Comments on: The Half-Scale World Trade Center Tower http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:14:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kaleb krimmel http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-206861 kaleb krimmel Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:39:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-206861 No need for a replica for any (maybe the WTC but yeah...) so there really isn't a need for replica No need for a replica for any (maybe the WTC but yeah…) so there really isn’t a need for replica

]]> By: Jon http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203979 Jon Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:59:01 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203979 There are the two "twin towers" in century city (Los Angeles). They're triangular in shape and are designed by Yamasaki: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=los+angeles&sll=2.066951,-77.475327&sspn=0.013445,0.01693&g=los&ie=UTF8&ll=34.061646,-118.412865&spn=0,359.991535&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=34.058681,-118.411889&panoid=pA0WdV2yAzojlcPhVweRYw&cbp=12,271.3801207848787,,0,-28.38038767733199 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=los+angeles&sll=2.066951,-77.475327&sspn=0.013445,0.01693&g=los&ie=UTF8&ll=34.059086,-118.41323&spn=0.00536,0.008465&t=h&z=17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Plaza_Towers There are the two “twin towers” in century city (Los Angeles). They’re triangular in shape and are designed by Yamasaki:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Plaza_Towers

]]> By: Courtney http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203954 Courtney Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:01:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203954 I lived near one of these White House replicas: http://www.homesoftherich.net/2008/10/replica-white-houses.html http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Leigh+Mill+Road+%26+Towlston+Road,+Great+Falls,+VA&sll=38.962016,-77.259105&sspn=0.001931,0.004576&ie=UTF8&ll=38.962546,-77.258896&spn=0.003862,0.009152&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr I lived near one of these White House replicas:
http://www.homesoftherich.net/2008/10/replica-white-houses.html

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]]> By: Lindsey http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203952 Lindsey Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:58:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203952 Nashville has an exact replica of The Parthenon and the statue of Athena in Greece. N 36° 08.999 W 086° 48.771 16S E 516835 N 4000600 Nashville has an exact replica of The Parthenon and the statue of Athena in Greece.

N 36° 08.999 W 086° 48.771
16S E 516835 N 4000600

]]> By: Lolo http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203951 Lolo Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:57:14 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203951 There's another Yamasaki building in the US, not a replica...perhaps a variation on a theme. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, check it out: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=cary+street,+richmond,+va&ie=UTF8&ll=37.537882,-77.43987&spn=0,359.993134&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr&layer=c&cbll=37.53638,-77.440004&panoid=7wOBWfoUhTpTeMuyxZV1gg&cbp=12,221.98812151866161,,0,-31.25450009926487 There’s another Yamasaki building in the US, not a replica…perhaps a variation on a theme. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, check it out:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203950 Jonathan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:05:55 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203950 In Seattle you can see another smaller version of the WTC Towers, the IBM Building. This was probably Yamasaki's first building in this style: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=47.608369,-122.332994&spn=0.000772,0.001596&z=19 An diagonally opposite is Yamasaki's much later Rainier Tower: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=47.608787,-122.334598&spn=0.000772,0.001596&t=h&z=19 So Seattle does have fraternal twin towers at least. The Rainier Tower is unusual in that it sits atop a narrow pedestal - check out the street view! In Seattle you can see another smaller version of the WTC Towers, the IBM Building. This was probably Yamasaki’s first building in this style:
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An diagonally opposite is Yamasaki’s much later Rainier Tower:
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So Seattle does have fraternal twin towers at least.

The Rainier Tower is unusual in that it sits atop a narrow pedestal – check out the street view!

]]> By: Padraigl http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203949 Padraigl Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:59:34 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203949 Oddly enough - here is a replica that one would not expect. If you travel a little north and then west from the post the other day of the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana Cuba, you will find the "Capitolio" bldg. Modeled after the American Capitol bldg in Washington DC Obviously this predates the 1959 Cuban revolution http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=23.134973,-82.359438&z=17 Oddly enough – here is a replica that one would not expect.

If you travel a little north and then west from the post the other day of the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana Cuba, you will find the “Capitolio” bldg. Modeled after the American Capitol bldg in Washington DC

Obviously this predates the 1959 Cuban revolution

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]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203948 Jonathan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:57:52 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203948 @Esme Cowles: the difference is you can still see the original Eiffel Tower, no need for a replica. @Esme Cowles: the difference is you can still see the original Eiffel Tower, no need for a replica.

]]> By: Esme Cowles http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/12/03/half-scale-world-trade-center-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-203946 Esme Cowles Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:35:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=3865#comment-203946 Well, there are a bunch of replicas of the Eiffel Tower: here's a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Reproductions" rel="nofollow">list from the Wikipedia article</a>. Well, there are a bunch of replicas of the Eiffel Tower: here’s a list from the Wikipedia article.

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