THE CONSERVATION OF WATTS TOWER 1761-1765 East 107th Street Watts‚ Los Angeles‚ California Watts Towers Treatment Start: 1978 Treatment: Ongoing Frank Preusser‚ Senior scientist‚ LACMA Conservator: Sara Dorsch Type: Outdoor Yard Building Media: Concrete Structure Size: Use: Historic Site Owner: Cultural Affairs Department‚ Watts Towers Arts Center and tours The Watts Towers‚ Towers of Simon Rodia‚ or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town")‚ are within the Simon Rodia State Historic Park‚ in
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Q.1 Write a note on specific Vs diffused Culture. Ans. A specific culture is one in which individuals have a large public space they readily let other enter and share and a small private space they guard closely and share with only close friends and associates. A diffuse culture is one in which both public and private spaces are similar in size and individuals guard their public space carefully‚ because entry into public space affords entry into private space as well. Austria‚ the UK‚ the US
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building the towers fell over. What people tend to over look when it comes to causes of disasters are the things that lead up to it. In my opinion there were many things that could have been done to prevent the attacks of that fateful day. In this case I am not talking about preventing the event from occurring but I am talking about preventing the tower from falling down. There are things that could have been done leading up to during and after the attack that would have prevented the towers from tumbling
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Tower crane manufacturer Wolffkran has acquired UK rental company and Wolffkran distributor HTC Plant from owner PC Harrington. The deal‚ for an undisclosed sum‚ was signed on 14 May and includes the fleet of more than 200 Wolff tower cranes‚ mostly luffers‚ and the 370-strong workforce will be retained‚ Peter Schiefer‚ Wolffkran owner told. The acquisition coincides with HTC’s 40th Anniversary as Wolffkran dealer for the UK. HTC Plant has a turnover of more than £40 million (US$ 60 million) and
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the park have been researched and experimented upon‚ to evaluate the physics of the ride. The Tower of Terror II is one of the rides that has been looked upon and tested on. The Tower of Terror II is an L-shaped ride‚ the ride consists of a 6000kg cart (7000kg with the maximum 14 passengers) that travels horizontally across a track raised four metres above the ground until it travels vertically up a tower measuring 119 metres‚ it then enters a state of free-fall and returns to the starting position
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York‚ developed concentrated groups of towers that prevailed the city skylines‚ as cathedrals had done centuries earlier in other parts of the world. The origin of the skyscraper or structures of large heights can be traced throughout architectural history. Though the phrase “skyscraper” was not a coined description‚ there were still buildings and structures of large scale‚ “scraping the skies”. The Egyptian pyramids‚ the Tower of Babel‚ the Leaning Tower of Pisa‚ and even the Pagodas‚ being
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outrageous achievements of Taiwan‚ creating a magnificent masterpiece of architecture and engineering – Taipei 101. It is also known as Taipei Financial Centre‚ consisting of a high rise tower with usable 101 floors above ground and 5 floors underground and rest on 30‚277m2 land.[1] (Binder‚ G. pg 27) The whole commercial tower also consists of adjoined multi-level shopping complex with fashion outlet stores‚ restaurants and clubs. Taipei 101 is a traditional building concept which has been given modern
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the tallest in the entire world when it was completed. Though long since overshadowed by taller‚ more modern skyscrapers‚ the Flatiron Building remains a favorite of New Yorkers and visitors alike. But how much do you really know about this famed tower? Here’s a quick look at the hidden history of the Flatiron Building. The site of the building once housed a hotel and later a residential building in the 19th century. Back in 1899‚ entrepreneur Harry S. Black‚ the CEO of the Fuller Company‚ purchased
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Lord Byron‚ champion of Greek (O) independence‚ could hardly DEPEND have imagined it. Today‚ years after his (56) ….. ‚ 2 mil- DIE lion of his compatriots‚ although less (57) ….. ‚ make HERO the annual (58) ….. to Greece for the ‘Britain and Greece PILGRIM Festival’. The (59) ….. Ambassador speaks of the festival as a BRITAIN (60) ….. of the strong links between the two countries‚ CELEBRATE but also as ‘an (61) ….. to those who wish to create INSPIRE new links‚’ a (62) …
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the worst terrorist attack committed in the United States. The Twin Towers were demolished killing over 400 people and wounding countless others. Attempts were made on the Pentagon (in which people died) and the White House. One will list and explain at least four reasons the NIST report lists as being the reasons the Twin Towers collapsed. Two 767 aircrafts were high jacked and crashed into the North Tower and the South Tower. The impacts set in place the destruction of those two buildings.
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