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Old June 19th, 2007, 04:31 AM   #1
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A little city with a big skyline - Londrina

500.000 hab
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Old June 19th, 2007, 08:30 PM   #2
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Wow, that IS huge! Cool pic, thanks
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Old June 19th, 2007, 09:49 PM   #3
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impressive
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Old June 21st, 2007, 04:33 AM   #4
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thank you, the city was 447.000 hab in the year 2000 and have also beautiful towers
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Old March 30th, 2008, 03:48 PM   #5
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very good!beautifull!
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Old March 30th, 2008, 04:29 PM   #6
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Yeah, HUGE pic!
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Old March 30th, 2008, 05:33 PM   #7
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wow, only half a million and a skyline the size of chicago! Brazilian cities just go nuts when it comes to skyscrapers.
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Old March 30th, 2008, 05:37 PM   #8
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That is a big skyline for such a small city. Is 500,000 the metropolitan population?
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Old March 30th, 2008, 11:37 PM   #9
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That is a big skyline for such a small city. Is 500,000 the metropolitan population?
No, the metro pop is around 750k.
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Old March 30th, 2008, 11:43 PM   #10
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Huge skyline for not that big city.
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Old March 31st, 2008, 01:16 AM   #11
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that must be the whole city
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Old March 31st, 2008, 01:25 AM   #12
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Indeed. Is it built on a ten acre island?
For such a small city, where does the demand come for so many highrises?
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Sorry, bad quality for the first one.













Pics from 2005.
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Old March 31st, 2008, 02:27 AM   #14
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I'm assuming by that that they are your own photos? (*hint hint*).
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Old March 31st, 2008, 02:30 AM   #15
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I'm assuming by that that they are your own photos? (*hint hint*).
No, sorry for that. The photos are from a brazilian thread posted by forumer Farrapo:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=247022
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Old March 31st, 2008, 03:42 AM   #16
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thats one ugly skyline
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thats one ugly skyline
really? the buildings there look way more colorful and bright than New York or Chicago.
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edited by Taller Better until Chi-Town Runner learns to express himself more politely.

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Old March 31st, 2008, 07:21 AM   #19
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There! That's better! Back to Londrina!
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sorry bout that

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