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07-08-2009, 06:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
I want to go visit a skyscrapers roof.
Can you hook up a visit?
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Can you leave the spraypaint at home? |
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07-08-2009, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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The hell are you??
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07-08-2009, 08:11 PM
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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
I want to go visit a skyscrapers roof.
Can you hook up a visit?
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If it just the high view you desire, climb a TV tower. Most of them are actually as tall or taller than the tallest buildings in this country. Many of them are 1500 to 2000 feet. Think of the poor soul that has to climb up there and replace the blinking red light! He climbs all the way up only to remember he forgot his screwdriver! |
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07-08-2009, 08:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KevK
If it just the high view you desire, climb a TV tower. Most of them are actually as tall or taller than the tallest buildings in this country. Many of them are 1500 to 2000 feet. Think of the poor soul that has to climb up there and replace the blinking red light! He climbs all the way up only to remember he forgot his screwdriver!
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Where would one of these towers be?
In rural Illinois? |
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07-08-2009, 09:36 PM
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Rangers FC supporter
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Location: Western Chicagoland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
Where would one of these towers be?
In rural Illinois?
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I believe the tallest one in the world is in South Dakota or some dang place. |
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08-09-2009, 02:20 PM
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Location: Wichita Falls, TX
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Originally Posted by sukwoo
I doubt they'll be visible from the ground.
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Here's a shot I took from street level.
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08-09-2009, 02:24 PM
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Location: Wichita Falls, TX
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I was in northeastern Indiana when this opened. I didn't even know anything about it until I read about it in a local paper a few days after. My wife, my 7 year-old son and I made an unplanned side-trip over to Chicago for a day on July 8th to check this out. Unfortunately I had gray, overcast skies that eventually turned to rain, so I didn't get the kind of pictures I really wanted, but we got to experience it. It was AWESOME!!
1353' straight down!
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08-09-2009, 02:33 PM
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"is thinking about what 2010 will bring"
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I gotta check that thing out
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08-09-2009, 03:17 PM
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Dang I gotta check that out
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08-09-2009, 03:24 PM
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I prefer overcast days.
You're in a cloud
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