How do you get to the top? There will 59 elevators - 54 single deck and 5 double decks - that can travel at 10 meters per second in both directions.
Credit: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
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Re: Haven't they learned anything from 9.11?
Posted by manicsparkle
4th Aug 2011
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Posted by Dukhalion
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Haven't they learned anything from 9.11?
Duh!
Posted by Dukhalion
4th Aug 2011
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Re: Haven't they learned anything from 9.11?
And that lesson is that we should all live in fear in our padded underground bunkers? The loss of life was horrible in 9/11, but I am beyond sick and tired of people using that as an excuse why we, either Americans or humans in general, can't strive to create, to push boundaries or simply to be free to live.
I say build it big and tall and glorious. Let's fight the crimes that lead to events like 9/11, but can we please stop using that as an excuse not to try new things?
I say build it big and tall and glorious. Let's fight the crimes that lead to events like 9/11, but can we please stop using that as an excuse not to try new things?
Posted by manicsparkle
4th Aug 2011
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I don't know what this has to do with 9/11, except that the country building it was bin Laden's home and is the source of most funds for Al Qaida, at least up to bin Laden's death.
We are seeing our gasoline dollars being used for this ridiculous battle of the tallest buildings. How many tenants can you really have for these buildings?
Why not lower real gasoline prices by crushing the gasoline futures speculators?
We are seeing our gasoline dollars being used for this ridiculous battle of the tallest buildings. How many tenants can you really have for these buildings?
Why not lower real gasoline prices by crushing the gasoline futures speculators?
Posted by thylawyer
4th Aug 2011
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U.S. a dupe
Our hard-earned dollars go to build the tallest towers in the world and to fight wars that keep the money flowing in.
Posted by dangnad
4th Aug 2011
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building without context
a building without context.
Posted by jyanzikong
4th Aug 2011
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Building the worlds tallest building
is like painting a bullseye on Your chest. Somebody is going to prove how "brave" they are and destroy it. If we don't learn from history we won't learn anything ever. What good does provocation do? We don't build any more Challenger shuttles just to "prove" that we can. At least there somebody made a wise choice. Boasting and stupidity often go hand in hand. Like in some of above posts.
Posted by Dukhalion
5th Aug 2011