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SkyscrapersLeVeque Tower - Columbus, Ohio

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Standing 555'6", the LeVeque Tower is located at 50 W Broad St. in downtown Columbus, Ohio

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Mr. 0

location: Ohio

date approved: 5/13/2007

last visited: 5/23/2012

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SkyscrapersTransamerica Pyramid

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A San Francisco landmark.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: California

date approved: 5/5/2007

last visited: 1/26/2002

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SkyscrapersRussell Investments Center (WaMu Center) - Seattle, WA

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WaMu Center is the hub and corporate offices of Washington Mutual Bank. Cross posted in the Corporate Headquarters Category, Waymark Code: WM1QWR

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Joyful_April

location: Washington

date approved: 5/1/2007

last visited: 12/27/2012

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SkyscrapersCentro Candido Mendes

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A skyscrapper in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: Brazil

date approved: 4/24/2007

last visited: 5/8/2007

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SkyscrapersSeattle Space Needle - Seattle, Washington

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The structure we know as Seattle's Space Needle was originally built to be the landmark feature of the 1962 "Century 21" World's Fair in Seattle, which had a science and space theme.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty

location: Washington

date approved: 4/8/2007

last visited: 5/16/2013

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SkyscrapersTower of the Americas

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Tower of the Americas was the Theme Structure of the 1968 Worlds Fair.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 8Nuts MotherGoose

location: Texas

date approved: 3/8/2007

last visited: 2/16/2013

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SkyscrapersEnergy Center - New Orleans, LA

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The post-modern, 530-feet, 39-story Energy Center was designed by HKS, Inc. in 1984. Sheathed in granite panels and reflective bronze glass, the tiered crown makes the building easy to confuse with the shorter Pan American Life Center.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Louisiana

date approved: 3/6/2007

last visited: 9/29/2010

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SkyscrapersPlace St. Charles, New Orleans, LA

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On the site of the former St. Charles Hotel, this 645-feet, 53-story, post-modern skyscraper was designed by Moryama & Teshima in 1984. The window in the building’s crown is modeled on the lantern that once topped the St. Charles Hotel. Typical New Orleans balconies surround the base of the building.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Louisiana

date approved: 3/6/2007

last visited: 2/22/2010

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SkyscrapersOne Shell Square, New Orleans, LA

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One year after the international-style One Shell Plaza was erected in Houston, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed its shorter twin in New Orleans. At 51 stories and 697 feet, One Shell Square has retained the title of the tallest building in both New Orleans and Louisiana since 1972.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Louisiana

date approved: 3/6/2007

last visited: 1/20/2012

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SkyscrapersMetropolitan Square - St. Louis, Missouri

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Metropolitan Square is the tallest office building in St. Louis.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Missouri

date approved: 3/3/2007

last visited: 6/30/2012

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SkyscrapersMirante do Vale

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The tallest building in Sao Paulo.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: Brazil

date approved: 3/1/2007

last visited: 4/9/2008

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SkyscrapersAltino Arantes

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Sao Paulo's third talest building. Has an observation deck.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: Brazil

date approved: 3/1/2007

last visited: 5/8/2007

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SkyscrapersEdificio Italia, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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The second tallest building in Sao Paulo.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1

location: Brazil

date approved: 2/23/2007

last visited: 4/14/2008

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SkyscrapersOne Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia

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The tallest building in Vancouver, the One Wall Centre, stands at 150m even at Nelson St and between Burrard St and Hornby St.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Covert Cache

location: British Columbia, Canada

date approved: 2/17/2007

last visited: 7/13/2011

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Skyscrapers1201 Third Avenue Tower (Washington Mutual Tower) - Seattle, WA

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A majestic skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member bootron

location: Washington

date approved: 1/30/2007

last visited: 12/27/2012

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SkyscrapersJin Mao Tower, Shanghai, China

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Jinmao Tower is currently Shanghai's and also China Mainland's tallest building.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hansolo77

location: China

date approved: 1/19/2007

last visited: 6/21/2012

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SkyscrapersTour Montparnasse Tower, Paris, France

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The Montparnasse Tower is 210m high and provides an excellent view over Paris.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SUp3rFM & Cruella

location: France

date approved: 1/18/2007

last visited: 4/30/2013

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SkyscrapersGuardian Building - Detroit, MI

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Located between Griswold, Congress and Larned Streets in downtown Detroit. At 496 feet/151 meters, the last skyscraper to waymark in Michigan. Thanks to Jagman and WrightStuff for leaving the most beautiful skyscraper in Detroit for me.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member S5280ft

location: Michigan

date approved: 12/29/2006

last visited: 3/2/2012

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SkyscrapersBank of America Center, Houston, TX

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This post-modern Gothic 1983 creation of Phillip Johnson and John Burgee soars 56 stories with a stepped, gabled roof. The lower portion of the building was built over a pre-existing two-story Western Union Building, creating a huge banking hall.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 3/26/2013

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Skyscrapers1400 Smith, Houston, TX

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Most people will recognize this 691-feet, post-modern glass tower built in 1983 by its former name – the Enron Building. The company is gone, but the cool circular skywalk over Louisiana Street is still in place.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 4/17/2013

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SkyscrapersHeritage Plaza, Houston, TX

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A 53-story, 1987 Mayan mirage towering over the western edge of downtown, Heritage Plaza’s Mayan-inspired theme, developed by M. Nasr & Partners, carries into the lobby.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 4/2/2013

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SkyscrapersJPMorgan Chase Tower, Houston, TX

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Designed by IM Pei in 1981 the tallest building in Texas at 1,002-ft. is one of his plainer creations. The ceiling-to-floor windows in the 60th-floor sky lobby come equipped with plaques identifying the various buildings below.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 4/24/2013

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SkyscrapersPennzoil Place, Houston, TX

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Philip Johnson and John Burgee designed these two, 36-story, off-set buildings connected by a glass atrium in 1976 specifically to not look like One Shell Plaza.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 3/26/2013

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SkyscrapersOne Shell Plaza, Houston, TX

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In 1971, this 50-story, concrete skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was an engineering marvel – the tallest concrete building in the world built with poured-in-place concrete.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 4/24/2013

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Skyscrapers2 Houston Center, Houston, TX

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Wandering along the third-story terrace of this 40-story, 1974 skyscraper, you can piece together some of the original plans hatched by William L. Pereira Associates for their 75-acre, city-within-a-city project.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member JimmyEv

location: Texas

date approved: 11/26/2006

last visited: 3/26/2013

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