Category Clock towers United States Infobox NRHP name Jackson Tower nrhp type image Jackson Tower Journal Building Portland Oregon.jpg caption Looking south on Broadway at the Jackson Tower. location 806 SW Broadway br Portland, Oregon Portland , Oregon nearest city lat degrees 45 lat minutes 31 lat seconds 6 lat direction N long degrees 122 long minutes 40 long seconds 47 long direction W area built 1912 architect Reid & Reid architecture Beaux Arts architecture Beaux Arts added July 12, 1996 visitation num visitation year refnum 96000995 mpsub governing body Jackson Tower , formerly The Oregon Journal Building is a Glazed architectural terra cotta glazed terra cotta historic office building in downtown Portland , Oregon. Located on the corner of Broadway and Yamhill Streets, it enjoys a prominent location adjacent to Pioneer Courthouse Square . The building was constructed to house the operations of the now defunct Oregon Journal . The Journal occupied the structure from its completion in 1912 until July 4, 1948, when the newspaper moved to the larger quarters of the former Portland Public Market building on the Portland waterfront. The structure was renamed Jackson Tower to honor the newspaper s founder, Charles Samuel Jackson . The impressive clock tower results from the practice of newspapers integrating such structures into their headquarters. Additionally, 1,800 light bulbs illuminate the tower after dark. The Jackson Tower was renovated in 1972, ref cite web url http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id jacksontower portland or usa title Emporis Jackson Tower, Portland, Oregon accessdate 2007 07 06 ref and placed on the National Register of Historic Places as The Journal Building in 1996. ref http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com OR Multnomah state5.html NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces.com ... to the tower s illumination, at one time the clocks used to chime every 15 minutes, and each ... en wm bu ?id jacksontower portland or usa Jackson Tower Emporis Registered Historic Places Portland ... more details
Museum Tower may refer to Museum Tower Dallas , Texas Museum Tower Miami , Florida Pinnacle Marina Tower , formerly the Pinnacle Museum Tower in San Diego, California St. Regis Museum Tower in San Francisco, California disambig ... more details
Telecommunications tower is the generic description of Radio masts and towers built primarily to hold telecommunication s antennas. Telecommunications tower may also refer to several specific towers Telecommunications Tower aka Antel Tower Telecommunication Tower of US Forces Heidelberg Telecom Telecommunication Tower Heidelberg Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg Telecommunication Tower Lohmar Birk disambig ... more details
City Tower may refer to City Tower, Manchester Post & Echo Building City Tower, Liverpool City Tower, Offenbach am Main City Tower Prague City Tower Trnava Sheraton City Tower , a skyscraper in Ramat Gan, Israel Disambig Excess long comment to prevent listing on Special Shortpages ............................................................ pt City Tower ... more details
completed in 1912 Category Beaux Arts architecture in Canada de Sun Tower Vancouver pt Sun Tower zh ...Infobox building name The Sun Tower image Vancouver Sun Tower.jpg image size 250px caption former names The World Building location 100 West Pender Street br Vancouver , British Columbia latd 49.2810 longd 123.1084 iso region CA BC coordinates display title start date 1911 completion date 1912 building type Commercial offices antenna spire roof convert 82.34 m abbr on top floor floor count elevator count 3 cost floor area convert 6,357 m2 abbr on architect William Tuff Whiteway structural engineer main contractor developer owner management references ref emporis 112892 ref ref glasssteelandstone 4733 ref ref skyscraperpage 1865 ref The Sun Tower is a 17 storey convert 82 m abbr on Beaux Arts architecture Beaux Arts building at 100 West Pender Street in Vancouver , British Columbia . It is known for its faux patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. Nine nude muses , the nine maidens supporting the Cornice architecture cornice line can be seen. The terracotta for this building, including the ladies, was made in Tamworth , Staffordshire , England by Gibbs and Canning Limited. History File Sun Tower 1946.jpg thumb left The Sun Tower at night in 1946. The Sun Tower was commissioned .... The exterior of The Sun Tower is used as the Justice League Watchtower Smallville Watchtower in Smallville . The tower has been digitally enhanced to look taller. In certain shots, the tower is the highest ... Future It was announced on March 19, 2008 that The Sun Tower had been sold to new owners on March ... Penner title New owners promise Sun Tower restoration url http www.canada.com vancouversun news business ... accessdate 30 October 2010 ref gallery File Vancouver Sun Tower Dome Detail.jpg Dome Detail File Vancouver Sun Tower Cornice Detail.jpg Cornice Detail File SunOne.jpg File SunOneTwo.jpg gallery See ... more details
cleanup date May 2010 The Ameritrust Tower formerly known as the Cleveland Trust Tower is a brutalist ... Breuer and Hamilton Smith and completed in 1971 in architecture 1971 . The tower faces East 9th Street, and although plans called for a second mirror image tower along Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio ..., the tower, an adjacent historic George Browne Post George B. Post rotunda architecture rotunda , and several ... voted to demolish the tower and to replace it with a new building to be designed by Kohn Pedersen ... 1004&Profile 1004 Ameritrust Tower to come down , Crain s Cleveland Business . 2007 03 29. ref The Cleveland Planning Commission approved demolition of the landmark Ameritrust Tower, to the chagrin of preservationists ... the purchase price plus expenditures made during removal of asbestos and the demolition of the tower ... be cheaper and more prudent to renovate the tower for its own use, but two commissioners ... , for 35,005,000. K&D proposes converting the tower into a hotel and residential building, and plans ... in May or June according to the K&D Group. The Marcel Breuer tower will become a hotel condo complex ... will become a tenant in the new building. The Marcel Breuer Tower will house an Indigo Moon Hotel ... must also be examined by the City of Cleveland s fine arts commission. Also an alleyway named Barn Court ... 7 17 2008 Ameritrust Tower 1997 In 1990, Richard Jacobs with the success of the then Society Center now Key Tower was under construction, Jacobs proposed another tower on Cleveland s Public Square. The Tower would have been owned by the Ameritrust Corporation. They budgeted about 500,000,000 dollars ... Fox or KPF of New York City would have designed the new Ameritrust Tower. Coincidentally, KPF would ... Ameritrust Tower 1971 site. In 1992, Ameritrust merged with Society Bank now KeyBank , obviating the need for the Ameritrust Tower. Had the Ameritrust Tower had been built, The Tower would have had a curved ... as anchor tenants. Tower facts if built Designer Kohn Pedersen Fox NYC Owner Richard Jacobs ... more details
A Tower is a tall human made structure. Tower or Towers may also refer to People Tower surname Towers surname see Tower surname Places Tower, County Cork , Ireland Tower, Minnesota , USA Tower ward , ward of the City of London, England Tower of London , also known as The Tower Companies and organisations Tower Comics Tower Records , a music retailer Tower Records record label TOWER Software Towers Department Stores , Canada Towers Boston University , a dormitory at Boston University Princeton Tower Club , an eating club at Princeton University Tower Limited Tower , a New Zealand based insurance and investment company Mathematics Tower mathematics Tower of fields Other Computer case Computer tower Transmission tower used for electric power transmission Interlocking tower or control cabin, directs railroad traffic Tower Code Lyoko , element of virtual world in animated TV series Alton Towers , a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. Tower album Tower , an album by the Finnish rock band Circle band Circle featuring Verde See also The Tower disambiguation The Towers disambiguation Tower City disambiguation lookfrom Tower disambig br Tour de Tower fr Towers nl Tower pl Tower ru sl Tower ... more details
Millennium Tower may refer to Millennium Tower Abuja , Nigeria Millennium Tower Amsterdam , Netherlands Millennium Tower Belgrade , Serbia Millennium Tower Bratislava , Slovakia Millennium Tower Dubai , United Arab Emirates Millennium Tower Dublin , Ireland Millennium Tower Frankfurt , Germany Millennium Tower Gedinne , Belgium Millennium Tower Las Vegas , United States Millennium Tower London , England Millennium Tower Magdeburg , Germany Jahrtausendturm Millennium Tower New York City , New York Millennium Tower Penang , Malaysia Millennium Tower Rotterdam , Netherlands Millennium Tower Sabadell , Spain Millennium Tower St. Louis , Missouri Millennium Tower San Francisco , California Millennium Tower Tokyo , Japan Millennium Tower Vienna , Austria See also Millennium Point disambiguation disambig cy T r Mileniwm cs Millennium Tower de Millennium Tower et Millennium Tower fr Millennium Tower id Millennium Tower it Millennium Tower nl Millennium Tower ja pl Millennium Tower pt Millennium Tower sk Millennium Tower sv Millennium Tower vi Th p Thi n ni n k ... more details
Rivergate Tower is the new home of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts . See also List of tallest ...File Tampa architectural photos 265.jpg thumb Rivergate Tower Infobox building name Rivergate Tower image caption location 400 North Ashley Street, Tampa , Florida coordinates status start date 1986 completion date 1988 opening building type Office antenna spire roof convert 454 ft m abbr on top floor floor count 31 elevator count cost floor area convert 92,900 m2 sqft abbr on architect Harry Wolf structural engineer main contractor developer owner In Rel Properties management In Rel Properties references ref cite web url http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 677 title Rivergate Tower accessdate 2008 07 03 publisher Skyscraperpage.com ref The Rivergate Tower , also known as the Beer Can Building , is a 454ft 138m tall skyscraper in Tampa , Florida purchased by In Rel Properties in 2011. With 31 floors, it is the sixth tallest building in Tampa. Rivergate Tower s principle tenant is Sykes Enterprises , a publicly traded company that operates technical help and customer support centers internationally. The building was constructed from 1986 to 1988. Designer Architect Harry Wolf based its measurements on the Fibonacci series . ref name rajtar Steve Rajtar, A Guide to Historic Tampa, Florida , History Press, 2007 ref in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. His design for Rivergate Tower was given the 1993 National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. The building is faced in French and Texas limestone, making it one of the tallest limestone ... a bank, Kahwa coffee shop, and the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts on its upper floors File Tampa architectural photos 242.jpg thumb Rivergate Tower, known locally as the beer can building, as seen ... with a total of 731 safe and secure parking spaces. Between the tower and the cube, there is a total ... Chapter placed the Rivergate Tower on its list of Florida Architecture 100 Years. 100 Places ... more details
Image Appleton tower looming.jpg right thumb Appleton Tower under renovation, 2006 seen rising above the courtyard also under repair of the David Hume Tower Appleton Tower is a tower block in Edinburgh , Scotland , owned by the University of Edinburgh . History When the University developed the George Square site in the 1960s a huge swathe of Georgian Edinburgh was demolished, leading to accusations of cultural vandalism and megalomania. The Appleton Tower was intended as the first phase of the proposed interlinked Fundamental Science buildings, in a development that would have covered much of the South ... 1876 1976 ref p66, fig.22 . The Tower was named in posthumous honour of physicist Edward Victor Appleton ... concrete and pebble imbedded slabs is attached to its southern side. The tower s completion in 1966 created a symbolic manifestation of Appleton s vision for integration of the arts and sciences, with twin towers, David Hume Arts and Appleton Sciences , dominating the University s Central area .... The Tower was left isolated and without a proper entrance, as this had been intended to be via connection to further construction. Appleton Tower was built to allow first year science students ... and 6 8 were also renovated in 2007. Recladding The Tower s external cladding of pre cast concrete ... a proper entrance, and integrate the Tower with the surrounding environment of Edinburgh s Southside ... of the interior renovation of Appleton Tower coincides with further development of the surrounding area ... the ugliness of the Appleton Tower as one of the wonders of the world ref http www.sykes.easynet.co.uk ... . The Tower did not make the final twelve. Later, in the same year, Historic Scotland considered ... Use for Research on Primates The restricted top floor of Appleton Tower was home for some years to a laboratory ... wiki Appleton Tower Edinburgh University CompSoc &ndash Appleton Tower http news.bbc.co.uk 1 shared ... appleton tower blitzandblight.com Appleton Tower University of Edinburgh coord 55 56 40 N 3 11 ... more details
Infobox building image Blackpool Tower geograph.org.uk 774987.jpg image size 230px name Blackpool Tower ... 1894 structural engineer Heenan & Froude architect Maxwell and Tuke building type Observation tower, Radio tower management Blackpool Council, Merlin Entertainment Group Blackpool Tower is a tourist ... SD 306 360 . Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it rises to 518 feet & 9 inches 158m . The tower ... of Great Towers Blackpool Tower publisher World Federation of Great Towers url http www.great towers.com towers index us.html accessdate 2007 11 01 ref The tower is a Listed Building Grade 1 listed building . ref name BT81 90 cite web title Blackpool Tower Heritage Trail 81 90 publisher Blackpool Tower url http www.theblackpooltower.co.uk facts.htm accessdate 2007 11 01 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... 28 September 2007 ref Construction File Blackpool Tower 1893.jpg thumb 200px left Blackpool Tower under construction in 1893 The idea for the tower came when Blackpool Mayor John Bickerstaffe commissioned ... Exposition Universelle World Fair of 1889 and was impressed by the Eiffel Tower. When he returned ... in the town. ref name WBOD14 cite web title Blackpool Tower, the great icon of British Victorian ... Tower Company Limited , registered on 19 February 1891. ref name WBOD14 Two Lancashire architects, James Maxwell and Charles Tuke, designed the Tower and oversaw the laying of its Foundation architecture ... buried beneath it. ref name BT71 80 cite web title Blackpool Tower Heritage Trail 71 80 publisher Blackpool Tower url http www.theblackpooltower.co.uk facts.htm accessdate 2007 11 01 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... 28 September 2007 ref By the time the Tower finally opened on 14 May 1894, both men had died. ref name Icons001 cite web title The story of Blackpool and its Tower publisher Icons url http www.icons.org.uk theicons collection blackpool tower biography biography accessdate 2007 11 01 ref The total cost for the design and construction of the tower and buildings was about 290,000. ref name ... more details
Maiden Tower may refer to Maiden Tower Baku , Azerbaijan Maiden s Tower , Turkey Maiden Tower Jabrail , Azerbaijan disambig az Q z qalas d qiql dirm ru ... more details
Harris Tower may refer to Harris Switch Tower , an interlocking tower in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harris Tower Atlanta , building that is a part of Peachtree Center in downtown Atlanta, Georgia disambig ... more details
Dominion Tower can refer to several buildings, either currently and former named Dominion Tower Dominion Tower Miami Dominion Tower Norfolk Formerly named Dominion Tower Benson Tower New Orleans EQT Plaza Pittsburgh See also Toronto Dominion Bank Tower , Toronto, Ontario disambiguation ... more details
about the tower in Mainz the trilogy by Dennis L. McKiernan The Iron Tower File Eisenturm Mainz2.jpg thumb 200 px The Iron Tower The Iron Tower lang de Eisenturm is a Middle Ages mediaeval tower dating to the early 13th century, and modified in the 15th century, which with the Wood Tower and the Alexander Tower is one of three remaining towers from the city walls of Mainz , Germany . Its name derives .... The Iron Tower served as a watchtower and gate to the city, and later as a gaol . It was badly damaged in World War II and reconstructed in the 1960s. Today it houses various organisations and arts ... Tower was built in this phase of construction, as one of a total of 34 gate towers and watchtowers ... at the base of the tower dates to the first half of the 13th century, probably around 1240. ref ... of the 15th century, the tower was raised to 6 storeys. Towards the end of the 16th century or possibly ... was moved to the so called Little Iron Door Eisent rlein in a smaller building attached to the tower. In the 18th century, the Iron Tower was enclosed on the Rhine side by a wall. This remained until ... until 1945. File Eisenturm3.jpg thumb left 150 px The Iron Tower around 1900, enclosed by a wall Mediaeval and modern uses Until the 16th century, the Iron Tower was one of the towers and gateways ... was heavily used and was the trading centre of the city. Thus the Iron Tower and the other Rhine side towers of the city the Wood Tower, Fish Tower, etc. formed a secular counterbalance to the many ... the tower, giving it the name by which it is still known. Beginning in the 17th century, the upper storeys of the Iron Tower were used as the main gaol of what was then the France French city of Mont ... 3 May 2011 de icon ref In 1900, the Iron Tower was to be torn down, but was saved by the Mainz ... In World War II, the entire centre of the city, including the Iron Tower, was severely damaged. After an air raid in February 1945, the roof and interior of the tower were completely destroyed by fire ... more details
Crystal Tower may refer to Crystal Tower Dubai , a building in Dubai Dubai City . Crystal Tower Amsterdam , a 95 meter high rise in Amsterdam See also Torre de Cristal Portuguese and Spanish for Crystal Tower disambig id Crystal Tower ... more details
of Arts degree in political science . Tower worked as a radio announcer for a Country music station in Taylor, Texas Taylor , east of Austin, during college and for some time afterward. Tower, however ...Infobox Senator name John Tower image name John Tower.jpg imagesize 181px jr sr United States Senator ... John Goodwin Tower September 29, 1925 &ndash April 5, 1991 was the first Republican Party United ... which time he was appointed as the chairman of the Ronald Reagan Reagan appointed Tower Commission that investigated .... Early life, education, and military service Tower was born in Houston, Texas Houston to Joe Z. Tower 1898 1970 and Beryl Tower 1898 1990 . Joe Tower was a Methodist minister, and John traveled wherever ... County , in southeast Texas in the spring of 1942. Tower was active in politics as a child ... was running unsuccessfully for Attorney General of Texas attorney general . Yarborough and Tower ... Lyndon Baines Johnson on a campus visit while Johnson was the local congressman. Tower left college ... from the military in 1989. ref http www.southwestern.edu library tower biographical sketch.htm Biographical Sketch of John Goodwin Tower , Southwestern University retrieved on September 25, 2008 ref ... of Arts postgraduate Master of Arts degree from SMU in 1953. While a professor at Midwestern University, Tower met Lou Bullington, whom he married in 1952. A California native, Lou was the organist ... March 13, 2011 date 1965 05 ref Family life in Wichita Falls, Texas John and Lou Tower had ... 1955 , and Jeanne 1956 . The couple divorce d in 1976. During this same period, Tower established ... of Eastland, Texas Eastland , Texas, between 1964 and 1967. Tower put in an appearance at the offices ... single for the remainder of her life, Tower married Lilla Burt Cummings in 1977. The couple separated ... Democrat , Tower became a Republican in college about 1951. He rose quickly through the ranks ... nationwide as the Senate Majority Leader , won the election against Tower. As John F. Kennedy s running ... more details
About the Detroit skyscraper Cadillac Tower the attached skyscraper complex approved for construction Cadillac Centre the New Center Detroit skyscraper Cadillac Place Infobox building name Cadillac Tower image BarlumTowerDetroit.jpg image size 200px completion date 1927 architectural style Beaux Arts architecture Beaux Arts building type Office location 65 Cadillac Square br Detroit, Michigan br USA coordinates roof convert 133.4 m ft abbr on top floor antenna spire convert 176.2 m ft abbr on floor count 40 floor area architect Bonnah & Chaffee nrhp Infobox nrhp name Barlum Tower embed yes nrhp type image caption location Detroit, Michigan lat degrees 42 lat minutes 19 lat seconds 53 lat direction N long degrees 83 long minutes 2 long seconds 51 long direction W locmapin area built 1927 architect Bonnah & Chaffee Otto Misch Co. architecture Late Gothic Revival added July 27, 2005 governing body Private refnum 05000737 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts architecture Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located at 65 Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, Michigan Detroit , Michigan , not far from the Renaissance Center . The building s materials include terra cotta and brick . It was built in 1927 as the Barlum Tower and has 40 floors, including two below ground. At the top of the tower is a tall guyed mast for local ... up from Cadillac Square Park Cadillac Square . Cadillac Tower was the first building outside New ... Tower s decorative cornices and parapets are of varying heights. The corner spires rise to a height ... Tower s owner Northern Group, Inc., announced plans for Cadillac Centre , a 150 million mixed ... File CadillacTowerDetroit2.jpg The tower from Detroit File CadillacTowerDetroit.jpg Cadillac Tower from ... s Profile on Cadillac Tower http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 118551 Cadillac Tower at Emporis.com http www.ctwr.com index.html Official Cadillac Tower Website Architecture of metropolitan Detroit ... more details
bow arts in balfron tower.php Bow Arts In Balfron Tower , Londonist , 17 March 2009 ref A major photographic ...Infobox building name Balfron Tower image Balfron tower.jpg image size 200px image alt caption Balfron Tower, a prominent example of Brutalist architecture Brutalist housing image map map alt map caption ... Balfron Tower is a 27 storey housing block in Poplar, London Poplar , a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London , United Kingdom UK . It forms part of the Brownfield ...?id 469483&search y Balfron Tower at Listed Buildings Online website ref Design Balfron Tower is convert ..., residents or visitors would take a lift to the 12th. The lift shaft sits in a separate service tower, also containing laundry rooms and rubbish chutes, and joined to the residential tower by the seven walkways visible in the picture. The service tower is topped by a boiler room. In 1985 the original ... clear all Carradale House File Vasilis UK 1999 2007 010.jpg thumb Carradale House, with Balfron Tower behind it File Vasilis UK 1999 2007 006.jpg thumb Balfron Tower seen from Carradale Carradale House ... House complementing the height of Balfron Tower. ref name CH list The block is convert 37 ... 3280 Carradale House at Skyscraper News ref The building has a similar podium to Balfron Tower, albeit ... of access at every third floor. Like Balfron Tower, the robust nature of the detailing to this building ... and Teviot estates. History Balfron Tower was designed by architect Ern Goldfinger and is associated ... what he learnt to his design for the similar and more famous Trellick Tower in West London . Goldfinger s studio later added Glenkerry House on the same estate, complementing Balfron Tower and Carradale ... Online website ref Carradale and Glenkerry Houses were also included in the Balfron Tower Conservation ... b3ca 4d82 a024 d760f4859e52&version 1 Balfron Tower Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Guidelines , Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 2009 11 23 ref The listing continues to attract comment ... more details
for the Pere Ubu compilation Terminal Tower album Infobox building name Terminal Tower image Terminaltower1.jpg image size 250px caption The Terminal Tower complex in 1987 location 50 Public Square br ... 250px Lobby off Public Square The Terminal Tower is a landmark skyscraper located on Public Square ... in the world when it was completed. The Terminal Tower stood as the tallest building in North America outside of New York City from its completion in 1930 until 1964. It is part of the Tower City ... properties work office buildings Pages terminal tower.aspx title Terminal Tower accessdate 2010 09 ... billion in 2010 dollars by the Van Sweringen brothers , the tower was to serve as an office building ... on convert 280 ft m adj on caissons. Designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White , the tower was modeled after the Beaux Arts architecture Beaux Arts New York Municipal Building by McKim, Mead, and White . The Terminal Tower opened in 1928, two years before the entire Union Terminal ... the completion of the main building of Moscow State University in Moscow in 1953. The Terminal Tower ... Tower Prudential Center in Boston, Massachusetts was completed in 1964. The building s height ... kHz signal. In the 1980s, a plan to build a taller building than the Terminal Tower was put forward, but was rejected by city officials who wanted to keep the Terminal Tower as the city s tallest building. The building, the BP Building , was scaled down, and the Terminal Tower remained the tallest building in Cleveland until the completion of Key Tower in 1991. Observation deck On a clear ... an illegal weapon. ref cite journal last Joy first Ted title The Siege of Terminal Tower journal ... ref cite news first John last Petkovic coauthors title Terminal Tower observation deck reopens to the public url http www.cleveland.com goingout index.ssf 2010 07 terminal tower observation dec.html ... last Ischay coauthors title Gallery Terminal Tower observation deck reopens url http photos.cleveland.com ... more details
Devil s Tower may refer to Devils Tower National Monument , a monolith in Wyoming Devil s Tower Gibraltar a watchtower in Gibraltar where fossil remains of Neanderthal s were discovered Devil s Tower oil platform Devil s Tower mast Teufelsturm , main antenna mast of Bodenseesender Devils Tower Tasmania , an island in northern Bass Strait, Australia Devils Tower in List of mountains in Lewis and Clark County, Montana Lewis and Clark County, Montana Devil s Tower, a 12th century watch tower in Yelabuga , Tatarstan disambig ... more details
Infobox building name The L Tower image L Tower under construction March 2012.jpg completion date est completion Topping out Spring 2013 br Completion Summer 2013 building type Residential location 1 Front Street Toronto Front Street East br Toronto , Ontario , Canada latd 43 latm 38 lats 47 latNS N longd 79 longm 22 longs 35 longEW W iso region CA ON coordinates display title roof convert 202 m ft top floor antenna spire floor count 58 floor area elevator count architect Daniel Libeskind developer Castlepoint Realty Partners Ltd. references ref emporis 1151551 ref The L Tower is condominium development under construction in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Designed by architect Daniel Libeskind , the structure will be located adjacent to the heritage designated Sony Centre for the Performing Arts , itself a Modern architecture modernist icon of the city at the corner of Yonge Street Yonge and Front Street Toronto Front Streets . It will not be built atop the existing building, as has been mistakenly thought. small ref name Knelman Citation last Knelman first Martin title Partnership saves a city landmark and adds a new one newspaper Toronto Star date 26 October 2009 url http www.thestar.com comment article 715566 accessdate 26 October 2009 ref small The project, which Groundbreaking broke ground in mid October 2009, is expected to be complete in late 2012 early 2013. small ref name Knelman small Developers The building is being developed by three builders, Cityzen and Castlepoint Realty Partners Limited of Toronto and Fernbrook Homes of Concord, Ontario . See also List of tallest buildings in Toronto Sony Centre for the Performing Arts References reflist 2 Commonscat L Tower Toronto skyscrapers Category Residential skyscrapers in Toronto Category Modernist architecture in Canada Category Buildings and structures under construction ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Coit Memorial Tower nrhp type image Coittower1.jpg caption Coit Tower with statue of Christopher ... Local refnum 07001468 ref name nris NRISref version 2010a ref File Coit Tower aerial.jpg thumb upright 1.25 Coit Tower in 2008, looking WSW Coit Tower is a convert 210 ft m adj on tower in the Telegraph Hill, San Francisco Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco , California . The tower, in the city ... History publisher Stagecoach Pub. year 2003 isbn 0966005392 pages 86 ref The art deco tower, made ..., plus two additional paintings installed after creation off site. The tower was not designed ... of the day, in particular with Knickerbocker Engine Company Number 5. History Coit Tower was paid for with money ... days of the city s history. The tower took five years to construct. Before December 1866, there was no city ... in her name. One was Coit Tower, and the other was a sculpture depicting three firemen, one of them ... Tower murals were done under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project , the first of the New ... of the San Francisco Art Institute California School of Fine Arts CSFA , including Maxine Albro, Victor ... by its Rockefeller Center patrons for the inclusion of an image of Lenin, the Coit Tower muralists protested, picketing the tower. Sympathy for Rivera led some artists to incorporate leftist ideas and composition ... on large scale video projections onto the exterior of Coit Tower, in 2004, 2006, 2008 & 2009. ref cite news url http articles.sfgate.com 2009 11 23 bay area 17182135 1 coit tower projectors film work The San Francisco Chronicle first Justin last Berton title Tower of films to recall Alcatraz takeover ... view from the top of Coit Tower The tower, which stands atop Telegraph Hill in San Francisco s Pioneer ... Francisco Bay . File coit tower lombard street.JPG thumb View from Lombard Street Getting to Coit Tower Due to the extreme topography, the parking lot at the top of the hill is only accessible by one road, Telegraph Hill Boulevard via Lombard Street. Because Coit Tower is such a popular tourist ... more details
Infobox building name Alpha Tower image The Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street geograph.org.uk 1754637.jpg caption Alpha Tower from Centenary Square building type Commerce Commercial architectural style structural system location Birmingham , England coordinates coord 52 28 43 N 1 54 23 W type landmark scale 1000 region GB display inline,title start date 1969 completion date 1973 demolition date height convert 100 m ft 0 floor count 28 main contractor architect George Marsh architect George Marsh of Richard Seifert Richard Seifert & Partners structural engineer services engineer civil engineer other designers quantity surveyor awards Grade A Listed building Locally listed buildings locally listed Alpha Tower is a commercial building in Birmingham , England . It was built to a design by George Marsh of Richard Seifert Richard Seifert & Partners as the headquarters of the commercial television company Associated Television Network ATV and part of the companies production studio complex known as ATV Centre . Now operated by the developers GVA Grimley , it provides office space for a number of companies and organisations, including Network Rail , Birmingham Arts Marketing , Jacobs Engineering , Glide Utilities, and the Criminal Cases Review Commission . Birmingham City Council vacated the building in 2010. It is a landmark and is a Grade A Listed building Locally listed buildings locally listed building. It was nominated for listed building listed building status by The Twentieth Century Society in 2002, although the owners applied for a Certificate of Immunity from Listing . ref http ... 2002 ref An adjacent shorter tower was planned but was never built. ref http www.birmingham.gov.uk ELibrary ... of the tower that was not built is now proposed as the location for another, but taller building ... studio facilities at ATV Centre. V Building will be 147 metres tall. The tower featured ... image removed Image Alpha Tower 1.JPG thumb right Alpha Tower at ground level. List of highrise buildings ... more details
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