The Bank of America Tower is one of the most eco-friendly buildings on earth. This 1,200 ft. (366 m) skyscraper is located at One Bryant Park and can be seen in the Midtown area of Manhattan in New York City, United States. This building is located at the Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Streets, opposite One Bryant Park. The Bank of America Tower is a US$1 billion project that was designed by COOKFOX Architects. This building was advertised to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. The Bank of America Tower is the fourth tallest building in New York City, after One World Trade Centre, 432 Park Avenue, and the Empire State Building. This building is also the sixth tallest building in the United States.
Flatiron building and safe New York building has been naming as a historic landmark, historic and emblematic monument of NYC. Not only by the age of both buildings, but also for the social impact that it had and continue to have these structures. The Flatiron building was designed by the architects Daniel Burnham, Frederick P. Dunkelberg. It consists of limestone, and Terracotta is horizontally divided into three parts. The use of steel in its construction allows work to reach 87 m of height. The initial design of Burnham was similar building erected, but much more elaborate at the top and with the facades of many steps near the top. It also emphasizes on the dial of a clock, which are
As we approach the forefront of discovering the boundless and unpredictable nature of the universe, it is important that we take a step back and assess our state of mind. Interstellar exploration opens the door to far reaching consequences that even the most intellectually advanced individuals cannot foresee. The chances of encountering a new form of life brings a great amount into question. My research has given me the opportunity to delve into the foundational aspects concerning the actions to take when uncovering a new entity. In “The Conquest of America”, Todorov uses deep academic analysis - as well as a paradox - to highlight how disparities between cultures can engender an attitude that denies alterity. This story serves as a good point of reference for
The building has an innovative structure, as it was one of the first buildings to use a technique of pouring concrete in stages. This was, unfortunately, discovered when the building was 20 stories high. Though, the building is 100 stories high, so it helped the
Trump Tower occupies the former site of the architecturally significant Bonwit Teller flagship store, demolished
Much more than a revolt against British economic regulations, the American Revolutionary War was seen as the first modern revolution and also an inspiration for the European colonies in North American soils. However, in almost every nation in the world, there will be some history of several no matter small or large scale of protests or revolutions. These movements are common all over the world. However, from time to time different historians, or even regular people would have various things to say about protests and revolutions. By dictionary definitions, protest means an event at which people gather together to show strong disapproval about something. Revolution means the usually violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one
The Freedom Tower also known as “One World Trade Center” is the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere, and the fifth tallest skyscraper in our planet earth. The building structure consists of 104 stories can also be described as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center. The Building location is 285 Fulton Street, Manhattan New York, United States 10007, as depicted in the map below Figure 1.
A country’s strength is not based on its successful economy, powerful military or the number of inhabitants it has. A great nation is great because of its people. America was founded by brave and hardworking men and women who traveled to an unknown land to completely start over. My hope is that today's people of America are as courageous as the ones who settled in the land that we now call home. We are supposed to be the home of the brave and I don’t ever want to lose our bravery.
The first story i am referencing is called Reconstructing America. The story kind of reminds me of how people back then of how they were “getting through life”, as easy as we have it nowadays it’s not really that difficult to them to live like we live now and we live like they would back then to us is almost “mistreating”. We are not certain that we would be able to live well enough to stay on our own like they did back roughly 50 years ago.
The U.S. has been a melting pot since the beginning of time. Since Christopher Columbus discovered America different nations such as the British, French, Africa, Mexico, American Indians, and other countries have occupied this nation. Fortunately, overall as a nation we have been able to live in America and still be able to practice our cultures. Although, some people have biases against others beliefs, values, and norms the majority of Americans respect others rights. This is why America is one of the most hated and respected nations in the world. America is made up of immigrants which are why we are the most diverse, innovative, and leading country in the world.
took 61 hours of labor to produce an acre of wheat. By 1900, it took 3 hours, 19 minutes." Overall, the United State's society developed faster than Chinese society and US people could be easy to get rich. By having much capital than Chinese people, Europeans like US people can control the Chinese people and become the domination's group in China.
It’s believed that Sears Tower is an amazing project in skyscraper engineering; however, the architects and engineers are still targeting it of the tallest building in the world. William LeMessurier, a structural engineer, has designed a building that is almost two times taller than the Sears Tower. Robert Sobel, an architect, claims that it’s possible to have a 500-story building with the current
The whole purpose of building the Bank of America Towers is to give businesses a chance to work around a fast pace environment. The tower is in Midtown so its surrounded by other big business companies such as the HBO studios, Rolex, Pandora, Whole Foods, Sprint, Starbucks and more. Mostly Everything about the tower goes head to head with the Empire State Building and every other skyscraper. It is in fact for show, The Significant about this location is that it is in Midtown where everyone works and even where the tourist comes to visit in New York
Before I begin, I’d like to say that American History X is without a doubt the one of the best films ever created to counter prejudice and to promote that any individual has the potential for evil. With that being said, I would like to first start out with the films history: According to the IMDb website, American History X was first released in 1998; the film recounts the narrative of two white siblings, Derek and Danny Vinyard who both shared very diverse times throughout their lifetime. (American History X 1). In addition, the problem with the brothers racisms towards dark-skinned individuals throughout the movie first started after the Vinyard’s father’s homicide by a dark skinned male, Derek being the older brother, was burning inside
The building has a different architectural theme.The desire to be the world's largest building will be made in Empire State Building in New York.
The future has met the present in the Burj Khalifa, which stands today as the tallest building ever built, standing at around 830 metres (2,700 ft) tall. From the top of the Burj Khalifa’s 160 floors, one can see a circumference distance of about 855 kilometres (550 miles). When compared, the highest observational deck of the Empire State Building in New York City, once the tallest building in the world, developed a circumferential view of about 320 km. The 460,000 square meter structure contains residential, hotel, commercial, office, entertainment, shopping, leisure, and parking facilities. With accurate and sophisticated panning, engineers construct and built this larger than life structure in a really short time involving some of the latest construction methods of this era. The concepts used for the Burj Khalifa’s foundation construction, overall structural design, wind engineering, and construction planning have revolutionised high rise construction.