Dear John, The Grollo Company planned to build a kilometre high building in Melbourne. There was a lot of talk about this two years ago � but they have gone very quiet since. I don't know if this idea is still being considered but I think that the proposal may have died.
I asked my wife what she could remember of this project and she recalled that the Grollo Company had either funding or government approval problems here. She thinks that the design was last heard of in the Arab states � perhaps Dubai. Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia on 2003-02-28 10.23, kilopascal at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2003-02-27 > > But, still not as tall as Canada's 550 m CN tower. > > Also, didn't we just read recently that somewhere in Australia someone was > going to build a 1 km high structure? > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, 2003-02-27 16:51 > Subject: [USMA:24959] Re: Building at Ground Zero 1776 feet high > > > Dear Han, > > It was reported here as: > 'It will be 1776 feet (541 metres) tall � a figure chosen because it will > remind Americans of the year they gained their independence' > > Later, the article went on to say: > 'The twin towers of the World Trade Centre were 411 metres high. At 541 > metres the Liebskind spire will be taller than Malaysia's 452-metre twin > towers, the world's tallest building'. > > The words foot and feet were not mentioned in the article again. > > I don't know about you, but I think that I would prefer to have an engineer, > fully versed in SI, build a new building instead of a numerologist! > > Cheers, > > Pat Naughtin LCAMS > Geelong, Australia > > on 2003-02-28 06.12, Han Maenen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I just heard on the news that the building that will arise at Ground Zero >> will be 1776 feet high: corresponding with the year of American >> independence. >> >> Han >> Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands >> > >
