But it was not a tall structure and other buildings concealed it.

Solid brick buildings painted dazzling white, large domes and tall, picturesque palms stretched as far as the eye could see, while the wharves and harbor were filled with tall-masted sailing ships.

In Asimov's Empire and Foundation series, the capital planet Trantor of the galactic empire is a completely built-up planet, covered in its entirety with tall buildings and subterranean structures.

* In the Star Wars prequels, the galactic capital planet Coruscant has buildings many miles tall, and approaches the completely built-over condition of Trantor in Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy ( Note: due to this, Coruscant was originally to be named Jhantor but was eventually renamed Coruscant ).

Most of the route is lined with tall office buildings along both sides, affording a view of the parade for thousands of office workers who create the snowstorm-like jettison of shredded paper products that characterize the parade.

As the building is situated opposite to the HKCEC, the only way to get more sea view for the building and not be obstructed by the neighbouring high-rise buildings is to build it tall enough.

West of The Village, Downtown contains the two tallest buildings in the Quad Cities: the Wells Fargo Bank Building, which is 255 feet tall, and the Mid-American Energy Building, which is 220 feet tall.

Other tall buildings include the 11-story Blackhawk Hotel, the 150 foot Kahl Building and the Davenport City Hall.

Effective public shelters can be the middle floors of some tall buildings or parking structures, or below ground level in most buildings with more than 10 floors.

This was reflected in a move towards denser, more urban styles of building, including a greatly increased number of tall buildings, and proposals for major enhancements to the public transport network.

A revolving restaurant located on the 62nd floor, called " Revolving 66 ", overlooks other tall buildings below and the harbour.

He also found that the skyscrapers of the downtown business district dominated the skyline, and sought to create a building which could face the tall buildings and represent the importance of the public sector.

Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road features a range of extremely tall buildings.

However, it is a very heavy material, making it impractical for tall buildings, and relatively expensive as a building material.

Among the new buildings towers the Turning Torso, a spectacular twisting skyscraper, tall, the majority of which is residential.

Foster received the The Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in 2007 to honor his contributions to the advancement of tall buildings.

Methods include placing Jersey barriers, stairs or other sturdy obstacles outside tall or politically sensitive buildings to prevent car and truck bombings.

Also lacking an official definition, the term ' supertall ' has arisen for the current generation of exceptionally tall buildings.

The term " skyscraper " was first applied to buildings of steel framed construction of at least 10 storeys in the late 19th century, a result of public amazement at the tall buildings being built in major cities like Chicago, New York City, Detroit, and St. Louis.

The structural definition of the word skyscraper was refined later by architectural historians, based on engineering developments of the 1880s that had enabled construction of tall multi-storey buildings.

In 1947 – 48 he travelled in Europe, in 1948 he went to Morocco where he was taken by the tall clay buildings.

* David Wingrove's Chung Kuo series depicts a dystopian future Earth in which almost the entire population lives within several hyperstructures that are thousands of feet tall and span entire continents.

Beside each " living creature " is a " wheel within a wheel ," with " tall and awesome " rims full of eyes all around.

After the shock of the Battle of Adrianople in 378, in which the emperor Valens with the flower of the Roman armies was destroyed by the Visigoths within a few days ' march, the city looked to its defences, and in 413 – 414, Theodosius II built the 18-meter ( 60-foot )- tall triple-wall fortifications, which were never to be breached until the coming of gunpowder.

But, as it was mainly within living memory and Thucydides himself was alive throughout the conflict and a participant in many of the events, there was less room for myths and tall tales.

Short and tall stitches may also alternate within a row, forming a fish-like oval pattern.

But even when tall coarse grass surrounds, they seem commonly to destroy this within their ' streets ,' which are nearly always found ' paved ' with a fine species suited to their palates.

The Molidae are conspicuous even within this oddball order: they lack swim bladders and spines, and are propelled by their very tall dorsal and anal fins.

Standing 5 ' 0 " tall, Gaynor was one of Hollywood's leading ladies within a year.

Destiny is portrayed as a tall figure, obscured within a purple or brown robe and cowl.

A stone wall, carven with figures, runs round it ; within is a grove of very tall trees growing round a great shrine, wherein is the image of the goddess ; the temple is a square, each side measuring a furlong.

Sanchez and his wife, Ines Guevara de Sanchez ( 1794 – 1862 ), had their adobe home built below the western slope of South Mountain, within a heavy group of eucalyptus trees at the east end of present day Rose Avenue, an avenue that was lined on both sides with tall eucalyptus trees.

At the start of the weekend, a small troll, standing several inches tall, is hidden somewhere within the city limits.

Its maze-like design and tall and narrow windows become almost burlesque in the final black room, so oppressive that " there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all.

Cornwall does not enjoy a positive environmental reputation as a result of decades of industrial pollution in the city, the legacy of which is a riverfront contaminated by mercury, zinc, lead, and copper, soil contaminated by coal tar and byproducts, and most evidently, " Big Ben ": a, 80 metre tall dumpsite within the city filled with wood bark, paper mill sludge, demolition waste and asbestos.

Sunshine falling on a greenhouse-like collector structure around the base of a tall chimney heats the air within it.

Very tall multi-turn spiral staircases are usually found in old stone towers within fortifications, churches and in lighthouses.

In addition to her uptown burial plot, a commemorative 39 foot tall ( 11. 9 m ) cenotaph erected in her memory by her daughter Caroline Astor Wilson ( according to the inscription dated A. D. MDMXIV ) is located within the small churchyard cemetery at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street, in which many prominent early Americans are buried.

The station was quickly rebuilt within the year, but simple angular roofs were built in place of the domes, and the restored building was only two stories tall instead of three.

For example, people of small stature would not be classified as freaks unless they are within the third standard deviation for the general population, while the same principle would apply to exceptionally tall people.

Ivies are very popular in cultivation within their native range and compatible climates elsewhere, for their evergreen foliage, attracting wildlife, and for adaptable design uses in narrow planting spaces and on tall or wide walls for aesthetic addition, or to hide unsightly walls, fences and tree stumps.

The largest known specimen is 34 m tall and 175 cm diameter, on South Manitou Island within Leelanau County, Michigan.

Within the sparrows, the Le Conte ’ s falls within the Genus Ammodramus, which are the ground loving sparrows, which prefer staying in tall, thick grasses to perching on trees.

Buildings along the dedicated bus ways are up to six stories tall, gradually giving way, within a few blocks, to single story homes.

More structures were added over the ensuing decades, outside the periphery of the original site – as they were not part of Mies's master plan for the Centre – but still located close enough, and in such locations, as to visually impact the sense of space within areas of the centre, forming Miesian western and southern walls to the lawn, and a tall eastern flank to the plaza.