Top structures that define your state.

LivingIn622 · #1 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 2:34 AM**

here is one...on the states. This includes structures, roads, and mountains.

For Michigan.

1 Mackinack Bridge (Mackinaw)
2 GM Renassiance Center (Detroit)
3 Giant Tire (Allen Park)
4 Penobscot Building (Detroit)
5 Woodward Ave. (Metro to Downtown Detroit)
6 Guardian Building (Detroit)
7 Fisher Building (Detroit)
8 Michigan State capitol (Lansing)
9 Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor)
10 Ambassador Bridge (Detroit)

......And I guess for number 11. IKEA ( Canton)

ColDayMan · #2 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 4:32 AM**

For Ohio:

Ohio Statehouse
Ohio Stadium
Terminal Tower
Carew & Central Trust
Union Terminal
A Roller Coaster
Marblehead Lighthouse
Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame/Football Hall of Fame (the lemon squeeze!)
An Appalachian scene with stagecoach buildings
A Courthouse...anywhere

Exodus · #3 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 1:55 PM**

Alabama:

1. Alabama State Capital Bldg. - Montgomery
2. RSA Tower - Mobile
3. Wachovia Bldg. - Birmingham
4. AmSouth Bldg. - Birmingham
5. RSA Bldg. - Montgomery
6. Saturn Rocket - Huntsville
7. Rocket at the Alabama Welcome Center just north of Huntsville
8. Vulcan Statue - Birmingham
9. Renaissance Tower - Florence
10. Dauphin Isle Bridge - Dauphin Isle

Tom Servo · #4 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 2:15 PM**

illinois

0. wrigley field (chicago)
1. crown hall (chicago)
2. jhc (chicago)
3. farnsworth (plano)
4. inland steel (chicago)
5. 860-880 (chicago)
6. marina city (chicago)
7. reliance (chicago)
8. robie house (chicago)
9. the auditorium (chicago)
10. once you leave the city, who cares about the rest of the state?? (chicago)

besides farnsworth, there is no reason to be anywhere else in illinois.

Dac150 · #5 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 8:26 PM**

^^^^^^^^
Where is Sears?

I have a question for you Adrian: Do people in Chicago consider for the most part the JHC more beloved than Sears? I've noticed that Chicago forumers as a whole give the JHC more affection over Sears.

Tom Servo · #6 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 9:58 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dac150

^^^^^^^^
Where is Sears?

I have a question for you Adrian: Do people in Chicago consider for the most part the JHC more beloved than Sears? I've noticed that Chicago forumers as a whole give the JHC more affection over Sears.

fuck sears... jhc is the greatest skyscraper ever built. period. sears is just black and tall... it looks cool, but that's it.

Dac150 · #7 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 10:01 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdrianXSands

fuck sears... jhc is the greatest skyscraper ever built. period. sears is just black and tall... it looks cool, but that's it.

Interesting.

LivingIn622 · #8 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 10:57 PM**

At resturants in Chicago. They'll have pictures of the Hancock and say how it's the most symbolic building of Illinois and all that. So I think the JHC is more important to chicagoans than the sears.

LivingIn622 · #9 Posted **Jan 11, 2008, 11:00 PM**

Thanks to coldayman and for his ohio structures. He reminded me I forgot about michigan staduim. Which is the largest college football stadium in the country. Ohio stadium

ColDayMan · #10 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 2:17 AM**

Well, Ohio Stadium is certainly superior architecturally, historically, and aesthetically to Michigan's bowl in the ground.

Evergrey · #11 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 3:03 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by LivingIn622

here is one...on the states. This includes structures, roads, and mountains.

For Michigan.

1 Mackinack Bridge (Mackinaw)
2 GM Renassiance Center (Detroit)
3 Giant Tire (Allen Park)
4 Penobscot Building (Detroit)
5 Woodward Ave. (Metro to Downtown Detroit)
6 Guardian Building (Detroit)
7 Fisher Building (Detroit)
8 Michigan State capitol (Lansing)
9 Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor)
10 Ambassador Bridge (Detroit)

......And I guess for number 11. IKEA ( Canton)

So there is nothing in Grand Rapids that qualifies?

Austinlee · #12 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 4:57 AM**

West Virginia: Worlds Largest teacup in Chester.

Ayreonaut · #13 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 5:50 AM**

The State of Alberta:

-Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)
-Saddledome (Calgary)
-That big train bridge down by Deathbridge (Lethbridge)
-Calgary Tower (Calgary)
-COP, Canada Olympic Park (Calgary)
-Provincial Legislature (Edmonton)
-Oil derricks lit up at night (anywhere)
-Any large ornamental pieces (Easter Egg, Ukrainian Sausage...)

brickell · #14 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 6:38 AM**

Florida - just off the top of my head

1. Cinderella's Castle
2. VAB or one of the launch pads at Kennedy
4. Colony Hotel
5. Bok Tower
6. The Breakers Hotel
7. Sanibel Lighthouse
8. 7-mile Bridge
9. Don Cesar Hotel
10. Fort Jefferson

LivingIn622 · #15 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 6:48 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evergrey

So there is nothing in Grand Rapids that qualifies?

No, not really. There are a few nice buildings like amway grand plaza and riverfront towers(I think) but they're nothing special.

edluva · #16 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 9:14 AM**

California:

1. Golden Gate Bridge
2. Hollywood Sign

that's about it as far as structures go. the remainders (eg transamerica, googie architecture, case study homes, etc) define california cities better than they define california itself.

Dragonfire · #17 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 4:29 PM**

Just because you don't like the Sears Tower doesn't mean it doesn't identify your state. I think when most people think of Illinois they think of Chicago and then the Sears Tower.

Anyways, for Texas (these aren't in any order, just in the order I thought of them)

1. Texas State Capitol (Austin)
2. The Alamo (San Antonio)
3. Astrodome (Houston)
4. DKR Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin)
5. Johnson Space Center (Houston)
6. JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
7. Tower of the Americas (San Antonio)
8. Williams Tower (Houston)
9. Interstate 35 (State-wide)
10. Dealey Plaza (Dallas)
11. River Walk (San Antonio)

Dolemite · #18 Posted **Jan 12, 2008, 6:19 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dac150

^^^^^^^^
Where is Sears?

I have a question for you Adrian: Do people in Chicago consider for the most part the JHC more beloved than Sears? I've noticed that Chicago forumers as a whole give the JHC more affection over Sears.

Most people identify with the Hancock Center.

seaskyfan · #19 Posted **Jan 13, 2008, 4:26 AM**

Some for Washington

Space Needle - Seattle
State Capitol - Olympia
Floating Bridges (Hood Canal and Lake Washington)
Washington State Ferries
Columbia Center - Seattle
Suzallo Library/Red Square @ UW - Seattle
Tacoma Narrows Bridges
Seattle Central Library
Tacoma Dome - Tacoma
Grand Coulee Dam
Pike Place Market - Seattle

NehemiahNesheim · #20 Posted **Jan 19, 2008, 12:25 AM**

For Minnesota

1. The Mall of America (Bloomington)
2. The Foshay Tower (Minneapolis)
3. The IDS center (Minneapolis)
4. The Wells Fargo Center (Minneapolis)
5. Wells Fargo Plaza (St. Paul)
6. The First National Bank Building (St. Paul)
7. The Metrodome (Minneapolis)
8. Mayo Clinic (Rochester)