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Leaning Tower of ... New York ?

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:45 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
Is this an optical illusion or is that building actually leaning a bit?
(zoom in top right on building behind clock tower)
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(from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/trave ... tions.html, scroll two thirds down)

Re: Leaning Tower of ... New York ?

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:48 pm
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi
I found it and it's not an illusion, but an actual overhanging part at the top of the Thomson Reuters Building.

With Google Maps fly to the coordinates 40.756376,-73.986729.
Switch to Street View at the marker by dragging the little icon on top of "3 Times Square", turn to face to the West and then look straight up.
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Re: Leaning Tower of ... New York ?

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 12:10 pm
by voralfred
And I thought that the Mycoborer* was at work in NY

(*) private joke understandable only for LMB's fans, sorry...

Re: Leaning Tower of ... New York ?

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:15 am
by E Pericoloso Sporgersi