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The Shard Tower in London

fog today, taken by my mate :)

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the bigger it gets the more loathesome it becomes. louring over our lives, incongruous and alien, I await the dangling arms and the death rays
 
world trade center

tallest officially demolished building might well be this one, which was 612ft tall

the singer building, new york

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the bigger it gets the more loathesome it becomes. louring over our lives, incongruous and alien, I await the dangling arms and the death rays
I think I agree - well, with the first part at least. The scale seems absurd. Plus, I don't want the city skyline dominated by workplaces and corporate symbolism.
 
Not the tallest, but I'm always gutted Britain lost the Tait Tower in Glasgow.

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Seen pictures of that before and it's fab. I think I have some postcards from the 1938 Empire Exhibition somewhere.

The Atlantic Restaurant was pretty cool too, in a 30s kitsch moderne manner

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Are they taking the glass panels back off the Shard again? We can see it from our office window, and my colleague is convinced that they've removed quite a bit of the external glass in the last month or so.
 
Are they taking the glass panels back off the Shard again? We can see it from our office window, and my colleague is convinced that they've removed quite a bit of the external glass in the last month or so.

Didn't they have to do that with the gherkin, as well? Something about the windows buckling, not being able to withstand the intial pressure?
 
Are they taking the glass panels back off the Shard again? We can see it from our office window, and my colleague is convinced that they've removed quite a bit of the external glass in the last month or so.

They are replacing them with mind-wave transmitters and soon they will control all of London from their obelisk.
 
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