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Chinese skyscraper unveils incredible 350-foot waterfall
N Y Post ^ | 23 July 2018 | Joe Tacopino

Posted on 07/24/2018 6:03:23 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: Little Ray

I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.

That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:

So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man

And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”


41 posted on 07/24/2018 7:54:58 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: jiggyboy

LOL. Yeah, off to reeducation camp for you!


42 posted on 07/24/2018 7:55:47 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Incredibly stupid


43 posted on 07/24/2018 7:57:42 AM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

Everyone’s a critic.


44 posted on 07/24/2018 8:03:26 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

We used to build stuff like that...


45 posted on 07/24/2018 8:08:24 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: super7man

“Wonder what it will look like 5 years from now. I’m guessing similar to the Bejing Olympic complex.”

I went to the Beijing Olympic complex last October - it looks just fine, still in use.


46 posted on 07/24/2018 8:10:46 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: McGavin999

Actually it IS aestatically pleasing. They put an artificial waterfall behind our condo, it too is pleasing. I could stare at flowing water for hours.


47 posted on 07/24/2018 8:27:04 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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To: super7man

“...Wonder what it will look like 5 years from now....
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Well, absent regular cleaning, much of that side of the building will be mossy green.


48 posted on 07/24/2018 8:28:15 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: aquila48

We used to build stuff like that...

Yes, we did.
And sometimes just for the hell of it.

Here is the tip of the iceberg.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ugliest-buildings-in-the-us-2018-1

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.


49 posted on 07/24/2018 8:31:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Better idea: LED-Powered “Waterfall” Transforms Brutalist Tower in Madison

Hundreds of LED nodes were used to power Electric Waterfall, a lighting installation that activated the drab facade of a local eyesore.


50 posted on 07/24/2018 8:35:36 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If I worked in that building - I would have to pee every 15 minutes.


51 posted on 07/24/2018 8:38:38 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Reeses

I like it!
A huge improvement over the existing, but a bit static.

Watch them install it, very fast.
https://vimeo.com/192155690


52 posted on 07/24/2018 8:56:29 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: Palio di Siena

Because you have become so relaxed form the gentle sound of falling water.


53 posted on 07/24/2018 8:58:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: Reeses

Banpo Bridge Moonlight Rainbow Water Fountain Show in Seoul, South Korea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I77vwniNm0g

I’d like to ride this one on my bike.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/6091262569


54 posted on 07/24/2018 9:14:41 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

I didn’t say aesthetically pleasing I said artistically pleasing. Building is too chunky and there is no grace to the waterfall. It is not pleasing to the eye


55 posted on 07/24/2018 9:17:18 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jeffersons)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Because I’m 67 and once I break the seal it’s over.


56 posted on 07/24/2018 9:23:30 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: aquila48

OK, I stand corrected. Uh... how about a comparison to the Great Wall?


57 posted on 07/24/2018 9:55:22 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: super7man

“how about a comparison to the Great Wall?”

That doesn’t look bad either... especially after 2000 years.


58 posted on 07/24/2018 10:00:54 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: McGavin999

I did see that, but I have no business criticizing something from an artistic point.


59 posted on 07/24/2018 1:10:41 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom
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To: aquila48

OK, how about smog in Shenzhen? Maybe not an exact comparison but for now its the best I can do.


60 posted on 07/24/2018 3:40:48 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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