tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post1588672864737235190..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: New York's New Tower of BabelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-68282333553303153052012-04-01T05:32:07.721-04:002012-04-01T05:32:07.721-04:00It's refreshing to read this point of view fro...It's refreshing to read this point of view from an American.<br /><br />I used to live in Taipei and I don't think Taipei 101 is ugly. There are many other nondescript, uninteresting, or outright ugly tall buildings around the world.Timosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-57927212906312246462012-02-19T00:10:38.944-05:002012-02-19T00:10:38.944-05:00True.True.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-38212235545717577722012-02-18T18:57:42.139-05:002012-02-18T18:57:42.139-05:00And where would we be without hubris sometimes? V...And where would we be without hubris sometimes? Virtuously, but much more modestly and plainly housed.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-81542033286785139252012-02-18T15:37:41.665-05:002012-02-18T15:37:41.665-05:00The building may end up being esthetically satisfy...The building may end up being esthetically satisfying, but what comes to my mind is 'hubris'. But then, you could say the same about the great cathedrals and many handsome structures throughout history.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-7713051311787892362012-02-16T23:04:02.881-05:002012-02-16T23:04:02.881-05:00As for tapering skyscrapers, it's way ahead of...<i>As for tapering skyscrapers, it's way ahead of the TransAmerica Pyramid in San Francisco.</i><br /><br />Heresy! >:-(<br /><br /><br /><br />;-p<br /><br />Having grown up w/ The Pyramid, it naturally is full of sentimental meaning for Yours Truly...JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-46425947334769935172012-02-16T21:42:59.386-05:002012-02-16T21:42:59.386-05:00I wish they had used the Metropolis Tower of Babel...I wish they had used the Metropolis Tower of Babel a their model!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-86058005024604956272012-02-16T17:57:15.660-05:002012-02-16T17:57:15.660-05:00Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't think...Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't think 9/11 will be repeated. Plane hijackings will never be the same again. Passengers from now on will always assume the worst and act accordingly (as they already have with both the shoe bomber and the underwear bomber). Everyone, including the architects and structural engineers, expects this building to be attacked eventually. That anticipation is designed into this building and into most prominent buildings since. Minoru Yamasaki and his engineers planning the old Twin Towers in the mid 1960s did not anticipate that they would ever be attacked, and could not have anticipated such a threat back during the Cold War and in the midst of the Vietnam War. That the towers could not and did not stand after being struck by two large hijacked planes full of fuel traveling at 500 mph is not the fault of the architect.<br />Let's hope that the many fail safes in this building and in other new buildings are never so tested.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-76014250553303379052012-02-16T17:41:39.112-05:002012-02-16T17:41:39.112-05:00Conde Nast Publications already agreed to rent 21 ...Conde Nast Publications already agreed to rent 21 floors of the tower for new headquarters.<br /><br />The Chinese real estate company Vantone will move in when it's finished too.<br /><br />Also, there will be two floors of observation deck on the top, along with another floor entirely given over to a restaurant; I presume that they will try to bring back Windows On The World.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-50333420576414417332012-02-16T16:35:09.233-05:002012-02-16T16:35:09.233-05:00Wonder how easy finding tenants will be. I wouldn...Wonder how easy finding tenants will be. I wouldn't risk it.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-16365261858108088012012-02-16T15:36:28.465-05:002012-02-16T15:36:28.465-05:00Funny, I was watching the remastered version of &q...Funny, I was watching the remastered version of "Metropolis" again last night, and the Tower of Babel was what immediately shot to the front of my mind...Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.com