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Mile-high skyscrapers and floating cities that never were
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4-21-2008 10:01 AM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_imaginary_cities?slide=7&slideView=8"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wired.com/img/B62136B5-2C76-498C-AB50-603E56C3D54D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_imaginary_cities?slide=7&slideView=8">if I were a pixel, I know where I would hang my boots</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/04/gallery_imaginary_cities?slide=7&slideView=8"><P> Reality Check: It's just a game. 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4-21-2008
2:03 PM
carrerinyes
Dubai 2019, WOW!
4-22-2008
2:17 AM
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awesome!
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