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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 230 days ago (http://www.geekologie.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: skyscraper building mount fuji
Taisei Construction completed designs for a building larger than the source of its inspiration, Mount Fuji. At over 13,000 feet, this 4 kilometer high building would be able to house 500,000 to one million people. The X-Seed 4000 will, unfortunately, never be built. The plans were more likely a for read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 293 days ago (http://www.pinktentacle.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: spiderman tokyo skyscraper 1998
Pink Tentacle has posted a video of 'Spiderman' climbing a Tokyo skyscraper in 1998. The news footage shows Frenchman Alain Robert denied permission to make the climb but that didn't stop him. After he climbed the 54-story, 223 meter Shinjuku Center Building in just 38 minutes, he was arrested. read more »
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Avatar Posted by LongCountdown 300 days ago (http://japanvisitor.blogspot.com)
Category: General | Tags: nagoya spiral towers skyscraper
I used to live in Nagoya when the JR twin towers were being built. It was amazing watching those towers grow high and higher each month. Since I moved away from the big city, the huge Midland Square skyscraper opened in front of JR Central Towers, and now another one skyscraper - Spiral Towers - is read more »
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