southsider2k5 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 This comes under the guise of proofread your articles The project's chief architect says the design currently calls for a spire that will make the building 13,060 feet tall. http://www.nbc5.com/news/4184303/detail.ht...994&dppid=65192 By my calculations that should make the building 12,815 feet tall. Petronas Towers take that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 What the hell's a spire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 That pointy thing that stick out of the top of churches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) That pointy thing that stick out of the top of churches. I thought that's a steeple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 steeple=spire Spires tend to be the names of the larger buildings' pointy things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:40 AM) steeple=spire Spires tend to be the names of the larger buildings' pointy things. OK. In that case, I agree with Trump. They're ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 04:15 PM) This comes under the guise of proofread your articles http://www.nbc5.com/news/4184303/detail.ht...994&dppid=65192 By my calculations that should make the building 12,815 feet tall. Petronas Towers take that!!! So, would Chicago have the world's tallest buiding again? More importantly, when do we get the casinos?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:13 AM) So, would Chicago have the world's tallest buiding again? More importantly, when do we get the casinos?? Just for perspectives sake, the Sears Tower measures in at 1450 feet tall... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:13 AM) So, would Chicago have the world's tallest buiding again? Pretty sure that with the spire this makes it the 2nd tallest in the city, about a 100 ft. behind the Sears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 um... 12,000 or 1,200... buildings don't go into the sky for two miles you nincompoops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdue129 Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:18 AM) um... 12,000 or 1,200... buildings don't go into the sky for two miles you nincompoops. I think that was 2k5's original point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(Purdue129 @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 11:21 AM) I think that was 2k5's original point Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakes Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 10:15 AM) This comes under the guise of proofread your articles http://www.nbc5.com/news/4184303/detail.ht...994&dppid=65192 By my calculations that should make the building 12,815 feet tall. Petronas Towers take that!!! Someone's getting yelled at today. If they figure it out. I can't remember the name of the anchor woman, but it was also channel 5. During the fire at the Lasalle Bank building she claimed "This is the worst fire Chicago has ever seen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 QUOTE(shakes @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 07:50 PM) Someone's getting yelled at today. If they figure it out. I can't remember the name of the anchor woman, but it was also channel 5. During the fire at the Lasalle Bank building she claimed "This is the worst fire Chicago has ever seen." That's one helluva building...wouldn't be able to see the spire at 13,000 feet anyway. It's a good thing Meigs isn't there anymore or we'd see lot's of crashes. as for the anchorwoman, as a friend and former channel 2 reporter and anchor once told me...there are reporters and there are newsreaders. This stupid Channel 5 anchor is a news reader. All looks, no brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 QUOTE(shakes @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) Someone's getting yelled at today. If they figure it out. I can't remember the name of the anchor woman, but it was also channel 5. During the fire at the Lasalle Bank building she claimed "This is the worst fire Chicago has ever seen." Maybe she meant to say "the worst fire Chicago has ever seen that didn't involve a cow".... TV newsreaders.....HA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 10:15 AM) By my calculations that should make the building 12,815 feet tall. Petronas Towers take that!!! Man that is one spacious building. It's 12,815 feet tall with 92 stories. That 139 feet PER story. Talk about spacious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 QUOTE(shakes @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 01:50 PM) During the fire at the Lasalle Bank building she claimed "This is the worst fire Chicago has ever seen." I was at school the day after that fire and a friend of mine told me she heard that on the news. I just stopped in my tracks and went "excuse me?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 QUOTE(TheDybber @ Feb 10, 2005 -> 02:55 PM) as for the anchorwoman, as a friend and former channel 2 reporter and anchor once told me...there are reporters and there are newsreaders. This stupid Channel 5 anchor is a news reader. All looks, no brain. That comment sounds more like ad lib than part of the report, but I don't know the context. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 I'm assuming that's the one Chicago's own Bill Ransic was in charge of for a year. Man the rooms in there looked sweet as well. Definitely on my "To Buy" list, if I ever work in Chicago with a big fat corporate salary someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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