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The contractor that's erected windmills across Maine has reached a big milestone.
Police in central Pennsylvania say a prankster who scaled a 400-foot radio tower to hang a bedsheet from an antenna needs to see a doctor right away.
When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing board or rising from the sands.
Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.
American Tower Corp., one of the nation's largest owner of cell phone towers, on Tuesday said net income for the third quarter rose 11 percent on the back of strong growth for its tower rental and management revenue.
Despite the recession, plans for the new 50-story headquarters for Devon Energy Corp. took another step toward reality Tuesday as company officials and civic leaders gathered for a formal groundbreaking ceremony.
The developer building the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai says cladding work on the shiny silver-colored tower's outside is complete.
New York City's Planning Commission says a proposed tower next to the Museum of Modern Art is too high.
Two radio station towers near Seattle that have generated intense local opposition were toppled early Friday in an act of sabotage that bore the initials of the radical Earth Liberation Front.
The investigation into a contaminated ground zero skyscraper where two firefighters died in 2007 has turned up a money-laundering scheme, authorities said Tuesday.
The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades.
Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.
The city's Fire Department disciplined seven fire commanders Wednesday over mistakes that led to a 2007 blaze at a contaminated ground zero skyscraper that killed two firefighters.
Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building officials who announced Wednesday that the skyscraper would undergo a $350 million green renovation.
More than a thousand balloons released to mark the Eiffel Tower's 120th birthday have dotted the Paris sky and turned the heads of tourists waiting to visit the monument.
Visitors to the top of the tallest building in North America soon won't be able to avoid looking straight down.
Authorities arrested a 56-year-old man on suspicion of firing a rifle at the town's water tower, causing about $15,000 in damage. The Benton County Sheriff's Office said the man was arrested on suspicion of impairing the operation of a vital public facility and for criminal mischief. Both are felonies.
Many flights bound for Atlanta's airport were being diverted Thursday night after a tower was briefly evacuated after a lightning strike, which was followed by a power failure, a federal spokeswoman said.
A strike by security workers shuttered the Eiffel Tower for a second day Thursday, frustrating tourists hoping to view Paris from its balconies.
Spring has arrived and it is time for a makeover of France's most emblematic edifice. Once every seven years, every crevice, nut, bolt and beam of the Eiffel Tower is re-painted by hand.
Even without the name, the symbolism of the Freedom Tower as an American response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks was hard to miss.
Saturday would be a great time to be an astronaut with a window seat in a rocket ship circling the earth.
For Chicagoans it may be the architectural equivalent of having to watch Michael Jordan finish his career in a Washington Wizards uniform: The Sears Tower is turning into something called the Willis Tower.
Blaming a battered real estate market, debt-laden Tribune Co. is giving up on plans to raise cash by selling its iconic headquarters on Chicago's Magnificent Mile — at least for now.
A model of refined simplicity on the outside, the iron lady that symbolizes Paris is a complicated piece of work inside her elegant A-line figure.
UPDATE 1-SL Green refinances New York's Times Square tower | ReutersThe new five-year, floating rate mortgage was provided by a syndicate led by The Bank of China. It replaces the former $625 million mortgage that was due to mature in November 2010 with longer-term financing, SL Green said.
Economy Is Down, but Dubai Tower Tops AllFor all the towers that give shape to Dubai's skyline, the city-state still hails the addition of each new one as a reaffirmation of its reach-for-the-skies spirit.
World's tallest building, Burj Dubai Tower, opens as a golden era closes The building will sport the fastest elevators in the world, traveling at 10 meters per second (22 miles per hour). They will also be double-decker elevators, with each deck supporting up to 21 people.
Design Plans for Midtown TowerRochester's Midtown Tower will be a place to live and work. We'll learn more about the vision and the design for the structure Monday Morning.
Mobile Phoneelectronic device popularly known as mobile phone which is also known as cell phone.
Sears Tower Now Named Willis TowerSears Tower is history. As of Thursday, the iconic Chicago, Illinois, skyscraper is now named Willis Tower. At least that's what the owners of the 110-story skyscraper now call it after its new main tenant, the London, England-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings.
Man accidentally destroys Big Ben tower of cards A man accidentally destroyed a 7ft foot high model of Big Ben which had been painstakingly created from 600 decks over five days. There's a video
5 Convicted, 1 Acquitted In Terror Plot6 indiviudals are charged with plotting a terrorist plot to blow up the Sears Tower, five are convicted. After his acquital Naudimar Herrera said "I love you all. You all stay healthy, because we're going to come back and do this again.
George W. Bush Is A Terrorist-Teaching The American People How To Take Back Their Government"On September 11, 2001 at 8:35 A.M. the first passenger jet flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center. At 9:03 A.M. the second jet flew into the south tower of the World Trade Center. When George W.
Owners drop Freedom Tower name for new WTC skyscraper- The agency that owns the space where the World Trade Center towers stood is freeing itself of the term "freedom" to describe the signature skyscraper replacing the buildings destroyed on September 11, 2001.
Skiers trapped as Canada gondola collapses More than 50 people have been evacuated from a gondola at Whistler ski resort in Canada after a tower supporting the cables partially collapsed last night. One of the gondola cars hit a bus shelter, while two more were left dangling when the tower collapsed.
Israeli "Auto-Kill Zones" Locked & LoadedThe Sentry Tech towers are basically remote weapons stations, stuck on stop of silos. "As suspected hostile targets are detected and within range of Sentry-Tech positions, the weapons are slewing toward the designated target," David Eshel describes over at Ares.
Tower climbing: deadliest job in U.S.Eight fatalities resulting from falls from tower structures have occurred this year. This article discusses the growing consensus that Tower Climbing is the deadliest job in the United States.
New York may get own rotating skyscrapermagine the view: a penthouse apartment that rotates on command to catch sunrise over the East River and sunset over the Hudson. It sounds like a vision from a futuristic novel, but it could be coming to New York.
Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor Self-Rotates, Powered by Wind and SunItalian architect David Fisher is building his first skyscraper, the Dynamic Tower, and it happens to be one of the most ambitious construction plans since the Pyramid of Khufu.
Skulls reveal Tower's exotic inmatesThe lions that terrified and delighted royalty, nobles and minions in the Tower of London were part of a subspecies that is now extinct.
Secrets of Cambridge 'porn' library revealed For decades generations of Cambridge undergraduates have fantasised about a secret stash of Victorian pornography in the university's library tower.
Scaffold Collapse at Trump SoHo Tower Kills 1One person was killed this afternoon in a scaffolding collapse at the Trump SoHo hotel and condominium tower under construction in Manhattan, city officials have confirmed.
Japan Unveils World's Tallest Elevator-Testing TowerThe 173m-high (567ft) structure is called Solae and dominates the skyline of Inazawa City. The company says it will use the tower to conduct research into high-speed elevators to serve the next generation of super-tall buildings.
Town's Water Supply Drains From Bullet Holes Town doesn't have enough water from drought-bullet holes drain the rest..
7th confirmed case of Cowboy Fever strikes public. The Dark Tower adaptation for Marvel Comics is coming to a close soon. Check out this preview and catch up if you haven't. It's sick.
Stephen King of the Wild WestMarvel Comics' acclamed adaptation of Stephen King's Dark Tower is thrilling audiences and selling out at Diamond, issue after issue. Check out this new cover for Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born #4 by Uncanny X-Men's Billy Tan.
World's Tallest Lego TowerCalifornia Legoland visitors have built the world's tallest Lego tower. They used 465,000 Lego bricks to create a 94.3ft high pirate ship mast.
Immortal Defense is a story-based tower defense game. The classic elements of tower defense are there: players place towers strategically to fight off waves of "creeps", preventing them from getting to the end of the path.
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