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Abu Dhabi - skyline

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:29:24 +0000

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Doha skyline

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 19:52:13 +0000

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Dubai skyline

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:09:48 +0000

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Queen Mary 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:48:34 +0000

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RMS Queen Mary 2 (also referred to as the QM2) is a British transatlantic ocean liner. The ship was officially named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary of 1936. Queen Mary had in turn been named after Mary of Teck, consort of King George V. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008, Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner in regular service between Southampton, England, and New York City, United States. The ship is also used for cruising (here seen in DUbai), including an annual world cruise.

Length = 345.03 m
Beam = 41 m (waterline)
Height = 72 m (keel to top of funnel)
Draught = 10.3 m
14 passenger decks (18 total)
Capacity = 2695 passengers + 1253 crew
Installed power = 117320 kW
Tonnage = 149215 GT

skyscraper-dromedary-fence

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:59:05 +0000

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Doha - Qatar

HFF and a great weekend everyone!

night traffic

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 12:45:29 +0000

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View from 148th floor of Burj Khalifa, 555 m, photo taken by my dauther.

Burj Khalifa

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:59:31 +0000

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The Burj Khalifa has been built from 2005 to 2010 and is the tallest building on earth, with a roof height of 828 m and 163 floors. Capitalism in its terminal stage.

Buenos Aires - Plaza General San Martin

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:48:32 +0000

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The Kavanagh Building (Spanish: Edificio Kavanagh) to the right is a famed Art Déco skyscraper in Retiro, Buenos Aires. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a pinnacle of modernist architecture. At the time of its inauguration in 1936, the Kavanagh was the tallest building in Latin America, as well as the tallest building in the world with a reinforced concrete structure. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de la Nación

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 17:40:16 +0000

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Buenos Aires - Argentina
scanned slide, Minolta X700

PANAM - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Wed, 12 May 2021 08:50:16 +0000

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view from Empire State Building - scanned slide, Minolta X700

New York Life Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Tue, 11 May 2021 09:29:30 +0000

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View from Empire State Building to the "New York Life Building", built 1926-1928, neo gothic style, 40 floors, 187.5 m.

Chrysler Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Tue, 11 May 2021 09:29:31 +0000

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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper with 319 m height (top of spire). It is still the tallest brick building in the world, albeit with an internal steel skeleton., completed 1930, 77 floors. It was the tallest building in the world only for 11 months, from 1930 to 1931. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Flatiron Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Mon, 10 May 2021 08:27:11 +0000

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View from Empire State Building:
The so called "Flatiron Building" was built 1902 (!), with 22 floors, 86.9 m. It's situated at the corner Broadway / 5th Avenue. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Lower Manhattan - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Mon, 10 May 2021 08:27:12 +0000

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View from Empire State Building along the 5th Avenue to Lower Manhattan with WTC.
scanned slide, Minolta X700

Empire State Building - the top - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sun, 09 May 2021 09:18:33 +0000

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443.2 m above ground is the antenna's peak. Per the original plans, the Empire State Building's spire was intended to be an airship docking station. The 80th, 86th, and 102nd floors contain observatories. I visited the 86th floor observation deck back then, the higher one was closed for public. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

View from Empire State Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sun, 09 May 2021 09:32:30 +0000

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View from 86th floor observation deck to the east (East River), PANAM-building, Chrysler building, Queensboro Bridge and UN building as landmarks. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

Empire State Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sun, 09 May 2021 09:10:45 +0000

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This is finally the last place I visited during my 1986 journey through the US. Some view of the top will follow to finish this travel report.

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York. The building has a roof height of 380 m and stands a total of 443.2 m tall, including its antenna. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970. Following its collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city's tallest skyscraper until 2012 (!). As of 2020, the building is only the seventh-tallest building in New York City, but sure one of the most beautiful. - scanned slide, Minolta X700

PANAM - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Sat, 08 May 2021 07:43:58 +0000

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In the meantime the name PANAM is gone and the skyscraper is called "MetLife Building". It was built 1960-1963 with 58 floors and is 246.3 m tall. It used to have a rooftop helipad, however it was closed due to a fatal accident in 1977. The MetLife Building was the Pan Am Building from 1963 to 1981 when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company purchased the building from Grand Central Buildings, Inc. The architectural stly is "brutalist".

The old skyscraper in front of the PANAM ist the "Helmsley Building", built in 1929, 35 floors, 172.2 m. Architectural style is a mixture of Art déco, beaux arts and neo gothic. The view is from Park Avenue, looking NE to SW.

scanned slide, Minolta X700

New York - United Nations Headquarters - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Wed, 05 May 2021 09:14:38 +0000

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scanned slide, Minolta X700

United Nations Secretariat Building - 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (Berny) — Wed, 05 May 2021 09:19:27 +0000

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built 1947-1952, 39 floors, 153.9 m