Tower sights in USA
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Bell Tower
Prominent on Main St is the Bell Tower, a relic from 1856 that was used to summon volunteer firemen.
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Trump Tower
The Donald's 1360ft tower is now Chicago's second-tallest building, though architecture critics have mocked its 'toothpick' look.
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Shark Valley Observation Tower
Halfway along the Shark Valley trail is the 50ft-high Shark Valley Observation Tower, an ugly concrete structure that offers dramatically beautiful views of the park.
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Procter & Gamble World Headquarters
- Cincinnati, USA
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East of Fountain Square is the postmodern Procter & Gamble world headquarters, often called the 'Dolly Parton Towers' due to its resemblance to the country singer's most prominent features.
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Tower of the Americas
Near the Institute of Texan Cultures, you can ride up to the observation deck of the 750ft Tower of the Americas for a predictably breathtaking view, or dine at the Landry's group-owned restaurant on top.
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Caltrans District 7 Headquarters
The hulking Caltrans District 7 Headquarters has windows that open or close depending on the outside temperature and angle of the sun. Santa Monica–based architect Thom Mayne won the 2005 Pritzker Prize, the Oscar of architecture, for this futuristic design.
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US Bank Tower
The tallest of the many office towers in the heart of Downtown's financial district is the US Bank Tower , at 1018ft the tallest building between Chicago and Taiwan. Film buffs might remember it being attacked by an alien spaceship in Independence Day.
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Buckner Building
Climbing Blackstone Rd from the museum, Buckner Building dominates the otherwise picture-postcard view. Once the largest structure in Alaska, the 'city under one roof' looms dismal and abandoned above town; the use of asbestos in the structure has complicated attempts to remodel or tear down the eerie edifice.
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Capitol Records Tower
On Vine, you'll quickly recognize the iconic circular 1956 Capitol Records Tower , one of LA's great Modern Era buildings. Designed by Welton Becket, it resembles a stack of records topped by a stylus blinking out 'Hollywood' in Morse code. Garth Brooks and John Lennon have their stars outside here.
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Electric Light Tower
Electric Light Tower The centerpiece is a half-scale replica of the 237ft-high 1881 Electric Light Tower. The original tower was a pioneering attempt at street lighting, intended to illuminate the entire town center. It was a complete failure but, lights or not, was left standing as a central landmark until it toppled over in 1915 due to rust and wind.
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Begich Towers
Whittier's dystopian townscape is perversely intriguing, and thus well worth a stroll. Start at Begich Towers, visible from anywhere in town, where the 1st, 14th and 15th floors are open to nonresidents. Watching children playing in the cinder-block corridors, you can't help contemplating how much of your private business would be common knowledge if you'd grown up here.
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Seattle Center
The remnants of the futuristic 1962 World's Fair hosted by Seattle and subtitled Century 21 Exposition are still visible nearly 50 years later at the Seattle Center. The fair was a major success, attracting 10 million visitors, running a profit (rare for the time) and inspiring a skin-crawlingly kitschy Elvis movie, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963).
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Travelers Tower
Score the best views of the city and the Connecticut River from the observation deck of the 34-story Travelers Tower, named after its tenant, the Travelers Insurance Company, and once the tallest in New England. The observation deck is free, but only open from May through October, and you have to climb 70 steps along a spiral staircase from the elevator to the deck.
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Hoover Tower
East of the Main Quad, the 285ft-high Hoover Tower offers superb views of the campus. The tower houses the university library, offices and part of the right-wing Hoover Institution on War, Revolution & Peace. At the entrance level there are exhibits on President Herbert Hoover, who was among the first class of students to attend Stanford in 1891. The ride to the top costs around US$2/US$1 per adult/child.
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Wrigley Building
Built by the chewing-gum maker, the white terra-cotta exterior glows as white as the Doublemint Twins' teeth.
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Eastern Columbia Building
The 1929 Eastern Columbia Building is a strikingly turquoise art deco tower that originally housed a clothing store and was recently converted into luxury lofts by the Kor Group, which also operates Maison 140 and other fashionable hotels. Note the gilded sunburst pattern above the entrance and on the tower's clock face. One-bedroom apartments rent for $3000 a month; Johnny Depp allegedly bought the penthouse for a cool $2 million.
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Freedom Tower
The ‘Ellis Island of the South’ served as an immigration processing center for almost half a million Cuban refugees in the 1960s. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was also home to the Miami Daily News for 32 years. The top facade is one of two surviving area towers modeled after the Giralda bell tower in Spain’s Cathedral of Seville – the second is at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables.
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Aloha Tower
Built in 1926 at the edge of the downtown district, the 10-story Aloha Tower is a Honolulu landmark that for years was the city's tallest building. The Aloha Tower's top-floor observation deck offers a sweeping 360-degree view of Honolulu's large commercial harbor. Beneath the tower is the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Today cruise ships still disembark at the terminal beneath the tower.
Take a peek through the terminal windows to see colorful murals depicting bygone Honolulu.
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Tribune Tower
Take a close look when passing by the gothic tower to see chunks of the Taj Mahal, Parthenon and other famous structures embedded in the lower walls.
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Morton Peak Fire Lookout
Jack Kerouac spent a summer as a forest fire lookout during the dharma-seeking days of 1950s American bohemia. Half a century later you too can get a taste of the experience during a night at the Morton Peak Fire Lookout in the San Bernardino Forest.
Back in 2001, the US Forest Service condemned the tower for demolition along with six others nearby. Loath to see a vital part of forest history disappear into memory, the San Bernardino National Forest Association corralled a league of volunteers who meticulously restored the lookouts and maintain them to this day. To help fund the project, they opened up the one on Morton Peak to the curious, stargazers and…
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Carew Tower
- Cincinnati, USA
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Get a bird's eye view from the world's tallest standing pre-WWII tower. The 49th-floor observation deck has a fine art deco interior and affords magnificent views. You can look across the Ohio river to Kentucky or gaze down on Cincinnati's architecture.
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Campanile
The Campanile, officially named Sather Tower, was modeled on St Mark’s Basilica in Venice. The 328ft spire offers knockout views of the Bay Area, and at the top you can stare into the carillon of 61 bells, ranging from the size of a cereal bowl to that of a Volkswagen. Recitals take place daily at 7:50am, noon and 6pm, with a longer piece performed on Sunday at 2pm.
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Cathedral of Learning
- Pittsburgh, USA
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The University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University are here, and the surrounding streets are packed with cheap eateries, cafés, shops and student homes. Rising up from the center of the U Pitt campus is the soaring Cathedral of Learning, a grand, 42-story Gothic tower which, at 535ft, is the second-tallest education building in the world. It houses the elegant Nationality Classrooms, each representing a different style and period, with gorgeous details such as the red-velvet upholstered chairs of Austria; most are accessible only with a guided tour.
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John Hancock Center
Get high in Chicago's third-tallest skyscraper. In many ways the view here surpasses the one at Willis Tower, as the Hancock is closer to the lake and a little further north. Those needing a city history lesson should ascend to the 94th-floor observatory, and listen to the archaic audio tour that comes with admission. Those secure in their knowledge should shoot up to the 96th-floor Signature Lounge, where the view is free if you buy a drink ($6 to $14).
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Crystal Pier
Up in Pacific Beach (or PB) the activity spreads further inland, especially along Garnet Ave, with bars, restaurants and vintage clothing stores. At the ocean end of Garnet Ave, Crystal Pier is worth a gander. Built in the 1920s, it's still home to a cluster of rustic cabins built out over the waves.
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