PYONGYANG | Ryugyong Hotel - Reconstruction | 1,083 FT / 330 M | 105 FLOORS - Page 31

Totojuice · #**601** Posted **May 20, 2011, 3:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by gnmpf74

Looks like rush hour in Pyongyang

I like this building, but in this area, it looks like a spaceship

This is breathtaking. I really love it.....reminds me of Chicago in 2025 (?) from "I Am Legend"......

KevinFromTexas · #**602** Posted **May 24, 2011, 11:23 PM**

Read me:

Please make sure that any photos you post in this thread are properly credited like this:

1 - Include the photographer's name/screen name.

2 - Include a link to the page where you found the photos. An image link is NOT enough. You must post a link to the actual page where the photo is located.

Also stay on topic. This thread is for construction updates on the building. It's not meant as a place for political debates over Korea.

TXAlex · #**603** Posted **May 27, 2011, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by phoenixboi08

I wonder if they're having any problems with utilities (electricity to be specific)...that's a HUGE building, and I think the current infrastructure is already pretty strained.
Actually, I like that this building is where it is...makes it that just more interesting to observe.

It's going to have rolling blackouts within itself!

Obey · #**604** Posted **May 27, 2011, 10:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Totojuice

This is breathtaking. I really love it.....reminds me of Chicago in 2025 (?) from "I Am Legend"......

Thats New York City...

BrandonJXN · #**605** Posted **May 28, 2011, 8:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Totojuice

This is breathtaking. I really love it.....reminds me of Chicago in 2025 (?) from "I Am Legend"......

You are thinking of I, Robot. Same actor. Different city.

Obey · #**606** Posted **May 30, 2011, 10:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

You are thinking of I, Robot. Same actor. Different city.

I'm not sure if he is referring to the structure or the fact that there are no people. The structure could remind him of I,Robot (being that it is futuristic and modern) and the ghost town feeling could remind him of I Am Legend (which was after a zombie apocalypse or whatever). I,Robot was in Chicago and I Am Legend was in NYC.

Roadcruiser1 · #**607** Posted **Jun 14, 2011, 11:06 PM**

Sorry about last time. This time I followed the rules. Recent pictures are from 6/5/2011. All credits go to Mike Stuart Wood.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_wood/5831353871/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael...7626833695771/

If you look closely all the glass has been put up except for this little silver of glass on the East Wing.

JDRCRASH · #**608** Posted **Jun 15, 2011, 3:08 AM**

Does this guy also have pictures of the base? Haven't seen up close photos of it in a while.

Roadcruiser1 · #**609** Posted **Jun 15, 2011, 3:14 AM**

No sorry. There aren't any base pictures, but on the top picture you can see the cranes that are mounted on the base if you look closely.

thrillbilly · #**610** Posted **Jun 17, 2011, 3:43 PM**

All fine and nice; only a matter of time before the inevitable collapse of North Korea though.

TANGELD_SLC · #**611** Posted **Jun 17, 2011, 6:42 PM**

Does anyone know if there are plans to make this building safely habitable?

Roadcruiser1 · #**612** Posted **Jun 17, 2011, 7:17 PM**

Read the news article here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8306697.stm

oldpainless · #**613** Posted **Jul 5, 2011, 9:33 PM**

This tower literally scares the hell out of me. I'm putting on my nerd hat here... it could easily be the Galactic Empire's Sith temple on Coruscant.

Puzzlecraft · #**614** Posted **Jul 7, 2011, 2:08 PM**

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirvis/...3065/lightbox/

Roadcruiser1 · #**615** Posted **Jul 7, 2011, 3:50 PM**

We saw that already back in March. It's an outdated photograph. The most recent pictures I have posted are from June.

Totojuice · #**616** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 12:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by Obey

I'm not sure if he is referring to the structure or the fact that there are no people. The structure could remind him of I,Robot (being that it is futuristic and modern) and the ghost town feeling could remind him of I Am Legend (which was after a zombie apocalypse or whatever). I,Robot was in Chicago and I Am Legend was in NYC.

Referring to the structure

kkhuynh · #**617** Posted **Aug 13, 2011, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1

Most recent pictures from Flickr Members Kirvis, and Poliphile. All of them were taken on April 17 & April 24, 2011. Note the recently installed telecommunication rings.

Bet that the camera had to be review more often than the dude's baggages and isn't it ironic that this super tightly restricted country is letting foreigners taking dozens of pictures. While on the other hand, the American CIA can't barely get anything out of it LOL

But overall, DAM! this tower looks like something out off the future. quite a beauty.

Baro · #**618** Posted **Aug 15, 2011, 10:22 PM**

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but this is just a 100% cosmetic job for propaganda purposes, the building its self is a lost cause for any sort of habitation or use still right?

Roadcruiser1 · #**619** Posted **Aug 16, 2011, 3:09 AM**

Nope BBC reported that this building will undergo renovations so it can be used in the future. For now it will just be a shell, because of their economy except for the top which would be used by Orascom for their telecommunications network.

Salakast · #**620** Posted **Aug 23, 2011, 7:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by Baro

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but this is just a 100% cosmetic job for propaganda purposes, the building its self is a lost cause for any sort of habitation or use still right?

Exactly. They've built entire CITIES with no residents just for propaganda purposes. I have a feeling this building will make no money.