A few nice United images I found:
Rockefeller Plaza, exhibit [for] United Nations by OWI, New York, N.Y. Between photographic displays is [the] Atlantic charter in frame with transmitters at each end and where voices of Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek are heard each half hour; su
Image by The Library of Congress
Collins, Marjory,, 1912-1985,, photographer.
Rockefeller Plaza, exhibit [for] United Nations by OWI, New York, N.Y. Between photographic displays is [the] Atlantic charter in frame with transmitters at each end and where voices of Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek are heard each half hour; su
rrounded by statues of the four freedoms
1943 March
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Mission to the United Nations
United States.--Office of War Informaiton
Rockefeller Center
World War, 1939-1945
Exhibitions
Plazas
United States--New York (State)--New York
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-65 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34586
Call Number: LC-USW36-793
I AM BURJ KHALIFA : 828m TALL : ICON : The world's highest ever building! I AM PROUD! : WORLD : SENSE : ACHIEVEMENT : I AM FROM Dubai, The United Arab Emirates : INSPIRE : ENJOY : LOOK UP! :)
Image by UggBoyâ¥UggGirl [ PHOTO : WORLD : SENSE ]
BURJ KHALIFA DUBAI
Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج Ø®ÙÙÙØ©â "Khalifa Tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft). Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010, and is part of the new 2 km2 (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Dubai at the 'First Interchange' along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai's main business district.
The tower's architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill of Chicago, with Adrian Smith (now at his own firm) as chief architect, and Bill Baker as chief structural engineer. The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea. In June 2010, Burj Khalifa was the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
The total cost for the project was about US.5 billion; and for the entire "Downtown Dubai" development, US billion. In March 2009, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of the project's developer, Emaar Properties, said office space pricing at Burj Khalifa reached US,000 per sq ft (over US,000 per m2) and the Armani Residences, also in Burj Khalifa, sold for US,500 per sq ft (over US,500 per m2).
The project's completion coincided with the global financial crisis of 2007â"2010, and with vast overbuilding in the country, led to high vacancies and foreclosures. With Dubai mired in debt from its huge ambitions, the government was forced to seek multi-billion dollar bailouts from its oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi. Subsequently, in a surprise move at its opening ceremony, the tower was renamed Burj Khalifa, said to honor the UAE President, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for his crucial support.
CURRENT RECORDS BURJ KHALIFA HOLDS:
* Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 â" 509.2 m/1,671 ft)
* Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast â" 646.38 m/2,121 ft)
* Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast â" 628.8 m/2,063 ft)
* Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower â" 553.3 m/1,815 ft)
* Building with most floors: 160 (previously Willis Tower â" 108)
* Building with highest occupied floor in the world: 160th floor
* World's highest elevator installation, situated inside a rod at the very top of the building
* World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s) (previously Taipei 101 â" 16.83 m/s)
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)[23] (previously Taipei 101 â" 449.2 m/1,474 ft)
* Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft)[23] (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power Plant â" 532 m/1,745 ft)
* The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space
* Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor) at 442 m (1,483 ft)
* World's highest mosque (located on the 158th floor)
* World's highest installation of an aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)
* World's highest swimming pool (76th floor)
I AM BURJ KHALIFA:
No building in modern history has aroused so much curiosity and intrigue as has Burj Khalifa. Your At The Top, Burj Khalifa visit will answer all your questions. From your vantage point on level 124 of the worldâs tallest building, you will experience first-hand this modern architectural and engineering marvel and know at last what it is like to see the world from such a lofty height.
EXPLORE SOAR MORE:
UP UP UP......
BURJ KHALIFA = WEBPAGE = TO THE WORLD AND HIGHER
Thoughts about skysrapers.....
The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.
- Roland Barthes, 1915 - 1980
and about BURJ KHALIFA:
Towering high at 828 metres, the world's tallest building also has the worlds first Armani Hotel and At the Top, Burj Khalifa, the highest observation deck with an outdoor terrace located on level 124.
ENJOY THE HIGH OF HEIGHTS.....
United Neon 3 of 3 - "The sky's the limit"
Image by Today is a good day
I flew into Unitedâs terminal at OâHare this afternoon.
Iâve long been impressed by the light sculpture in here (see the blurb below) â" but this is the first time Iâve stopped to try and capture it âon filmâ. Quite tricky. Not sure which of the three Iâve posted I like best!
What do you think?
See them side by side here
And the blurb is:
The passenger corridor features a 744 foot neon sculpture by California artist Michael Hayden. The sculpture, entitled "Sky's the Limit" is the largest light sculpture in the world. It is composed o 466 colored neon tubes of 14 foot and 8 foot 8 inch lengths. They run the length of the ceiling above the two moving sidewalks. The first and last sections of the three-section sculpture begin with white neon tubes. The center section starts with indigo and proceeds through the spectrum from shades of blue to green to yellow to orange to bright red. The light sculpture is computer generated. The pattern of light pulses never repeats itself
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