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Old Posted: Mar 28, 2010, 6:00 PM
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Your cities' obelisk(s)

"all good cities have obelisks; that way, when they aliens invade, they'll know which cities to spare." - a friend of mine while walking around and we saw an obelisk

go ahead and post pics. all pics here by me

Houston - the world's tallest



Washington D.C. - the most famous?





London



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Asheville



Birmingham, AL



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Knoxville, TN



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Charleston, SC



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Old Posted: Mar 28, 2010, 6:57 PM
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Too bad about that beautiful obelisk in Houston being in the middle of nowhere...
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Old Posted: Mar 28, 2010, 7:25 PM
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Calgary's Shaw Millenium Park, a large skateboard park on the west edge of downtown. The obelisk was supposed to have a laser beam pointing to the stars at night, but I don't know what happened to that big idea. The pic is 3 years old, I have a much better camera now, so I should do a new and improved shot.




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Old Posted: Mar 28, 2010, 8:15 PM
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Too bad about that beautiful obelisk in Houston being in the middle of nowhere...
not exactly the middle of nowhere...it's by the shipping channel, and on the San Jacinto battle site where the Texans beat the Mexicans to win independence.

it would look better closer to the city.

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Another view of Asheville's obelisk, (aka the "Pack Square Priapism") from the stage at the far end of Pack Square Park.



Our obelisk is called the Vance Monument and honors Zebulon Baird Vance, an Asheville native who served as governor of North Carolina during the Civil War. The obelisk was erected (tee hee, I said "erected") in the 1890's, but it stands at the spot where Asheville was established in 1793.
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We have plenty of obelisks, at least as tall as the shortest one shown here, up in the massive northside cemeteries, so we are ok. The aliens already checked us out in 2000, if you recall. It was only the Illinois side police departments that gave a shit and called it in.
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I think we've got one of those. Does this count?


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I believe Houston's is the second tallest
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Houston still has the Pioneer Memorial Obelisk in Hermann Park

http://www.flickr.com/photos/euthman/300235500/

And does the obelisk in the Rothko Chapel count?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53245583@N00/2812828870
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Old Posted: Mar 29, 2010, 3:08 AM
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I think we've got one of those. Does this count?


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I believe Houston's is the second tallest
nice try but nope, doesn't count.

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^^^ Just curious, but why not? I know it doesn't quite have a pyramid on top, but the Antennae can create the illusion of a pyramidal massing up top.
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^^^ Just curious, but why not? I know it doesn't quite have a pyramid on top, but the Antennae can create the illusion of a pyramidal massing up top.

People live in it or work in it.
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Nothing precludes an obelisk from having interior spaces, an obelisk is a shape, not just a monument. And even if you did use that definition, then you disqualify the Washington Monument because it has usable interior space as well. People work in the Washington Monument; Park Rangers and other staff.
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Nothing precludes an obelisk from having interior spaces, an obelisk is a shape, not just a monument. And even if you did use that definition, then you disqualify the Washington Monument because it has usable interior space as well. People work in the Washington Monument; Park Rangers and other staff.
and there's a museum at the base of the San Jacinto Monument in Houston; so?

Hancock's sides aren't proportional; there's no pyramid on top; no stone/stone cladding; it's a building vs. a monument/tower.

it's obelisk-inspired and obelisk-like, maybe, but not a real obelisk.

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^^^ Ok, just playin' devil advocate, but y'all just jealous of our sweet black obelisk.
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Cleopatra's Needle, Central Park, NYC


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Henry Flagler Monument, Biscayne Bay, Miami

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Homoerotic obelisking in Annapolis
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Obelisk in Stockholm


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I think we've got one of those. Does this count?


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^^^ Ok, just playin' devil advocate, but y'all just jealous of our sweet black obelisk.
Haha, Good man. =)
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