Got Vertigo? Terrifying Towers & Glass Balconies


	Got Vertigo? Terrifying Towers & Glass Balconies
infidel70
11-2-2009 3:37 PM
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11-3-2009 1:32 AM
lollipop10
The Australian one is beautiful, i had no idea that Melbourne was so big. They're crazy to build buildings that tall.
11-3-2009 7:23 PM
mona
What about the Oriental Pearl Tower? That doesn't even make the list? It's a great one!
11-3-2009 7:25 PM
mona
What about the Oriental Pearl Tower? How did that not make this list? It's a great one! I love these glass bottom lookouts, can't get enough of them!
11-3-2009 7:26 PM
mona
Whoops, sorry about double post. Didn't realise first one went through....
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/11/02/got-vertigo-terrifying-towers-glass-balconies/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/3C266DD1-A2A6-4BB5-8A9B-0063B1AE0E19" alt="cheongna-city-tower" /></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://webecoist.com/2009/11/02/got-vertigo-terrifying-towers-glass-balconies/"><P>All of your instincts may be screaming for you to avoid looking down at all costs, but when you’re this high in the air, the view is just irresistible. Whether you’re clinging for dear life to a rickety wooden rainforest observation tower or staring straight down through a glass floor at city streets thousands of feet below, frighteningly tall spires and lookouts give us humans a look at our environment that our ancestors would never have imagined possible.
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