Have you seen it? The Dark Tower in real life

[ladykatherine]

[MODERATOR'S NOTE:]
This thread is dedicated to everything Dark-Tower-like you've seen in the so-called real life
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[/end note]

I know I'm reading way into this. But please, just humor me for a few minutes.

I give you: the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, and still growing.
160 floors.
707m; 2,320ft. high
Predicted to be 818m; 2,684ft. high when complete.
Expected to be 150% the height of the Sears Tower
Construction began September 21st, 2004 and is predicted to end September 2009.
Building will hold appartements, a full gym (with pool of course), restraunts, etc.
Will also have the world's fastest elevator, approaching at 18m/s.

Let's take a look at this guy:

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/ladykatherine15/450px-Burjdubai20feb.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/ladykatherine15/burj-dubai-at-141-storeys-the-talle.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/ladykatherine15/Burj-Dubai-onlyindubai2-756610.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/ladykatherine15/burj-dubai-sketch.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr233/ladykatherine15/downtownburjdubai-banner_tcm3-232.jpg




Well...are you thinking what I'm thinking?
:rose::rose::rose:
Like I said, I know it's just a coincidence.
But a girl can dream.
What do you think?

[ladykatherine]

damn, I'm having problems with the codes again.
just gimme a sec here...
:orely::P

[Letti]

Yeah, it makes me think of the Dark Tower a tiny bit but not a lot. But I can understand you. (We are DT junkies.)
But I have seen buildings that made me think of the Dark Tower much more.

[Jean]

But I have seen buildings that made me think of the Dark Tower much more.
So have I. I believe this could be the thread for them all, maybe with some alterations to the title.

[Letti]

But I have seen buildings that made me think of the Dark Tower much more.
So have I. I believe this could be the thread for them all, maybe with some alterations to the title.

Amazing idea.

[Jean]

Here's what the Dark Tower looks like in winter:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/533/medium/Photo_126.jpg

[AlishaRiley]

Jean, that's beautiful. :wub:

[Jean]

Yes, but very cold! If you look closer, you'll see small figures around - they are not people, of course, they are the Guardians, but they all had to put on warm coats! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_wink-1.gif

[alinda]

Great!! There is a silo that I pass each evening at sunset this time of year as I return home from work, it stands alone in a firld and at this hour it fairly shouts "look at me, I AM the dark tower!!" I wish I had taken a photo, perhaps now I will!:huglove:

[Letti]

really nice
What's on the top?

[alinda]

Is it a weather vain? One of those which way is the wind blowing apparatuses?

[Letti]

Is it a weather vain? One of those which way is the wind blowing apparatuses?

It looks quite massive and heavy.

[alinda]

Yes I suppose so, at first glance I thought it may be a frozen flag:wtf:

[Jean]

It is a weatherwane, but very heavy indeed. I'll post another photo soon, I have an even better one, only not taken in winter.

[alinda]

Thanks Jean, but it must take an enormous wind to move it!:panic:

[jayson]

This is here in Tampa. It's not dark (in fact, it's white) but it is still a tower that stands out from far away and makes me think of The Tower.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z4Qy4ZOPaGg/SPD3-VADFJI/AAAAAAAAAD4/jVMbToLMjhw/s320/TOWER-Desk.jpg

[alinda]

Nice one ! :D There are quite a lot of Towers in Florida , now I think about it.:wtf:

[jayson]

Nice one ! :D There are quite a lot of Towers in Florida , now I think about it.:wtf:

There are indeed. Bok Tower Gardens (in Lake Wales) is a beautiful place...

http://www.symphonyofart.com/restoration/tower4.jpg

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles11070.jpg

http://static.zooomr.com/images/3321643_4097f16aed_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/486888012_3ed5e6b447.jpg

[mia/susannah]

These pics are great. There is nothing around here that reminds me of the tower. Wish there was.

[alinda]

This tower is on the campus @ UF, decidedly not a dark tower but pretty and it has a bell
thingy in it that plays music...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/65835886_3f2ebf0e0d.jpg?v=0

and here is one in St Augustine that is pretty creepy.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/49700553_bf345e5850.jpg?v=0
the same only darker...
http://goagovt.nic.in/images/phogal/aug.jpg

[Mad Man]

The Dark Tower for me is in the books and rarely in my dreams :borg: I haven't seen a building or a tower which reminds me the one created by my imagination yet....:(

[alinda]

Well the ones above are not what I imagined either, but
in my mind any tower can remind me now if you look at it
in a certain way, like that farmers silo at sunset, it isnt
even a tower proper, but with the sunsetting its like it
suddenly takes on the appearence of our beloved tower
in my mind. ( I know) :panic:

[obscurejude]

This is the bell tower at N.C. State where I go to school.

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/raleigh-nc001.jpg

They light it up red when we have a game.

http://news.ncsu.edu/images/belltower-red2-180w2.jpg

[Letti]

and here is one in St Augustine that is pretty creepy.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/49700553_bf345e5850.jpg?v=0
the same only darker...
http://goagovt.nic.in/images/phogal/aug.jpg

Wow, this one is really something. I wish I could visit it in person.

[alinda]

Oh but you can dear as soon as you come to visit me, I will take you there personally!:wtf:

[jayson]

http://news.ncsu.edu/images/belltower-red2-180w2.jpg

That's a really cool one Ryan!

It looks downright evil swathed in red light like that. :evil:

[Letti]

Oh but you can dear as soon as you come to visit me, I will take you there personally!:wtf:

Sounds way too good. :wub:

[AlishaRiley]

Nice one ! :D There are quite a lot of Towers in Florida , now I think about it.:wtf:

There are indeed. Bok Tower Gardens (in Lake Wales) is a beautiful place...

http://www.symphonyofart.com/restoration/tower4.jpg


Jayson, that looks gorgeous. I wish there was somewhere like that down my neck of the woods. :(

[Darkthoughts]

Aren't the Liver Birds on top of a towery thing? :D Ages since I've been to Liverpool.

[Ste Letto]

I found this online.

It is called The Rose Tower, I kid you not.

It certainly comes close for me.

[AlishaRiley]

Aren't the Liver Birds on top of a towery thing? :D Ages since I've been to Liverpool.

They sure are. :)
It's not really that magical,though. :(

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/vv205/alisha_riley/LiverBuildingLiverpool.jpg

[Letti]

I found this online.

It is called The Rose Tower, I kid you not.

It certainly comes close for me.

what a good catch
and the name makes it even better

[obscurejude]

http://news.ncsu.edu/images/belltower-red2-180w2.jpg

That's a really cool one Ryan!

It looks downright evil swathed in red light like that. :evil:

Yeah, I know. Its just Wolfpack school spirit and all, but it does look evil. Maybe I can remember to take an actual picture myself from some different angles before the semester is over.

[pathoftheturtle]

...I give you: the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, and still growing.
...
Well...are you thinking what I'm thinking?
:rose::rose::rose:
Like I said, I know it's just a coincidence.
But a girl can dream.
What do you think?Coincidence has been cancelled. :lol:
What I started thinking, actually, was about the Tower of Babel... but then, that is something that I sometimes think of when I look at the Dark Tower, too. ;)

[Ka-Shume]

I can't find a picture because its not important enough to be anywhere on the internet, but in a town about 20 minutes from me theres a gigantic.. well it looks like a smoke stack to me anyway, that you can see clearly from anywhere around.

Theres my
(lame)
contribution. Lol.

[///Ficarra]

I think this is my first post here, but we have a tower around here that reminds me of The DT.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3356454156_613324f00b_b.jpg

A friend of mine did a really cool Photoshop of that same tower, complete with a field of roses.

[mia/susannah]

Welcome to the site, ///Ficarra. Great to have you join us. That is a cool tower. Can I ask where it is located?

[///Ficarra]

Naperville, IL. It's called Moser tower. Info here: http://www.naperville-carillon.org/

[Tatts4Life]

Saw this while we were at Luray Caverns over the weekend and thought it looked like the Dark Tower.

[Lily-sai]

Oh.. Gan. :scared: I'm not going anywhere near that place. CREEPY. But a great video, thanks for sharing! (I'm afraid I'll have nightmares tonight. *shudder*)

[Letti]

That cemetery looks beautiful. Really. I might be a pervert to say that but I think cemeteries that are cared of can be really nice and peaceful. This one is very good example.
Thank you for sharing.

[Jean]

Bears love cemeteries! This one was great, too, and so was the Tower - wish it was taller, though. http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_original.gif

[alinda]

:wtf:Coincidence? I think not!:wtf:

[Lily-sai]

I DO love cemeteries. I would dwell in them, if I could. In fact, I cried like a baby when I visited Tolkien's and C.S. Lewis' graves in Oxford. But that pointing thing just creeped me. Too uncanny to be true :)

[///Ficarra]

Sooo...I found this world's version of the Tower. Complete with field of flowers. Not roses, but red nonetheless.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3499170329_23837cc6c5.jpg
I had to take a photo with me in it too. :P

[flaggwalkstheline]

the closest thing ive ever found to the tower itself was more along the lines of its metaphysical aspects
When I was 11 years old, a kid in elementary school, I got kicked in the head while playing soccer
It knocked me out and I was told that I was out for like 30 seconds but I remember seeing just DARKNESS, endless and empty and forever
years and years later, the reading passage about rolands vision at the end of the gunslinger struck an extra nerve in me because of that

[Letti]

Sooo...I found this world's version of the Tower. Complete with field of flowers. Not roses, but red nonetheless.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3365/3499170329_23837cc6c5.jpg
I had to take a photo with me in it too. :P

Oh, I love this pic. beautiful

[Nanidesuka]

the closest thing ive ever found to the tower itself was more along the lines of its metaphysical aspects
When I was 11 years old, a kid in elementary school, I got kicked in the head while playing soccer
It knocked me out and I was told that I was out for like 30 seconds but I remember seeing just DARKNESS, endless and empty and forever
years and years later, the reading passage about rolands vision at the end of the gunslinger struck an extra nerve in me because of that

Wow, that's crazy, but cool!

[///Ficarra]

Oh, I love this pic. beautiful


Thankee-sai. :cowboy:

[Letti]

Oh, I love this pic. beautiful


Thankee-sai. :cowboy:

I love the angle. It makes the that tower look even higher. And stronger.

[Ka-Shume]

Unfortunately couldn't get it all in one picture, had to get close to stuff wasn't obstructing the view and when I got there my little camera phone couldn't get it all. This is a big Tower near me that was supposed to have a rotating restaurant near the top but they never finished it.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i51/Kingangus1/PIC3.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i51/Kingangus1/PIC2.jpg
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i51/Kingangus1/PIC1.jpg

[Letti]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i51/Kingangus1/PIC2.jpg

this one is touchy

[ICry4Oy]

I can't decide if this is a "tower" or just an enormous buttplug :orely:

[Lily-sai]

Bahahahaha. Isn't that a building in London? I've already forgotten its name. erm.

[Chap]

:lol:

The Dark Buttplug?

I'm intrigued :orely:

[DTJunkie]

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7364/2372935057928318dbe4b.jpg

[GirlGoneNineteen]

http://whatimseeing.com/upload/coit_tower_1.jpg

Only tower in my area that I could think of...Coit Tower, San Francisco :drool:

[Bev Vincent]

The real Dark Tower in Keystone Earth, and headquarters of Tet Corporation: 2 Hammarskjold Plaza.

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/midtown/sidestreets/east46th/232hammarskjoldplaza.jpg

[Jean]

the Dark Tower in our park:

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/566/medium/IMG_0950.JPG

[Myste]

^ love it!! :)

[Jean]

bump

[Desmond Toren]

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pa, we always called the huge tower in the middle of the PITT campus "The Dark tower" everytime i saw after i read the books, i though about Roland and his Ka-tet, it can be seen from miles away!http://http://www.aacs-pit.org/images/cathlrng.jpg