Pleban Girls Party - Elevating Your Soul

[Alisaura]

World Trade Center, Empire State Building, Sears tower - they've all held that title - I don't know about the CN tower though

Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of the Sears tower... and I don't even know where that is. Seattle?

 

[Sad_Girl]

Oh, Drea - Gav was just telling me he really wants to see TO as well

I love TO awesome city

 

[Sad_Girl]

Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of the Sears tower... and I don't even know where that is. Seattle?

chicago

you are probably thinking of the space needle - that's in Seattle

 

[Alisaura]

chicago

you are probably thinking of the space needle - that's in Seattle

Oooh, Weldy will never forgive me for messing that up... *hides*

So many pointy buildings... how's a girl supposed to keep it all straight!?
They've just built the Eureka tower here... it's not going to break any world records but it's very shiny and is apparently the tallest residential building in Australia... maybe. Probably the most expensive to live in too!

 

[Alisaura]

And poo... that guy who emailed me doesn't seem to have me in his pics. I think he thought I was the girl on my other side...

 

[Drea]

Seeya Wild!



*peeks out from behind shield* What, no howls of derision for watching Forever Knight? I was totally in love with that guy for a while there. Never did see the end of the series, stupid Channel 9 was airing it in the dead zone where they hide Star Trek, and dropped it before it ended. Bah.
I think it was supposed to be TO in the show, they referenced the tower in one episode cos there was some drama happening on top of it... Of course, if they called the tower by a fictional name, I wouldn't have known the difference...

I figured the tower was a famous land mark but I couldn't remember what it was called... it was the tallest building in the world for a while, wasn't it? Or is it still?

I used to watch it in reruns every so often

The CN Tower still is - to the best of my knowledge - the World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure *g*

You need to come to TO sometime and I'll take you there It's practically next door to the ACC, where U2 plays now when they're here

 

[Sad_Girl]

Oooh, Weldy will never forgive me for messing that up... *hides*

So many pointy buildings... how's a girl supposed to keep it all straight!?
They've just built the Eureka tower here... it's not going to break any world records but it's very shiny and is apparently the tallest residential building in Australia... maybe. Probably the most expensive to live in too!

Honestly? I have no idea - I surprised myself by knowing that

Mostly it comes from dicussions after the WTC fell on 9-11 I think

the Space needle and the CN tower look a little alike in photos

Sears Tower:

Space Needle:

CN Tower

we don't have anything like it in my neck of the woods

A three story building is freakishly tall

 

[Sad_Girl]

World's tallest buildings
Rank m ft
1. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan 2004 101 508 1,667
2. Petronas Tower 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 88 452 1,483
3. Petronas Tower 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1998 88 452 1,483
4. Sears Tower, Chicago 1974 110 442 1,451
5. Jin Mao Building, Shanghai 1999 88 421 1,381
6. Two International Finance Centre, Hong Kong 2003 88 415 1,362
7. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, China 1996 80 391 1,283
8. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen, China 1996 69 384 1,260
9. Empire State Building, New York 1931 102 381 1,250
10. Central Plaza, Hong Kong 1992 78 374 1,227
11. Bank of China, Hong Kong 1989 70 367 1,205
12. Emirates Tower One, Dubai 1999 54 355 1,165
13. Tuntex Sky Tower, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1997 85 348 1,140
14. Aon Centre, Chicago 1973 80 346 1,136
15. The Center, Hong Kong 1998 73 346 1,135
16. John Hancock Center, Chicago 1969 100 344 1,127
17. Shimao International Plaza, Shanghai 2005 60 333 1,093
18. Minsheng Bank Building, Wuhan, China UC06 68 331 1,087
19. Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, N. Korea 1995 105 330 1,083
20. Q1, Gold Coast, Australia 2005 78 323 1,058
21. Burj al Arab Hotel, Dubai 1999 60 321 1,053
22. Nina Tower I, Hong Kong UC06 80 319 1,046
23. Chrysler Building, New York 1930 77 319 1,046

 

[Sad_Girl]

world's tallest towers

Tower, city Year Height
(m) Height
(ft)
Canadian National (CN) Tower,
Toronto 1975 553 1,815
Ostankino Tower,
Moscow 1967 537 1,762
Oriental Pearl Tower,
Shanghai 1995 468 1,535
Milad Tower,
Tehran 2005 435 1,427
Menara Kuala Lumpur,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1996 421 1,403
Tianjin TV Tower,
Tianjin, China 1991 415 1,362
Central Radio & TV Tower,
Beijing 1992 405 1,329
Kiev TV Tower,
Kiev, Ukraine 1973 385 1,263
Tashkent Tower,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan 1985 375 1,230
Liberation Tower,
Kuwait City 1996 372 1,221
Alma-Ata Tower,
Almaty, Kazakhstan 1983 371 1,217
Riga TV Tower,
R iga, Latvia 1987 368 1,209
Fernsehturm Tower,
Berlin, Germany 1969 368 1,207
Stratosphere Tower,
Las Vegas, United States 1996 350 1,149
Macau Tower,
Macau, China 2001 338 1,109

 

[Drea]

Oh, Drea - Gav was just telling me he really wants to see TO as well

I love TO awesome city

I'll gladly play tour guide

 

[Alisaura]

I used to watch it in reruns every so often

The CN Tower still is - to the best of my knowledge - the World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure *g*

You need to come to TO sometime and I'll take you there It's practically next door to the ACC, where U2 plays now when they're here

Hooray for tall things!

I would love to visit Toronto, and several dozen other places... and I have this daydream that U2 will suddenly decide to play a show in a city I just happen to be visiting when I'm overseas...

 

[Sad_Girl]

Hopefully I'll strike it rich one of these days and we'll get to travel as much as we want to


I'm definitley coming back to TO soon though, Drea

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

World Trade Center, Empire State Building, Sears tower - they've all held that title - I don't know about the CN tower though



Goodnight Jem and Wild sweet dreams girls

Actually...Sears Tower still holds the title for tallest building in the States

 

[Sad_Girl]

Hooray for tall things!

I would love to visit Toronto, and several dozen other places... and I have this daydream that U2 will suddenly decide to play a show in a city I just happen to be visiting when I'm overseas...

Ah yes that's a wonderful daydream!

 

[Sad_Girl]

Actually...Sears Tower still holds the title for tallest building in the States

yep, 4th in the world

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

Oooh, Weldy will never forgive me for messing that up... *hides*

So many pointy buildings... how's a girl supposed to keep it all straight!?
They've just built the Eureka tower here... it's not going to break any world records but it's very shiny and is apparently the tallest residential building in Australia... maybe. Probably the most expensive to live in too!

I wish we had the Space Needle! But I'm pretty happy with the Sears Tower

Thanks for the lovely pic SG

 

[Alisaura]

Ah yes that's a wonderful daydream!

... it turns to a nightmare if I can't get tickets though...

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

yep, 4th in the world

And I'm happy for that. I actually remember when the Sears was the tallest building in the world. Good times

 

[Drea]

Hopefully I'll strike it rich one of these days and we'll get to travel as much as we want to


I'm definitley coming back to TO soon though, Drea

You've seen the thread about the Interference gathering being planned for London (ON) in July, right? Be a shorter trip for you, and you could hit TO either before or after... *tempts* Cross at Port Huron, take the 402 from Sarnia to London... I'm going no matter which weekend they make it

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

Oh...I loved it when Conan put it in Sears clothes when he was here in Chicago last May!

 

[Sad_Girl]

... it turns to a nightmare if I can't get tickets though...

Ah, yeah - good point




I'm glad you liked the pic Weldy - I don't know what it is about Architecture that fascinates me so much but I think a photo of a city skyline or photos of certain structures are absolutely beautiful

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

Ah, yeah - good point




I'm glad you liked the pic Weldy - I don't know what it is about Architecture that fascinates me so much but I think a photo of a city skyline or photos of certain structures are absolutely beautiful

Oh...you should check out the Chicago skyline at night if you are on a boat at Navy Pier.....I did it for an after-prom thing and it's really worthy.

 

[Sad_Girl]

You've seen the thread about the Interference gathering being planned for London (ON) in July, right? Be a shorter trip for you, and you could hit TO either before or after... *tempts* Cross at Port Huron, take the 402 from Sarnia to London... I'm going no matter which weekend they make it

yeah but each of us on the Church council takes a month to be the person in charge of devotionals and the donations and other such things and July is my month; so I have to be home on the weekends that month

 

[Sad_Girl]

Oh...you should check out the Chicago skyline at night if you are on a boat at Navy Pier.....I did it for an after-prom thing and it's really worthy.

I bet it is

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

I bet it is

Yea....the view from Navy Pier is really awesome!

 

[Drea]

yeah but each of us on the Church council takes a month to be the person in charge of devotionals and the donations and other such things and July is my month; so I have to be home on the weekends that month

Ah There'll be other opportunities

We need to have a PGP Girls Do TO weekend sometime - the city'd never know what hit it

 

[Alisaura]

Better late than never...

:nostalgia:

 

[Sad_Girl]

Ah There'll be other opportunities

We need to have a PGP Girls Do TO weekend sometime - the city'd never know what hit it

absolutely

 

[Drea]

Better late than never...

:nostalgia:

*G*

(For anyone wondering, the guy is the lead character from Forever Knight, and the woman is one of the major female characters IIRC )

 

[Sad_Girl]

I saw a few episodes of that - it used to play at like 3 a.m.