1. BP’s Helios House Gas Station - Los Angeles, Cal.
2. Justin Timberlake’s Golf Course/Lodge - Woodstock, Tenn.
3. Nestle Pure Life Water Bottling Plant - Boiling Springs, Tenn.
4. Logan Airport Terminal A - Boston, Mass.
5. Toyota Car Dealership - Rockwall, Tex.
6. Antilia Tower - Mumbai, India
7. Civic Center Parking Garage - Santa Monica, Cal.
8. Vacation Home Development
- Las Vegas, Nev.
9. Spaceport America - New Mexico
10. Every Fancy New Building - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1- Conde Nast Building
4 Times Square, Manhattan, by Fox & Fowle Architects, 1996-1999. This 866-foot-tall skyscraper in the heart of Times Square is what Bell calls “environmentally correct,” with state-of-the-art air quality and energy conservation systems.
2- Brooklyn Museum
Entry pavilion and plaza, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn , by James Stewart Polshek, 2004. The glass and steel circular structure modernized the museum’s imposing 19th century Beaux Arts facade while making it inviting and accessible, a suitable centerpiece for Brooklyn’s burgeoning hipster art scene.
3- Prada New York
575 Broadway, near Prince Street, Manhattan, by Rem Koolhaas, 2001. A wave of zebrawood is the centerpiece of Prada’s flagship store, in Soho. “It displays the merchandise, it doesn’t sell it,” said Bell.
4- Rose Center for Earth and Space
At the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, Manhattan, by James Stewart Polshek, 2000. This illuminated 87-foot-diameter sphere, which appears to be floating in a huge glass cube, houses the Hayden Planetarium and Space Theater.
5- Apple Store Soho
103 Prince St., Manhattan, by Ronnette Riley and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2002, with Apple’s creative team, including CEO Steve Jobs and others. If you’re looking for the Apple Store on Prince Street, you’ll be forgiven for doing a double take or maybe even walking right past it. The exterior is a 1920s stone and brick post office, with the original “STATION A” signage above the entrance. The inside is distinguished by clean, white space and an inviting glass staircase to a glass bridge upstairs.
6- Grand Central Terminal
42nd Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan, by Reed & Stern and Warren & Wetmore, 1903-1913, restored by Beyer, Blinder & Belle, 1998. The famed train station’s Beaux Arts Classical design is known for its arches, clock, constellation ceiling and cathedral windows. The building’s beauty was restored in a project completed in 1998, and the corridors were enlivened with exhibition space and interesting places to eat and shop. Free tours ($10 suggested donation) sponsored by the Municipal Arts Society, Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.; meet at the information booth on the main concourse.
7- Morgan Library Expansion
33 E. 36th St., at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, Renzo Piano, 2006. Piano’s expansion of the Morgan Library, a 1906 Beaux Arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White, is considered one of his masterpieces, with glass walls linking the old and new.
8- Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Ave., at 42nd Street, Manhattan, by William Van Alen, 1930. This building is not as well-known as the Empire State Building, but Bell thinks it should be (even though it doesn’t have a public observation deck). It’s a phenomenal example of Art Deco architecture that is both elegant and fun, from the distinctive tiered crown, easily picked out from the city skyline, to the enormous gargoyles shaped like radiator caps.
9- Hearst Building
951-969 Eighth Ave., near 56th Street, Manhattan, by Sir Norman Foster, 2004. This 42-story tower was built atop the original six-story home of the Hearst media empire. The diagonal gridwork and see-through glass panels, with no vertical supporting columns, make this sleek design unique in the world.
10- Seagram Building
375 Park Ave., near 53rd Street, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (design architects) and Kahn & Jacobs (associate architects), 1958. “It was this building that transformed our skyline,” said Bell. The building is a perfect glass box, elegantly proportioned and set back 90 feet from the street.
According to MSN
10. Aggravated allergies. Higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures associated with global warming are also playing a role by prodding plants to bloom earlier and produce more pollen.
9. Animals are moving up to higher land. This is mostly due to changes in their habitats caused by global warming.
8. Arctic natural life is blooming sooner. The ice melts earlier in spring, and higher levels of the form of the photosynthesis product chlorophyll in modern soils than in ancient soils shows a biological bloom in the Arctic in the recent decades.
7. Lakes are disappearing. The permafrost underneath the lakes probably thawed out so the water in the lakes can seep through the soil, draining the lake, and the ecosystems they support also lose their homes.
6. Layer of permanently frozen soil is thawing under the ground’s surface. This causes holes and occurs unevenly, so damage is done to structures such as railroad tracks, highways and houses.
5. Animals playing “survival of the fittest.” The plants are blooming earlier each year, meaning unless animals can reset their internal clocks and get into the open earlier each year, most of their food will be gone and they may not have sufficient time to produce offspring.
4. Less dense atmosphere and less drag. More carbon dioxide emissions causes more of its kind in the air, which, in turn, causes more cooling and again, in turn, causes the air to settle, leaving the atmosphere less dense with less drag.
3. Mountains are growing taller. As glaciers melt, weight that normally pushed against the Earth’s surface is now lifted and the surface slowly springs back up.
2. Ruins are being destroyed. Rising seas and extreme weather can completely destroy temples, ancient grounds and other artifacts, such as Sukothai, which was once the capital of a Thai Kingdom.
1. Forest fires. Canada and the United States are suffering from an extreme number of forest fires, which are due to warmer temperatures and snow that melts earlier, the latter which causes the grounds to stay drier for longer, giving flames more opportunities to develop.
According to LiveScience.com
1. Aaron Parnes
2. Moshe Piller
3. Emmanuel Ku
4. David Somerstein
5. Hank Freid
6. Nicholas Haros
7. Belmax (Chaim Wachsman & Moishe Beilush)
8. Frank Palazzolo
9. Barry Singer
10. Eshel Management (Zvi Kaufman)
Source: NYCWorstLandlords
1 - London - United Kingdom
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2 - Tokyo - Japan
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3 - Paris - France
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4 - Moscow - Russia
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5 - New York - United States
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6 - Hong Kong - China
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7 - Frankfurt - Germany
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8 - Geneva - Switzerland
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9 - Bombay - India
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10 - Milan - Italy
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Source: BBC
1 Canadian National Tower, Toronto, Canada
2 Ostankino Tower, Moscow Russia
3 Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China
4 Menara Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5 Central Radio & TV Tower, Beijing, China
6 Tianjin TV Tower, Tianjin, China
7 Tashkent Tower, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
8 Liberation Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait
9 Fernsehturm Tower, Berlin, Germany
10 Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas, United States
According to Quia.com
1 - First Canadian Place : 298m/978ft, 72 stories - 1975
2 - Scotia Plaza : 275m/902ft, 68 stories - 1988
3 - TD/Canada Trust tower : 261m/856ft, 53 stories - 1990
4 - Commerce Court West: 239m/784ft, 57 stories - 1972
5 - Toronto-Dominion Centre : 223m/731ft, 56 stories - 1967
6 - Bay Wellington Tower : 207m/679ft, 49 stories - 1991
7 - Royal Trust Tower : 183m/600ft, 46 stories - 1969
8 - Royal Bank Plaza : 180m/591ft, 40 stories - 1979
9 - Manulife Centre : 166m/545ft, 51 stories - 1974
10 - Maritime Life Tower : 154m/504ft, 39 stories - 1985
Source: SkyscraperPage
1 - 1000 de la Gauchetière : 205m/673ft, 51 stories - 1992
2 - 1250 René-Lévesque : 199m/653ft, 47 stories - 1992
3 - Tour de la Bourse : 190m/623ft, 47 stories - 1964
4 - Place Ville-Marie : 188m/617ft, 45 stories - 1962
5 - Tour CIBC : 187m/613ft, 45 stories - 1962
6 - 1501 McGill College : 158m/519ft, 36 stories - 1992
7 - Complexe Desjardins South Tower : 152m/499ft, 40 stories - 1976
8 - Place de la Cathédrale : 146m/479ft, 34 stories - 1987
9 - Tour Telus : 140m/459ft, 34 stories - 1962
10 - Marriott Château Champlain : 133m/436ft, 38 stories - 1967
Source: SkyscraperPage
10. China World Trade Center - 2005
Beijing, China
Stories: 80
Height: 1,083 feet / 330.1 meters
9. John Hancock Center - 1968
Chicago, US
Stories: 100
Height: 1,127 feet / 343.5 meters
with spire: 1,500 feet / 427.2 meters
8. Aon Center - 1973
Chicago, US
Stories: 83
Height: 1,136 feet / 346.3 meters
7. Tuntex 85 Sky Tower - 1997
Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
Stories: 85
Height: 1,140 feet / 347.5 meters
with spire: 1,240 feet / 378.0 meters
6. Empire State Building - 1931
New York City, US
Stories: 102
Height: 1,250 feet / 381.0 meters
with spire: 1,472 feet / 448.7 meters
5. Jin Mao Building - 1998
Shanghai, China
Stories: 88
Height: 1,255 feet / 382.5 meters
with spire: 1,380 feet / 420.6 meters
4. Two International Finance Centre - 2003
Hong Kong, China
Stories: 90
Height: 1,255 feet / 406.9 meters
with spire: 1,364 feet / 415.8 meters
3. Sears Tower - 1974
Chicago, US
Stories: 108
Height: 1,450 feet / 442.0 meters
with spire: 1,730 feet / 527.3 meters
2. Taipei 101 - 2004
Taipei, Taiwan
Stories: 101
Height: 1,470 feet / 448.1 meters
with spire: 1,667 feet / 508.1 meters
1. Petronas Towers - 1998
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Stories: 88
Height: 1,483 feet / 452.0 meters
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