The World Trade Center By the Numbers-- Part 1: Quarter Mile Up, 45 Miles on a Clear Day

From History.com.

It was Supersized in all aspects.

It took ten years to build and came down in a minute.

When the World Trade Center's twin towers opened in 1973, it was the world's tallest buildings.

They rose a quarter mile into the sky.

They had  15 miles of elevator shafts.

Nearly 44,000 windows which took 20 days to wash.

From the South Tower observation deck,  visitors could see 45 miles on a clear day.

The Trade Center complex (there was more than just the Twin Towers) was so huge that it had its own zip code.

Anniversary of the Big Round Building in Hollywood

From the same site as the previous post.

On April 6, 1956, the Capitol Tower, home of Capitol Records in Hollywood, was dedicated.

It was the first circular building in the United States.

Spin Me Around.  --RoadDog

World's Tallest Building

I came across pictures of the world's tallest building in Yahoo pictures. It is still under construction in Burj, Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates. It is now at 1,931 and has already surpassed Canada's CN Tower in Toronto as the world's tallest free standing object.

I wonder where they're getting all that money? Oh yes, OIL. And it is being built by Samsung, but that is ANOTHER story.

We complain of rising gas prices, but guess who is getting richer and richer? Our good buddies like anybody in the Mideast, Khaddaffi in Libya, and that certain someone down in Venezuela. I hope Big Oil knows what they're doing while driving oil prices up like they're doing.

File Under Things That We Should Worry About. --RoadDog