Skyscrapes

London’s “Walkie Talkie” building, not-so-affectionately nicknamed “Walkie-Scorchie” or the “death ray,” is the most destructive thing to wreak havoc on the city since Jack the Ripper. The 38-story building was built to expand towards the First it melted cars, now it’s blowing people over. One of London’s newest icons, the so-called ‘Walkie Talkie’ skyscraper is facing claims that its design is causing a troublesome wind tunnel effect down a major city thoroughfare. The City of What could become Tampa's tallest skyscraper may rise from the former site of what was supposed to be a Trump tower. Feldman Equities, a Saint Petersburg developer, recently filed plans for a 52-story mixed-use building along the Hillsborough River at CINCINNATI (AP) — A drone was responsible for causing damage to a downtown Cincinnati skyscraper when it struck and broke a glass window that fell on top of the building's parking garage. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (cin.ci/1DsxEVT A woman takes pictures as the sun breaks through skyscrapers housing Japan’s major banks Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) and Mizuho Financial Group Inc in Tokyo on Friday afternoon. Japan’s top banks posted higher first-quarter profits that The first real construction at Tempe’s Southbank project is set to begin this year Plans call for a 17-story senior-living tower and two apartment buildings The project had stalled for years during the recession .

There's something that needs to be said about the proposed 28-story tower on the shores of Lake Eola: It's ugly. The rendering for the tower slated for the corner of Rosalind and Central avenues is devoid of any features that make a statement about Central “Internal gravity waves” are generated by wind and tides and are the underwater equivalent of the familiar surface waves. They might be challenging to observe but these are massive, powerful phenomena with strong vertical and horizontal currents. WARSAW, POLAND—Some Poles liken the skyscraper to an elephant in lace underpants. A famous poet dubbed it “the nightmare of a drunken baker.” And one joke goes that it provides the best view of Warsaw because you can’t see the building from inside. And he lives in Trump Tower, a mixed-use skyscraper that has been a fixture of Manattan's skyline for more than three decades. MORE: 5 things about Trump that may worry the 2016 Republican field De Blasio, a Democrat, took office in 2014 and would be up .

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