni or Castle of St John for stupendous vistas of the fjord and a fabulous birds-eye-view of the Old Town of Kotor, Montenegro.
This is not strictly-speaking a climb but you will be ascending approximately 1,350 stairs to a height of 1,200 metres.
These formidable fortress walls date back to medieval times, built on and off between the 9th and 19th centuries, and built by everyone from the Byzantines to the Venetians. While the ramparts may appear dilapidated in parts, they are actually remarkably well preserved and you especially notice this from any of the city gates.
The walls are long, around 4.5 kilometres, and wide, between two and 16 meters in different places, while the height reaches up to 20 metres in parts.
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Loch Diabaigas Airde (The height of Loch Diabaig)
If you travel to Diabaig you will be rewarded with this tremendous view. I would think this would be a good fishing loch except when the midges are out. If you zoom in you will the road away down on the other side of the loch.
The Security Building is a historic site in downtown Miami, Florida. It is located at 117 Northeast 1st Avenue. On January 4, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The building has 16 floors with a height of 225 feet (69 m) and was built from 1926 to 1927.
The Dade County Security Company was organized in 1901 and moved to a nearby headquarters in 1923. By the mid-1920s the company needed a larger headquarters. In 1921, the Dade County Security Company had acquired the McKinnon Hotel which occupied a mid-block parcel on Northeast 1st Avenue and renamed it the Security Hotel. Dade Security had considered adding stories atop the hotel but opted in 1925 to raze the hotel and construct a new headquarters on the same site under the direction of architect Robert Greenfield.
Construction on the Security Building began in 1926. The building was known as the Security Building from its opening in 1927 until 1945. Upon opening, the first level and mezzanine were devoted to banking offices. The floors above provided 275 office suites and were reached by four "high speed" elevators.
The Security Building faces west onto NE 1st Avenue. It is located in mid-block with buildings on either side. Those buildings are considerably shorter than the Security Building. The building maintains a zero-foot (0 m) setback, and the entry doors open directly onto the sidewalk. There are no landscape features on the property. The building is composed of a main block parallel to the street, and a second block connected perpendicularly that extends to the east.
With only a 50-foot (15 m) frontage, the architect made a grand statement by creating an almost temple-like base, consisting of the first three stories. Engaged pilasters, that also frame the center bay, articulate the corners creating three distinct bays. Spandrels between the floors are bronze and feature relief ornament. The pilasters carry the entablature, with the name “Security Building” in incised letters. A dentilled molding ornaments the cornice that terminates this division of the building.
The fourth floor begins the transition to the high-rise portion of the building. Stone panels with a similar relief accent the corners and separate the bays. Above the windows of the fourth floor is another projecting element, a stringcourse that is ornamented with a guilloche pattern in relief.
Floors five through 13 continue the three bays with window arrangements that are grouped in pairs on each of the end bays, and are grouped in three in the center bay, emphasizing the importance of the center bay to the entire composition. The windows are a metal casement type.
Security Building (Miami) South and West Facades, top floors with mansard roof and cupola.
The 14th and 15th floors function as the base for the great mansard roof, which terminates the building. To balance the composition, the two floors are treated as if they were one by the use of a round arch at the 15th floor that is carried by the pilasters of the 14th floor, so that the two floors are visually united.
A bracketed cornice separates the building from the roof form that is so decidedly different from roof treatments in Miami during this period. A mansard roof is a double-pitched roof with a steep upper slope. The mansard roof was named for architect Francois Mansart (1598–1666). Mansart worked in the 17th century and introduced the roof form that extended attic space to provide additional usable area. The mansard roof is a character-defining feature of the Second Empire style that was named after Napoleon III, who took on major building projects in Paris during the 18th century.
The mansard roof of the Security Building is clad in copper and terminates in a series of antefixae. A series of arches containing windows and serving as dormers penetrates the roof. Bull's-eye windows are placed between the arched windows. An eight-sided cupola that extends from the center of the roof is fenestrated on each side with a multi-paned arched window. The dome of the cupola also is clad in copper.
The north and south ends of the building are not ornamented. The windows are a metal casement type. The quoining on the corners of the west elevation is repeated in the north and south elevations of the building. The extension to the east is flat-roofed and is terminated by a defined cornice. The majority of the wall surface contains windows that are either square or rectangular in shape. They contain metal casement windows.
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miami-history.com/security-building-in-downtown-miami/
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This cave is a small part of a large cave network in southern Guizhou tunnel width 30--70m height 30m 这个洞是贵州南部一个庞大洞穴网络的冰山一角 洞道宽30--70m 高30m
Park Tower (formerly known as the Lykes Building) is a skyscraper located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It is Tampa's first high-rise tower. At the time of its completion in November 1973, it was the tallest in Florida, and is currently sixth-tallest in Tampa, at 458 feet (36 stories). It was the tallest building in Tampa until One Tampa City Center was built in 1981.
Park Tower is located in the heart of downtown Tampa directly across from The Tampa Riverwalk & Hillsborough River; Curtis Hixon and Gaslight Parks; the Glazer Children's Museum and the Tampa Museum of Art. It is within walking distance of the Tampa Convention Center, University of Tampa, and the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts.
In 2016 the tower was purchased by a joint venture consisting of affiliates of NYSE listed City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC, and Tower Realty Partners for $79.75 million. The group completed a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2019. The most significant change at Park Tower is the modernization of the office building's façade by painting the exterior a lighter color and upgrading the main entrance. The building's amenities were upgraded with a modern lobby and the addition of Buddy Brew Coffee café. The office tower's updated design was created by internationally renowned architect Gensler.
Since acquiring the property, new leases have been signed including the headquarters relocation of CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC, Buddy Brew Coffee and Continuity Logic, LLC. Anchor tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice – US Attorney's Office, Level 3 Communications, and Lykes Insurance.
Park Tower is LEED EB Gold Certified and EPA Energy Star certified.
The tower's amenities include FedEx Office, U.S. Post Office, BB&T Bank, Grow Financial Credit Union, Pearl Salon, Nature's Table Café, a fitness center, conference room and a 6th-floor tenant lounge, lobby concierge and Buddy Brew Coffee.
Park Tower is the "Telco-Hotel" for the region, with a major telephony and internet presence.
Tenants with a major Point of Presence (POP's) and Central Offices (CO's, AKA Telephone Exchanges)
AT&T
Verizon Communications (formerly XO Communications, Frontier Communications, Verizon Business (MCI, UUNET, World Comm))
CenturyLink (formerly Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing)
Charter Spectrum (formerly Bright House Networks)
Crown Castle (formerly FPL FiberNet)
TW Telecom (formerly Time Warner Communications)
Windstream Communications (formerly Earthlink, ITC Deltacom, PAETEC, USLEC, NUVOX, and Florida Digital Networks)
Cogent Communications
FiberLight www.fiberlight.com/
Online Technology Exchange www.otxi.com/
Summit Broadband (formerly US Metropolitan Telecom) summit-broadband.com/
Tampa Internet Exchange tampix.com/ (located within the WOW Business Data Center)
WOW Business Services (Wide Open West, a carrier-neutral colocation data center formerly known as E Solutions Corporation).
The building has two underground 13.2kV electrical feeds from the utility power company, one of which is from the high-priority medical grid and multiple diverse entry points for fiber optic and other data cabling. Park Tower is home to a large underground Federal Reserve Vault. The building also features video-enhanced 24x7x365 on-site security.
When it was originally built, the tower was the home of The First National Bank of Tampa, later First National Bank of Florida (First Florida Corporation). Park Tower was also the headquarters of the Lykes Brothers Corporation. The tower was purchased by Sterling American Property of New York City for $27.4 million in 2006 and underwent its first restoration including newly renovated elevators, air conditioning, and replacement of much of the electrical distribution system. The building later became the downtown Tampa headquarters of Colonial Bank, now BB&T. BB&T's sign is still featured on the top of the building.
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www.emporis.com/buildings/128610/park-tower-tampa-fl-usa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Tower_(Tampa)
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Palm Beach Biltmore is a stunning mid-rise condominium building located on the Intracoastal Waterway in desirable Palm Beach, FL. Palm Beach Biltmore was constructed in 1926 as the Alba Hotel, which was converted into condominiums in the 1970s to offer 126 abodes in an architecturally-ornate old world-building. Palm Beach Biltmore hosts one- to five-bedroom homes over a variety of floor plan sizes, with units benefiting from traditional architectural elements and modern design functionality. Residents of Palm Beach Biltmore have access to a fantastic array of communal amenities, which include a private boat dock, a swimming pool, two tennis courts, an oceanfront beach club, exercise facilities, and warm and attentive staff. Palm Beach Biltmore represents a fantastic opportunity to live the waterfront lifestyle in an amenity-rich complex, whilst quick access to major highways gives the added convenience of a short drive to major metropolitan areas.
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A vertical view at the same location as in the previous post (see the comment).
The highway below leads back to Barcelona. And, just to the right, the winding road allows traffics to/from Montserrat Monastery. Of course, the ultimate view of the entire area can be obtained from St. Michael's Cross, elev. 2500 ft (762m), barely visible at the top right of this image.
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The bellflower is a semi-woody shrub with branched and climbing branches that can reach 2 to 3 meters in height when trained on a suitable support. It has heart-shaped, elongated, green leaves with serrated edges. Its flowering can be scattered throughout the year, but is more intense in spring and summer. The flowers have a peculiar shape and are popularly compared to bells, Chinese lanterns and balloons. They have a red calyx, yellow petals and are hanging. There are also varieties with pink and orange flowers, resulting from hybridization, as well as plants with yellow variegated leaves. Its landscaping uses are wide, and it can be planted alone or in groups, in masses or rows. It adapts to planting in pots, and especially in hanging baskets, highlighting its hanging flowers. It can also be trained as a climber, using ties, on suitable supports, such as trellises and fences. Its flowers produce nectar and are attractive to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. It can be propagated by cuttings.
O sininho é um arbusto de textura semi-lenhosa, de ramagem ramificada e escandente, que pode alcançar de 2 a 3 metros de altura quando conduzido sobre um suporte adequado. Apresenta folhas cordiformes, alongadas e verdes, com margens serrilhadas. A floração pode se estender durante todo o ano de forma esparsa, mas é mais intensa na primavera e verão. As flores têm um formato peculiar, são popularmente comparadas a sinos, lanternas-chinesas e balões. Elas apresentam cálice vermelho, pétalas amarelas, e são pendentes. Ocorrem variedades de flores róseas e alaranjadas também, resultantes de hibridizações, assim como plantas de folhas variegadas de amarelo.
Sua utilização paisagística é ampla, podendo ser plantado isolado ou em grupos, maciços ou renques. Adapta-se ao plantio em vasos, e principalmente em cestas suspensas evidenciando as flores pendentes. Também pode ser conduzido como trepadeira, através de amarrios, sobre suportes adequados, como treliças e cercas. Suas flores produzem néctar e são atrativas para beija-flores, abelhas e borboletas. Multiplica-se por estaquia.
La clochette est un arbuste à texture semi-ligneuse, aux branches ramifiées et grimpantes, qui peut atteindre 2 à 3 mètres de hauteur lorsqu'il est palissé sur un support adapté. Ses feuilles sont en forme de cœur, allongées, vertes et aux bords dentelés. La floraison peut durer toute l'année de manière clairsemée, mais est plus intense au printemps et en été. Les fleurs ont une forme particulière et sont communément comparées à des cloches, des lanternes chinoises et des ballons. Ils ont un calice rouge, des pétales jaunes et sont pendants. Il existe également des variétés à fleurs roses et oranges, issues d'hybridation, ainsi que des plantes à feuilles panachées de jaune.
Son utilisation paysagère est large, et il peut être planté isolé ou en groupes, en masses ou en rangées. Il s'adapte à la plantation en pot, et surtout en panier suspendu, mettant en valeur les fleurs pendantes. On peut également la palisser en plante grimpante, à l'aide de liens, sur des supports adaptés, tels que treillis et palissades. Ses fleurs produisent du nectar et attirent les colibris, les abeilles et les papillons. On la multiplie par bouturage.
Die Glocke ist ein Strauch mit halbholziger Struktur und verzweigten, kletternden Zweigen, der an einer geeigneten Stütze eine Höhe von 2 bis 3 Metern erreichen kann. Es hat herzförmige, längliche, grüne Blätter mit gezackten Rändern. Die Blüte kann das ganze Jahr über spärlich andauern, ist im Frühling und Sommer jedoch intensiver. Die Blüten haben eine besondere Form und werden oft mit Glocken, chinesischen Laternen und Luftballons verglichen. Sie haben einen roten Kelch, gelbe Blütenblätter und hängen. Es gibt auch aus Kreuzungen hervorgegangene Sorten mit rosa und orangefarbenen Blüten sowie Pflanzen mit gelb panaschierten Blättern.
Die Verwendungsmöglichkeiten in der Landschaftsgestaltung sind vielfältig und die Pflanze kann einzeln oder in Gruppen, Massen oder Reihen gepflanzt werden. Sie eignet sich gut zum Bepflanzen von Töpfen und besonders von Hängekörben, wodurch die hängenden Blüten besonders gut zur Geltung kommen. Mit Hilfe von Bändern kann die Pflanze auch an geeigneten Stützen wie Spalieren und Zäunen als Kletterpflanze erzogen werden. Seine Blüten produzieren Nektar und ziehen Kolibris, Bienen und Schmetterlinge an. Die Vermehrung erfolgt durch Stecklinge.
La campanilla es un arbusto de porte semileñoso, con ramas ramificadas y trepadoras, que puede alcanzar de 2 a 3 metros de altura cuando está entrenado sobre un soporte adecuado. Tiene hojas alargadas, de color verde y forma de corazón, con bordes dentados. La floración puede durar todo el año de forma dispersa, pero es más intensa en primavera y verano. Las flores tienen una forma peculiar y popularmente se comparan con campanas, linternas chinas y globos. Tienen cáliz rojo, pétalos amarillos y son colgantes. También existen variedades con flores rosas y naranjas, fruto de la hibridación, así como plantas con hojas abigarradas de color amarillo.
Su uso paisajístico es amplio, pudiendo plantarse de forma aislada o en grupos, masas o hileras. Se adapta a la plantación en macetas, y especialmente en cestas colgantes, resaltando las flores colgantes. También se puede entrenar como planta trepadora, mediante ataduras, sobre soportes adecuados, como enrejados y vallas. Sus flores producen néctar y son atractivas para colibríes, abejas y mariposas. Se propaga por esquejes.
De klokjesboom is een struik met een halfhoutachtige structuur, met vertakte en klimmende takken, die een hoogte van 2 tot 3 meter kan bereiken als ze op een geschikte steun wordt geleid. De bladeren zijn hartvormig, langwerpig en groen, met gekartelde randen. De bloei kan het hele jaar door schaars zijn, maar is intenser in de lente en de zomer. De bloemen hebben een eigenaardige vorm en worden vaak vergeleken met bellen, lampionnen en ballonnen. Ze hebben een rode kelk, gele bloemblaadjes en hangen. Er bestaan ook soorten met roze en oranje bloemen, die het resultaat zijn van kruisingen, en planten met geelbonte bladeren.
De toepassingsmogelijkheden voor landschapsarchitectuur zijn breed. De plant kan geïsoleerd, in groepen, in massa's of in rijen worden geplant. De plant is geschikt voor potten en vooral hangmanden, waarbij de hangende bloemen extra tot hun recht komen. De plant kan ook als klimplant worden geleid, met behulp van binddraad en geschikte steunen, zoals trellis en hekken. De bloemen produceren nectar en zijn aantrekkelijk voor kolibries, bijen en vlinders. Vermeerdering vindt plaats door stekken.
La campanula è un arbusto dalla consistenza semilegnosa, con rami ramificati e rampicanti, che può raggiungere i 2-3 metri di altezza se coltivato su un supporto idoneo. Ha foglie verdi, allungate e a forma di cuore, con bordi seghettati. La fioritura può durare tutto l'anno in modo rado, ma è più intensa in primavera e in estate. I fiori hanno una forma particolare e vengono comunemente paragonati a campane, lanterne cinesi e palloncini. Hanno il calice rosso, i petali gialli e sono pendenti. Esistono anche varietà con fiori rosa e arancioni, derivanti dall'ibridazione, e piante con foglie variegate di giallo.
Il suo utilizzo paesaggistico è ampio e può essere piantato isolato o in gruppi, masse o file. Si adatta alla coltivazione in vaso, ma soprattutto in cesti appesi, mettendo in risalto i fiori ricadenti. Può essere coltivata anche come pianta rampicante, utilizzando dei legacci, su supporti adatti, come tralicci e recinti. I suoi fiori producono nettare e sono attraenti per colibrì, api e farfalle. Si propaga per talea.
ベルは半木質の低木で、枝分かれして枝を登り、適切な支柱に誘導すると高さ 2 ～ 3 メートルに達することがあります。ハート形の細長い緑の葉があり、縁は鋸歯状になっています。花は一年中まばらに咲きますが、春と夏には最も咲き乱れます。花は独特な形をしており、鐘、提灯、風船によく例えられます。萼は赤く、花びらは黄色で、垂れ下がっています。交配によってピンクやオレンジ色の花を咲かせる品種や、黄色の斑入りの葉を持つ植物もあります。
造園用途は幅広く、単独で植えることも、グループ、塊、列にして植えることもできます。鉢植え、特にハンギングバスケットに適しており、垂れ下がる花が際立ちます。また、トレリスやフェンスなどの適切な支柱に結び付けて、つる植物として育てることもできます。その花は蜜を出し、ハチドリ、ミツバチ、蝶を引き寄せます。挿し木で繁殖します。
الجرس هو شجيرة ذات ملمس شبه خشبي، ذات فروع متفرعة ومتسلقة، وقد يصل ارتفاعها إلى 2 إلى 3 أمتار عند تدريبها على دعامة مناسبة. أوراقها خضراء مستطيلة الشكل على شكل قلب وحوافها مسننة. يمكن أن يستمر الإزهار طوال العام بشكل متفرق، ولكنه أكثر كثافة في الربيع والصيف. تتمتع الزهور بشكل غريب ويتم مقارنتها بشكل شائع بالأجراس والفوانيس الصينية والبالونات. لها كأس أحمر، وبتلات صفراء، وهي متدلية. هناك أيضًا أصناف ذات أزهار وردية وبرتقالية ناتجة عن التهجين، بالإضافة إلى نباتات ذات أوراق صفراء متنوعة.
لها استخدامات واسعة في تنسيق الحدائق، ويمكن زراعتها منفردة أو في مجموعات أو كتل أو صفوف. تتكيف مع زراعتها في الأواني، وخاصة في السلال المعلقة، مما يسلط الضوء على الزهور المعلقة. يمكن أيضًا تدريبه كنبات متسلق، باستخدام الروابط، على دعامات مناسبة، مثل التعريشات والأسوار. تنتج أزهارها الرحيق وتعد جذابة للطيور الطنانة والنحل والفراشات. يتم تكاثرها بالعقل.
The Lake Placid Tower in Lake Placid, Florida, formerly named Placid Tower, Tower of Peace or Happiness Tower, is a closed observation tower 240 feet (73.2 m) tall according to early sources (before 1982) or 270 feet (82.3 m) tall according to late sources (after 1986). However, no physical modification of the tower occurred in the interim that would explain a 30-foot increase in height. It rests on ground 142 feet (43 m) above sea level (NAVD 88). As a warning to aircraft, the top of the tower, including antennae, is stated to be 392 feet (119.5 m) above sea level by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Thus, the height of the tower above ground, including antennae, is 250 feet (76.2 m) (392–142=250), which excludes a 270-foot architectural height, allowing only a 240-foot architectural height. Counting the tower's 8-inch (20.3 cm) courses yields a height above ground of 235–236 feet (71.6–71.9 m), so the lowest few feet of the 240-foot height, those resting on the foundation, are underground, providing space for an elevator pit.
According to early sources the tower has three observation levels, at 192 feet (58.5 m) behind windows, at 200 feet (61.0 m) on an open air balcony, and at 225 feet (68.6 m) in the open air crow's nest, Eagle's Nest, or Birds eye vantage point on top of the elevator shaft but below roof tracery. The apex of the tower is a flashing red aircraft warning light. The tower is 360 feet (110 m) above sea level according to two late sources, the latter stating that that elevation applies to the eagle's nest, which is consistent with the crow's nest elevation of early sources (142+225=367≈360). The tower offered a 40-mile (65 km) panoramic view.
Earnest Oakley Hunt dreamed of building an observation tower when he moved to Orlando in 1938, then moved to Sebring in 1947 and found the perfect location in nearby Lake Placid. He and Robert Gray formed Air View Corporation to build the tower. The tower was designed by architect A. Wynn Howell of Lakeland, built by Ridge Builders of Sebring in 1960 for $350,000 (equivalent to $2,300,000 in 2018), and opened January 1, 1961. Most sources state that it was the tallest concrete block structure in the world when it opened, with 90,000 concrete blocks, but the magazine Florida Architect states that it was built of reinforced concrete. One source states that the tower included 100,000 limestone blocks from Ocala while another states that it was faced with ceramic tile, implying that the tower has a facade of limestone tile.
The tower below the balcony is 25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) square, with its four vertical corners replaced by grooves (each 8 inches (20 cm) per side). The section above the balcony is 21 feet (6.40 m) square, also with corner grooves. Each wall is divided into vertical thirds. The outer thirds are composed of reinforced concrete blocks with a facade of limestone tile.
The middle thirds are composed of decorative breeze or fence concrete blocks. The tower has a foundation made from 520 cubic yards (400 m3) of concrete reinforced with 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) of steel. The tracery atop the tower is made of gold anodized aluminum.
Because of low ticket sales, the tower closed in 1982 when the owner would not pay their Internal Revenue Service taxes, but it was re-opened in 1986. The small group of owners still faced sluggish sales, and the tower and its restaurant continued to struggle, despite features such as a petting zoo in its plaza, and a pay phone at the top billed as the "highest pay phone in Florida."The last owner who operated the tower as a tourist attraction was Lake Placid Tower Group owned by Mark Cambell since 1992. He sold it to CHL Tower Group on November 6, 2003 which has operated it as a cell phone tower ever since. Even though the tower closed about 2003, it still has two red "OPEN" signs at its top, facing north and south
Originally, the tower above the balcony had the same basic design scheme as that below it. But after the tower closed, the portion of the tower from the balcony up was redesigned with a white and cyan (blue-green) color scheme. The limestone tile of the outer thirds of the walls was covered with white stucco, and the middle thirds were covered with thin cyan-colored panels which blocked the bird's eye view. These panels covered the two opposing triangular openings in the middle third of each wall and the breeze or fence blocks between them. The roof tracery above and the balcony below them were also painted cyan.
The Tower View restaurant at the base of the tower closed in 2015. The tower is among 35 designated Lake Placid historic structures. It is one of three towers in Central Florida, including the Citrus Tower, built in 1956, 100 miles (160 km) to the north in Clermont, and Bok Tower, built in 1929, 50 miles (80 km) to the north in Lake Wales.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Placid_Tower
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Set on 22 acres of landscaped gardens overlooking a marina, this upscale hotel is 2.8 miles from shopping on Las Olas Boulevard and 3.7 miles from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
The polished rooms offer flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi, plus coffeemakers, minifridges and marina views. Upgraded rooms have private balconies with ocean views; suites add separate living areas.
A free beach shuttle is offered. There are 5 restaurants, including a high-end steakhouse and a cocktail lounge. There's also a 3-pool complex with cabanas, a gym and tennis courts, plus a spa and meeting space.
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www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-pie...
www.pier66hotelmarina.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0dHdBRDEARIsAHjZ...
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The dome of St. Peter's rises to a total height of 136.57 metres from the floor of the basilica to the top of the external cross. It is the tallest dome in the world. Its internal diameter is 41.47 metres, slightly smaller than two of the three other huge domes that preceded it, those of the Pantheon of Ancient Rome, 43.3 metres, and Florence Cathedral of the Early Renaissance, 44 metres. It has a greater diameter by approximately 30 feet than Constantinople's Hagia Sophia church, completed in 537. It was to the domes of the Pantheon and Florence duomo that the architects of St. Peter's looked for solutions as to how to go about building what was conceived, from the outset, as the greatest dome of Christendom.
An engraved picture showing an immensely complex design for the façade, with two ornate towers and a multitude of windows, pilasters and pediments, above which the dome rises looking like a three-tiered wedding cake.
Sangallo's design
The dome of the Pantheon stands on a circular wall with no entrances or windows except a single door. The whole building is as high as it is wide. Its dome is constructed in a single shell of concrete, made light by the inclusion of a large amount of the volcanic stones tuff and pumice. The inner surface of the dome is deeply coffered which has the effect of creating both vertical and horizontal ribs while lightening the overall load. At the summit is an ocular opening 8 metres across which provides light to the interior.
Bramante's plan for the dome of St. Peter's (1506) follows that of the Pantheon very closely, and like that of the Pantheon, was designed to be constructed in Tufa Concrete for which he had rediscovered a formula. With the exception of the lantern that surmounts it, the profile is very similar, except that in this case, the supporting wall becomes a drum raised high above ground level on four massive piers. The solid wall, as used at the Pantheon, is lightened at St. Peter's by Bramante piercing it with windows and encircling it with a peristyle.
In the case of Florence Cathedral, the desired visual appearance of the pointed dome existed for many years before Brunelleschi made its construction feasible. Its double-shell construction of bricks locked together in a herringbone pattern (re-introduced from Byzantine architecture), and the gentle upward slope of its eight stone ribs made it possible for the construction to take place without the massive wooden formwork necessary to construct hemispherical arches. While its appearance, with the exception of the details of the lantern, is entirely Gothic, its engineering was highly innovative, and the product of a mind that had studied the huge vaults and remaining dome of Ancient Rome.
Sangallo's plan (1513), of which a large wooden model still exists, looks to both these predecessors. He realized the value of both the coffering at the Pantheon and the outer stone ribs at Florence Cathedral. He strengthened and extended the peristyle of Bramante into a series of arched and ordered openings around the base, with a second such arcade set back in a tier above the first. In his hands, the rather delicate form of the lantern, based closely on that in Florence, became a massive structure, surrounded by a projecting base, a peristyle and surmounted by a spire of conic form. According to James Lees-Milne the design was "too eclectic, too pernickety and too tasteless to have been a success". The façade is wide and has a row of huge columns rising from the basement to support the cornice. The ribbed, ovoid dome is surmounted by a lantern topped with ball and cross. Its drum is framed by two very much smaller domes.
St. Peter's Basilica from Castel Sant'Angelo showing the dome rising behind Maderno's façade.
Michelangelo redesigned the dome in 1547, taking into account all that had gone before. His dome, like that of Florence, is constructed of two shells of brick, the outer one having 16 stone ribs, twice the number at Florence but far fewer than in Sangallo's design. As with the designs of Bramante and Sangallo, the dome is raised from the piers on a drum. The encircling peristyle of Bramante and the arcade of Sangallo are reduced to 16 pairs of Corinthian columns, each of 15 metres high which stand proud of the building, connected by an arch. Visually they appear to buttress each of the ribs, but structurally they are probably quite redundant. The reason for this is that the dome is ovoid in shape, rising steeply as does the dome of Florence Cathedral, and therefore exerting less outward thrust than does a hemispherical dome, such as that of the Pantheon, which, although it is not buttressed, is countered by the downward thrust of heavy masonry which extends above the circling wall.
The ovoid profile of the dome has been the subject of much speculation and scholarship over the past century. Michelangelo died in 1564, leaving the drum of the dome complete, and Bramante's piers much bulkier than originally designed, each 18 metres across. Following his death, the work continued under his assistant Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola with Giorgio Vasari appointed by Pope Pius V as a watchdog to make sure that Michelangelo's plans were carried out exactly. Despite Vignola's knowledge of Michelangelo's intentions, little happened in this period. In 1585 the energetic Pope Sixtus V appointed Giacomo della Porta who was to be assisted by Domenico Fontana. The five-year reign of Sixtus was to see the building advance at a great rate.
Michelangelo left a few drawings, including an early drawing of the dome, and some details. There were also detailed engravings published in 1569 by Stefan du Pérac who claimed that they were the master's final solution. Michelangelo, like Sangallo before him, also left a large wooden model. Giacomo della Porta subsequently altered this model in several ways. The major change restored an earlier design, in which the outer dome appears to rise above, rather than rest directly on the base. Most of the other changes were of a cosmetic nature, such as the adding of lion's masks over the swags on the drum in honour of Pope Sixtus and adding a circlet of finials around the spire at the top of the lantern, as proposed by Sangallo.
A drawing by Michelangelo indicates that his early intentions were towards an ovoid dome, rather than a hemispherical one. In an engraving in Galasso Alghisi' treatise (1563), the dome may be represented as ovoid, but the perspective is ambiguous. Stefan du Pérac's engraving (1569) shows a hemispherical dome, but this was perhaps an inaccuracy of the engraver. The profile of the wooden model is more ovoid than that of the engravings, but less so than the finished product. It has been suggested that Michelangelo on his death bed reverted to the more pointed shape. However, Lees-Milne cites Giacomo della Porta as taking full responsibility for the change and as indicating to Pope Sixtus that Michelangelo was lacking in the scientific understanding of which he himself was capable.
This engraving shows the chancel end of the building much as it was built, except that the dome in this picture is completely semi-circular, not ovoid
Helen Gardner suggests that Michelangelo made the change to the hemispherical dome of lower profile in order to establish a balance between the dynamic vertical elements of the encircling giant order of pilasters and a more static and reposeful dome. Gardner also comments, "The sculpturing of architecture [by Michelangelo] ... here extends itself up from the ground through the attic stories and moves on into the drum and dome, the whole building being pulled together into a unity from base to summit."
It is this sense of the building being sculptured, unified and "pulled together" by the encircling band of the deep cornice that led Eneide Mignacca to conclude that the ovoid profile, seen now in the end product, was an essential part of Michelangelo's first (and last) concept. The sculptor/architect has, figuratively speaking, taken all the previous designs in hand and compressed their contours as if the building were a lump of clay. The dome must appear to thrust upwards because of the apparent pressure created by flattening the building's angles and restraining its projections. If this explanation is the correct one, then the profile of the dome is not merely a structural solution, as perceived by Giacomo della Porta; it is part of the integrated design solution that is about visual tension and compression. In one sense, Michelangelo's dome may appear to look backward to the Gothic profile of Florence Cathedral and ignore the Classicism of the Renaissance, but on the other hand, perhaps more than any other building of the 16th century, it prefigures the architecture of the Baroque.
Photo looking up at the dome's interior from below. The dome is decorated at the top with a band of script. Around its base are windows through which the light streams. The decoration is divided by many vertical ribs which are ornamented with golden stars.
Giacomo della Porta and Domenico Fontana brought the dome to completion in 1590, the last year of the reign of Sixtus V. His successor, Gregory XIV, saw Fontana complete the lantern and had an inscription to the honour of Sixtus V placed around its inner opening. The next pope, Clement VIII, had the cross raised into place, an event which took all day, and was accompanied by the ringing of the bells of all the city's churches. In the arms of the cross are set two lead caskets, one containing a fragment of the True Cross and a relic of St. Andrew and the other containing medallions of the Holy Lamb.
In the mid-18th century, cracks appeared in the dome, so four iron chains were installed between the two shells to bind it, like the rings that keep a barrel from bursting. As many as ten chains have been installed at various times, the earliest possibly planned by Michelangelo himself as a precaution, as Brunelleschi did at Florence Cathedral.
On 7 December 2007, a fragment of a red chalk drawing of a section of the dome of the basilica, almost certainly by the hand of Michelangelo, was discovered in the Vatican archives. The drawing shows a small precisely drafted section of the plan of the entablature above two of the radial columns of the cupola drum. Michelangelo is known to have destroyed thousands of his drawings before his death. The rare survival of this example is probably due to its fragmentary state and the fact that detailed mathematical calculations had been made over the top of the drawing.
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