Some pics I've taken of skyscrapers I've seen (more to come hopefully)

Singapore

Skyline from 14th floor of MandarinOriental
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Skyline@Night (excuse the shakes please)
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Some random we passed whilst on a taxi ride
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Me & the Merlion
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Perth

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That's not me BTW!

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BankWest, Perth CBD (48floors)

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BellTower, Perth 82.5m

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Central Park Tower, 52 stories, 249m taken from Kings Park DNA spiral

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Exchange Plaza (I think) 40stories 146m taken from St Martins Tower (C Restaurant) 33stories 140m

I've not been much of a world traveller as yet.

I've seen this in Milan. The Pirelli building.
http://www.thymos.com/mon2/easteuro/milano11.jpg

I think there are one or two in Barcelona and I've seen Canary Wharf from the train.

Dont really like that building... The only cities with proper skyscrapers Ive been to is Dubai and London (I think thats it anyway).

I've not been much of a world traveller as yet.

I've seen this in Milan. The Pirelli building.
http://www.thymos.com/mon2/easteuro/milano11.jpg

I think there are one or two in Barcelona and I've seen Canary Wharf from the train.

That always reminds me of Alpha Tower Birmingham

No pictures i'm afraid but Calgary is pretty amazing been a few times plenty of pics here http://www.viewcalgary.com/panorama/panoramaHome.htm

A few shots form the top of Empire State last month (19th Sept). I had 4 days staying with a work colleague who lives on W 51st street - fantastic place.

Stig282 - I believe I worked with you for a year or so at the Georgian Tearooms with the Poppa's! Small world hey, glad to hear you're well! Were you Cindarella's or Rapunzel's Prince old bean? Je suis le Mysterious Man!

Looking down towards Bryant Park and 42nd Street
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Looking north towards the GE building (30 Rock) and Central Park
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Mid and Downtown Manhattan from the ESB
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Same view avec yours truely. Twas a cracking day, and then did the Circle Line cruise for 3 hrs. Whoo, tis a fine fine city. Here's hoping for job opportunities
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Tu n'est pas Mysterious a moi! ;)

You beat me to it posting NYC pics - am going there 2 weeks before Christmas! Will be staying with a family friend 1 block from Ground Zero in Tribeca.

50 Murray Street
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I have had the chance to see some of the best. Have photos, but cannot upload (business restrictions); I have been to Kuala Lumpur, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Sydney and La Defense in Paris (very impressive). In two weeks I am in Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei so should be able to see a few more there. I have to say of all these cities, Boston is the best to visit.

I forgot about La Defence - great building! Been a while since I was up there though.

My limited life experience becomes all too apparent.
What i want to know is, what's Tower House doing in the middle of NYC? (left of centre)

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Although I have no pictures (this was before digicams, you know you young whippersnappers!) I did have a beer in the 110th(?) floor bar of the North (or was it the South) tower of the erstwhile twins in NYC. The buildings themselves although spectacularly humungous, cut a rather ordinary streetscape when approaching down Wall St. And the view from god-knows-how-high is not that great cos it wasn't a crystal blue sky NY day. Ho hum.

Also, the Empire State was closed due to fog.

Personally, the Eiffel Tower provides the most inspiring vistas - 360 degrees of magic!

You know, even for young people, digicams have only come in in the last few years lol... When I went to Dubai few people had them, and that was only 1999...
The Empire State was closed due to fog. How silly... Americans like to close things whenever an oppurtunity comes don't they...

There is a city with a building over 500ft or 150m just 30miles west of Leeds you know, bet most of you have visited that city as well.
:)

Closer to home, Emley Moor is also very tall and stands proud on the hillside for everyone to see for miles around :)

You know, even for young people, digicams have only come in in the last few years lol... When I went to Dubai few people had them, and that was only 1999...
The Empire State was closed due to fog. How silly... Americans like to close things whenever an oppurtunity comes don't they...
Quite sensible I thought LN1 - this was back in 1997, so no 9/11 effect, just that the officials said there would be absolutley no point as you could see fuck all. Well, he didn't quite say that, but I got his drift.

Yes there would be no point but people would still wanna go up... so thats a bit weird. And just so you know, I dont swear :) Which doesnt mean you dont have to, but I just thought you might of said that so it sounded 'cool' for me lol.
You'd think people would wanna make as much money as possible by letting people go up the Empire State Building whether its foggy or not. They don't close the London Eye when its foggy though... If you think about it, anyone with a brain would not go up when its foggy, but wait til the fog clears... 1/2 of it was prolly smog- when I used to live in London you could sometimes see the smog during the summer on a hot day...

arrrh, tis a shame I've no scanner - have a full suite images of tall buildings from Chicago, San Fran, Toronto, Boston, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

Heading back to Bangkok and KL for a couple of weeks in December, so will get a couple digis of the Petronas Towers etc.

La Defence, Istanbul.


May of seen 1CS and Tower 42 in 1995, but I cant remember them.


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Screenshots from my camcorder ^^

Evening all! Finally got broadband in the new Chez Smoggie (Bermondsey St branch) and spent the last 1.5 hrs catching up with what's been happening in my absence. Plenty of aggro by the look of it, think a Leeds forum group hug is needed! ;)

I'm currently sat on my sofa supping wine and looking out over Guys Hospital, Tower 42, the Gherkin, can just about see the Lloyds building poking cheekily out from behind Plantation Place and to the right are all the various Docklands towers! Superb! Will post some skyline pictures when I get around to it.

Evening all! Finally got broadband in the new Chez Smoggie (Bermondsey St branch) and spent the last 1.5 hrs catching up with what's been happening in my absence. Plenty of aggro by the look of it, think a Leeds forum group hug is needed! ;)

I'm currently sat on my sofa supping wine and looking out over Guys Hospital, Tower 42, the Gherkin, can just about see the Lloyds building poking cheekily out from behind Plantation Place and to the right are all the various Docklands towers! Superb! Will post some skyline pictures when I get around to it.

Hey Smoggie, welcome back. Plenty of 'constructive discussion' has been had over the past couple of weeks! Glad to hear you've made the move from Pompey to London Village - definate beer is required at some point. My current office view looks like this!

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Tate Modern, Bankside 123, Palestra and the church tower of St Vedast alias Foster
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now thee in London, get oneself to the top of Primrose Hill - here's the fine view!
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suppose I better get on with work then.

that view from primrose hill looks well worth checking out. i went up to greenwich park at the weekend to check out the viewfrom there. its a gr8 view of CW from there althogh the views of central london are a bit hampred by the trees!

how do you get to it, wheres the nearest tube stop? o actually it looks a bit like regents park, or am i totally wrong. i reognise those flats as camden!

Right, I've never posted an image before, so this may go horribly wrong!

The view from my balcony across to Docklands:

http://i25.imagethrust.com/t/48743/dsc00027.jpg (http://i25.imagethrust.com/p/48743/dsc00027_jpg.html)

and across to the city, Tower 42 on the left, Gherkin on the right, Lloyds building just visible between them.

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Jimbo, beers must indeed be done! Will PM you!

Places with notable skylines I have frequented: Dubai, Rotterdam, Paris, London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Frankfurt and Manchester ;)

Most impressive: Kuala Lumpur

Chicago is the best skyline ive ever seen , if you get a chance go , it's a skyscraper MUST :)

that view from primrose hill looks well worth checking out. i went up to greenwich park at the weekend to check out the viewfrom there. its a gr8 view of CW from there althogh the views of central london are a bit hampred by the trees!

how do you get to it, wheres the nearest tube stop? o actually it looks a bit like regents park, or am i totally wrong. i reognise those flats as camden!

Primrose Hill is a cracking location indeed, that and Parliament Hill on Hampstead Heath make a wonderful view, although the latter is a good couple of miles further out. Best way to get to Primrose Hill is either from the Camden Town tube on the Northern Line, walk up to Camden Lock, drop down on to the canal path outside Jongleurs comedy club and walk west along the path to London Zoo. Can't miss Primrose Hill from there.

Alternatively get off one stop later on the same line at Kentish Town, walk up Regents Park Road over the railway line and you'll go past the main Primrose Hill cafes and bookshops with the park ahead of you. As you climb the hill try and resist stealing a glimpse back until you reach the top - tis well worth it (as you can see ;)).

great views Smoggie - if you are on Imagestation, the 'my images' section should give you a line of 'embeddable code' for each image which can simply be copied into the post, already including the [IMG] captions.

Looks like you are just south of More London and Tower Bridge, great view, mine is sadly of a railway line, but still.

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Spooky.

Well spotted!!! :hahaha:

I know - it's more for self gratification, but if anyone gets to New York on a sunny weekend ( like the one just gone ;)), then get yourselves up to the 'Top of the Rock' the wonderful new viewing platform on the top of the Rockefeller Centre.

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Yes, I am wearing a tee-shirt complete with moose logo. A moose once bit my sister.

sod it, twas so beautiful I'd be a fool not to have taken anymore - think they speak for themselves team:

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looking north west to Time Warner Centre (twin silver towers) and the newly finished Hearst Tower designed by Norman Foster
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shout out to all fellow moose fans
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Washington Arch in Greenwich Village with 5th Avenue heading north and the ESB
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enough - too much excitement for one evening.

P.S. Thursday was the day Larry Silverstein, George Pateki and Michael Bloomburg finally agreed the terms for rebuilding the WTC site and welcomed the first constructions crews for the Freedom Tower onto site. No photos, but counted 5 press helicopters hovering above the site - quite a spectacle.

Incredible. i'm soooo jealous.

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Incredible. i'm soooo jealous.
NYC not a million miles away di liv - book a flight and hotel on-line and away you go! Mr Visa will take care of the technicalities...

NYC not a million miles away di liv - book a flight and hotel on-line and away you go! Mr Visa will take care of the technicalities...

I was very close to a girl from NY for a short time last year, but she buggered off back home and quickly lost interest after a series of crap e-mails on my part, so I'd love to go and stir things up stateside, but time and money, excuses, excuses, etc.

Incredible. i'm soooo jealous.

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Could this be downtown Leeds in 20 years?

ooh how american its not 'central Leeds' anymore but suddenly 'downtown Leeds' lol. It might well be who knows! And to be honest, looking at all the proposals at the moment it could well be!

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For a moment there I thought someone had made it to the top of Emley Moor.

Personally I'm terrified of heights. But going up these big towers just has to be done. Those I have managed so far include the Sears Tower in Chicago; the Empire States Building; both of the Twin Towers in New York; The Petronas Tower; the Eiffel Tower; the CN Tower; and the Canary Wharf Tower. And I'm hoping to "do" the new Tower in Taipei later this year...if that is possible (does anyone know??).
It's not that I have an Obsession (??) just that I have been fortunate to visit these cities and going up the towers just seemed the obvious thing to do at the time. Sydney is also a possibility..does anyone have any recommendations??

Mike
(Huddersfield Town for the play offs!!)

You can get up Taipei101

From a little closer to home.......Vertigo Bar at the top of Tower 42 in the City. Fantastic views, reasonable lunch menu, and a fine bottle of Pino Grigio. Huzzah.

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Personally I'm terrified of heights. But going up these big towers just has to be done. Those I have managed so far include the Sears Tower in Chicago; the Empire States Building; both of the Twin Towers in New York; The Petronas Tower; the Eiffel Tower; the CN Tower; and the Canary Wharf Tower. And I'm hoping to "do" the new Tower in Taipei later this year...if that is possible (does anyone know??).
It's not that I have an Obsession (??) just that I have been fortunate to visit these cities and going up the towers just seemed the obvious thing to do at the time. Sydney is also a possibility..does anyone have any recommendations??

Mike
(Huddersfield Town for the play offs!!)

think its called the AMP Tower - big old observation deck overlooking Downtown. Alternatively, sod the towers, the view of Sydney from Taronga Zoo or the Botanic Gardens is epic. Climb the harbour bridge, expensive, but probably worth it. Amazing city - geography of the place is special. 300 days of sunshine also helps somewhat.

View of downtown Bangkok from the bar and restaurant at the top of the State Tower (~250m) in November 2005
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Dusk in KL.....
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Sprouting my very own pair of towers, and yes, that is a nascent attempt at a beard, or more accurately the results of 2 weeks not shaving. Before comment, yes, it went ginger and the episode shall not be repeated.
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Havent been to many places yet.

But of my limited experience, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Boston, Cairo.

Although, sad to say, Cairo was the biggest dissapointment of my life :/

If we are posting views from the top, this is from the top of the John Hancock in Chicago last year, a nice evening spent at those lofty heights.

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Got plenty more if anyone wants to see them.

Taipei 101 is well worth the visit (Taiwan less so). When you get to the top there is loads of info on the building and quite a bit of interactive stuff. You also get to go up the fastest elevator in the world (or it was when I went up last year).

For info, I have been up World Trade Centre, Empire State Building, Taipei 101 and Stratosphere Tower (well worth going up for other reasons). I have also been to Paris (La Defence), Barcelona, Amsterdam (some nice buildings on the way in from Schiphol), Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Brisbane, Dubai, Boston, Chicago and Singapore.

Have photos of all of these, but have never go around to putting them on here.

Some well travelled people on this forum. Would be good to see your pics.

Well while we are on our travel snaps, here's one from Miami the year before. Taken from a nice little helicopter tour we had of the downtown Miami area.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/pa8f5665144ceaf3a64e1dc355db97413/ef17f343.jpg

Plenty more photos of that trip too if anyone wants to see them.