Alliterative/Endless KnotSep 3, 2024

Happy #NationalSkyscraperDay! We talk about some of the iconic early skyscrapers in the US in our video on the Manhattan – and about some of the scandals associated with them!

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Skyscraper #Manhattan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7L2B9qj6N8

The Scandalous History of the Manhattan Cocktail

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Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"He wanted this new building to be iconic, and to look different from skyscrapers in the West." - AVERY TRUFELMAN, Supertall 101, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #Supertall101 #NationalSkyscraperDay #AveryTrufelman
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"More skyscrapers have been built in Shanghai in the last 20 years than there are in all of New York City." - VINCE BEISER, Built on Sand, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BuiltonSand #NationalSkyscraperDay #VinceBeiser
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"I lived downtown, and it was like an abandoned city with tall skyscrapers." - BLAKE BAXTER, Tanz Tanz Revolution, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TanzTanzRevolution #NationalSkyscraperDay #BlakeBaxter
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"A skyscraper is almost easier." - ROMAN MARS, Edge Of Your Seat, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #EdgeOfYourSeat #NationalSkyscraperDay #RomanMars
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"And they had moved into a new fleet of gleaming downtown skyscrapers." - ROMAN MARS, Reaction Offices and the Future of Work, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalSkyscraperDay #RomanMars
QuirkyFilmsSep 3, 2023

#GuessTheMovieBuilding #Architecture
#FilmArchitecture #FilmMastodon πŸ“½οΈ 🎬

The answer is the BUILDING (Either in film or in reality).
The film it features in is just the key πŸ”‘ to the answer.

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Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"But it's not, like, a skyscraper." - ZACH CHERRY, Marvel's Agents of C.A.S.T.I.N.G., Dead Eyes #DeadEyesPodcast #MarvelsAgentsofCASTING #NationalSkyscraperDay #ZachCherry
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"He says there are too many skyscrapers!" - ALIX SPIEGEL, Niagara, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #Niagara #NationalSkyscraperDay #AlixSpiegel
Out of Context Podcast QuotesSep 3, 2023
"Even if there were laws to fix every skyscraper in America - it would only address a small part of the bird collision problem." - ROMAN MARS, Murder Most Fowl, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalSkyscraperDay #RomanMars