Archinumerology
Can't remember if this appeared a while ago (seems familiar):
Historic FeetHaving Freedom Tower rise to a symbolic 1776 feet is a brilliant idea, and not arbitrary at all. I believe that this practice will catch on, so as a public service I would like to propose historically more relevant names for New York's other tallest buildings.
Empire State Building, 1250ft: Stockholm City Building (City founded 1250 AD)
Chrysler Building, 1046ft: Hungarian Pagan Revolt Building (1046 AD)
American International Building, 952ft: Erik Bloodaxe Building (Crowned Norse king for a second time, York, 952 AD)
The Trump Building, 927ft: The King Athelstan Building (Unified England, 927 AD)
Citigroup Center, 915ft: Iberian Famine Center (915 AD)
Trump World Tower, 861ft: Paris Raped Again by Vikings World Tower (Vikings sack the city 845 AD, 856-7 AD, and again in 861 AD)
G.E. Building, 850ft: Feudalism in Europe (F.E.) Building (Feudalism developed 850 - 1000 AD)
CitySpire, 814ft: CharlemagneSpire (Carolingian emperor, Lived 742? - 814 AD)
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, 813ft: Zero Usury Plaza (Usury was prohibited by the Pope (again) at the Council of Mainz, 813 AD)
Conde Nast Building, 809ft: Arabian Nights Building (Harun al Rashid, 5th Abbasid Caliph, 763 - 809 AD; built up Baghdad; was the inspiration for The Book of 1001 Nights)
Bloomberg Tower, 806ft: New Money Tower (China invents paper banknotes, 806 AD)
* Ray, 9/14/2004 01:00:33 PM
