Monthly Archives: September 2014

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Imagine an entire city; its schools, shops, parks, businesses, homes and ecosystem all inside a single skyscraper. Designed by SURE Architecture, The Endless City took out first place at the international SuperSkyScrapers Awards 2014 competition. The conceptual design has been earmarked as a skyscraper of the future and a way to house the worlds growing population.

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In 1914, the government of New York City took ownership of a Manhattan apartment building belonging to David Hess. The city used a legal power called eminent domain, which allows a government to seize private property for public use—in this case New York City wanted to expand the subway system. Hess fought them and lost, and when all was said and done, his building was torn down, and he was left with a triangle-shaped piece of property. It was about the size of a large slice of pizza.

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