Comments on: First All-Glass Building Soon to Rise in City of New York http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/06/first-all-glass-building-soon-to-rise-in-city-of-new-york/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:21:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeffk http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/06/first-all-glass-building-soon-to-rise-in-city-of-new-york/#comment-1052327 Jeffk Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:49:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/06/first-all-glass-building-soon-to-rise-in-city-of-new-york/#comment-1052327 Structurally, it was probably better described as a concrete skyscraper, which are now common. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITIC_Plaza" rel="nofollow">CITIC Plaza</a> is the tallest reinforced concrete tower at 391 m. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/311_South_Wacker_Drive" rel="nofollow">311 South Wacker Drive</a> is the tallest in the US. A friend who worked nearby claimed they poured a floor a day while he watched from his office window. The don't have structural steel girders and beams, but reinforced concrete includes a mesh of steel to hold it together. Here's a current concrete project, <a href="http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=aqua-chicago-il-usa" rel="nofollow">Aqua</a> in Chicago. Structurally, it was probably better described as a concrete skyscraper, which are now common.

CITIC Plaza is the tallest reinforced concrete tower at 391 m.

311 South Wacker Drive is the tallest in the US. A friend who worked nearby claimed they poured a floor a day while he watched from his office window.

The don’t have structural steel girders and beams, but reinforced concrete includes a mesh of steel to hold it together.

Here’s a current concrete project, Aqua in Chicago.

]]> By: sporkinum http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/06/first-all-glass-building-soon-to-rise-in-city-of-new-york/#comment-1052261 sporkinum Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:45:17 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/06/first-all-glass-building-soon-to-rise-in-city-of-new-york/#comment-1052261 Looked on Google earth street view. Looks like it was never built. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2nd+ave+and+11th+st&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ll=40.736023,-73.98541&spn=0.011251,0.027122&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.73038,-73.98638&cbp=2,151.99184994932236,,0,-13.138562890641694 Looked on Google earth street view. Looks like it was never built.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=.....2890641694

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