As for the glass dome over Manhattan, it would likely trap pollution, require maintenance, and cleaning. In the Winter, snow would accumulate on the top, causing strain on the structure, thus requiring removal of said snow.
C’est pas une statue mais à nantes on a un éléphant géant en bois « un robot » qui déambule dans la ville est arrose les gens avec ça trompe on peut même payer pour monter dedans 😂😂
About TAJ MAHAL it was true that the Shah Jahan wanted a black Taj Mahal but the truth is actually the taj resides near the river so to the opposite he wanted to build a plain park where he can see the black impression from the river on full moon day. So it's actually just a shadow of Taj Mahal on river during full moon day. This was concluded by Indian architects because after many years of research they was unable to find the black stone piece and any sign of construction to the opposite of taj
Norman Foster (10:16): I'm a Brit with a soft spot for Norman Foster's designs since I lived for some years in Ipswich UK, very close to his first famous project, the Willis Faber building. Although some people considered Sir Norman's use of reflective dark glass to be "soulless", it has been described as flowing "like a pancake in a pan" in a site with few natural straight lines, as the reflections and internal glimpses changed seamlessly day and night, sometimes catching the internal structure of the building, other times making one aware of passing cars by night or the glimpses of blue sky and other architecture by day. I was fascinated by this even before I knew he was a big-name architect, just from standing outside it and seeing how it played with light and the opposing concepts of internal and external. I'd advise giving a Norman Foster project time to "grow into" its environment as the other finished works have. I love the idea of a dark Taj Mahal reflecting the sorrowing widower's feeling that the light of his life has gone.
Really excellent work. As an old historian, I find it wonderful that you make all of your articles fun and as factual as possible. Nicely done. Keep it up.
17:00 44 presidents have lived in the White House. George Washington never lived there, and only 45 people have been president, as Grover Cleveland is the 22nd and 24th president due to his two non-consecutive terms
When it was finished, the French actually found it to be a "monstrous-like structure" in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. During the World Expo, overwhelmingly positive reviews about the tower from the international community made the French change their mind. That's when they decided to embrace it! 😁
One Parisian hated it so much that he always ate his lunch at the restaurant on the first level of the Eiffel Tower because that was the one place in Paris where he didn't have to look at it.
I always knew Mount Rushmore's bodies were never completed bc the stone was too soft and kept crumbling- time could have also played a part but that was a huge problem on its own
Actually, they just gave up after the designer died and money ran out. Roosevelt is only on there because he was President at the time, and a friend of the designer. There was also supposed to be a congressional library that included the original Declaration.
10:40 I remember seeing one submission with five towers, each of a different height. Each was arranged to look like a hand giving the middle finger, and was angled to face the direction that the leader of the attack was at during the fateful event.
As a South Carolinian the building at 17:32 is the Historic Charleston County Courthouse which was a Hoban design admired by Washington. It was originally the colonial era capitol building and was rebuilt after a fire with the hope of being the State Capitol which ended up being moved to Columbia anyway (a middle-of-the-state compromise city). That intersection of Meeting/Broad St is called "the four corners of the law" because the four historic buildings represent City, County/State, Federal, and Church/Canon law.
The “fun fact” at 3:37 isn’t true, as Benjamin Franklin actually proposed an image of Moses as the National Seal, not a turkey. The myth came from a letter he sent to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, commenting on how the bald eagle is “a bird of bad moral character…” and contrasting it with the turkey, which, according to him, “is in comparison a much more respectable bird…”.
This was actually a really fun and interesting video to watch! Right from the start to the end... love the graphics and funny commentary... Brilliant editing and fast and non boring info. Look forward to learning more by subscribing! Great job!
Wasn't bad enough that they Illegally seized the land from Native Americans of the Black Hills, executed them by the masses, stole the land, and then carved 4 dead white guys on it. Not to mention that Burgois worked and was funded by the KKK. America is really proud of their slave and pillage history.
11:11 Him: when you picture the Lichon Memorial, what descriptors come to mind? Me: Sitting down! Him: Probably words like stoic, proud and dignified, right? Me: Uhm...yeah...exactly what I was thinking
According to a history channel show I watched. When the statue of liberty came to America a lot of Americans did NOT like the statue they thought it was ugly and just not very American. There was more to it but I can't remember it all.
Also mount rushmore is a literral middle finger to the native americans Because that mountain is a part of their culture there is a myth about how the ancestors of the natives emerge from that very mountain The natives intended the faces of their 4 heroes to be on the mountain instead but then well you probably know what happened
@@hackman669 The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie and was completed by his son, John Rennie.[4] By 1962, it was not sturdy enough to carry the increased load of traffic; the bridge was sold by the City of London in April 1968 to make way for its replacement.[5] The purchaser, Robert P. McCulloch, was an entrepreneur and real estate developer who founded Lake Havasu City. He installed the bridge to attract tourists and retirement home buyers to his properties there.
Speaking of architecture, I found a sword that has a glass blade in the basement. I told my dad about it, he said it was a gift from his brother, uncle Chris.
Fun fact the statute of liberty is French and a gift from France to the United States. Built by Eiffel. She has a smaller duplicate not far from the Eiffel tower on the Seine River in Paris. Also Eugene Mercier the founder of the famous champagne had an ego far larger than the tower when he built a massive champagne barrel to compete in the world fair. It has to be dragged by 24 Oxen from champagne with several villages removed along the way. This barrel a larger than life personality can be witnessed in a fun tour of the Mercier champagne house in Epernay France.
When you mentioned the acoustics in the Sydney Opera House I recalled that when finished the acoustics weren't all that good. So they had to spend a considerable sum to fix the errant problem. Anybody have more info on this ?
Greetings, Charles. I remember the opening ceremony for the opera house when I was a spritely lad of eight years old. Your recollection of the acoustics issue is correct. In the original design an acoustics expert calculated that the main hall would only allow for 2000 seats. If they went for the 3000 seats of the original design, the acoustics would be deficient. Therefore, what was meant to be a combined opera and concert hall ended up being just a concert hall. Then there was the minor hall, which was supposed to be for stage productions, ended up being used also for ballet and opera but was not suitable for large scale productions. A cinema and a library ended up being converted to live theatres. There were also problems with the size of the stage, the doors and the elevators. I could go on about the external cladding, the glass wall fixings, the shape of the outer shells and even the electrical switchboards which were not in a good location. The project was started in 1959 and opened, as I say, in 1973. The original estimate for completion was 1963. The estimated cost was AU$7,000,000 (converted currency) but in actuality cost AU$102,000,000. The designing architect was angered by the changes in his design, went back home to Denmark half-way through the project and never returned to Australia again. That's about as much as I know, sorry.
@@lezzman Dear Lezzman, thank you ever so much for your very detailed reply to my comment. I learned a lot. Especially the tidbit about the Danish architect who was so angry he never returned to Australia. BTW I have a Vietnamese foster son who moved to Melbourne many years ago. My wife and her friend visited your country and got to visit with him in Sidney. What a great surprise it was. Good luck to you and stay safe.
@@charlesclager6808 My pleasure. I visited the USA (I am presuming that is your country) in 2001...not long after the terrorist attacks. I stayed with a family I had met on the internet several years before. They were in a small Ohio town and I ended up being the town celebrity for the three weeks I was there. Everybody wanted to see what an Australian looked like. The most memorable part was when I told a 12 year old girl that I was there for the Christmas break. She was astonished to hear that Australia had Christmas at the same time as them because her father told her that we had Christmas in summer! I had to explain how the seasons worked on the opposite side of the world. 😂
@@lezzman OMG lezzman, I live in Reynoldsburg Ohio, a suburb of Columbus !! What town in Ohio did you visit? I am 78 years old and was born and raised in Columbus. But during my working years we lived in Akron and Cleveland Ohio, Freehold New Jersey (when I was working in New York) and Austin Texas. It is amazing about the little girl and Christmas. I too had to explain to my wife about the seasons. Hope to hear back from you. Stay safe.
17:03 Actually, it was home to 44 presidents, as Washington never lived in the White House, and Grover Cleveland lived there for two non consecutive terms.
the statue of liberty was a gift from France to America straight up im pretty sure, then again i could be wrong but i learned in school that it was a thank you gift for us helping them
The supporting structure of that statue was also designed by Eiffel. Who later designed a certain tower. Which originally was supposed to be deconstructed and taken down again...
The Lincoln memorial still looks like a Greek temple^^ They should have stayed with the traditional roof design, though. The square thing makes it look like someone built a box and stuck a ring of columns on it to cover up the box-design
I think the Palmer bridge was rejected because it was unnecessarily complicated. The same goal could have been achieved using only one loop. Forcing a pre-set idea instead of following it's functionality and flow. I wish they would have built the Palmer Bridge, it's genius and very super cool, I see why he went for it!!....But placing form over function simply costs too much to build:)
Adding to the complicated design was how the sliding parts would have worked: would the controls be placed to one side of the bridge, on the banks of the Thames, or under the bridge? Regarding the London Bridge, did you know that the original bridge was sold to somebody from Arizona to construct it near his vacation home site in Lake Havasu City? Yep, that's what happened: all of the bridge was disassembled, its parts numbered, and carted off to its new site in Arizona, then reassembled using the numbered pieces.
Fun Fact: One of the original designs of the Seattle Space Needle included a glass dome at the very top. We would’ve called it “The Seattle Space Dome”
21:00 part of this video reminded me of an old article about my country's Rizal Monument in the capital Manila. There was a design similar to this proposed Washington shrine except it was a huge towering steel pylon (obelisk) to commemorate our national hero's centennial birthday hence "controversial" but it was taken down 2 years later and repurposed somewhere
Susan b should most definitely be put on the mt rushmore also maybe even martin luther king tbh they both need yo be on rushmore they both signify 2 very big events in the usa
French sculptor Paul Landowski is the artist who sculpted Christ the redeemer in Rio, it was in collaboration with civil engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and architect and sculptor Gheorghe Leonida.
wow, that elephant reminds me of Le Miz the book (it has been some years since 4th grade so I may not remember things correctly). There was an elephant statue that was abandoned and Gavrosh (not sure if that's the correct spelling) was living there.
I woild love gigant elephant in Paris.I think word trade center as hashtag would look great. Lincoin's ziggurat with gardens on each condignation would look awesome. James Dimond's whitesouse design looks great especially that staircases. Burdge califa in reflective fabric is not good idea, just imagine vibrations made by wind blowing at it and how mutch stress would it put on the building. Manhatan dome isn't a bad idea, it reminds me of tranton from Asimovs "Foundation" the only problem is that it probably would heat too much in summer.
That one about the bridge is simple. The boat has to stop in the middle of the bridge, and boats never tend to stay in one place when they stop. So the bridge might have been destroyed with the first ship coming through
Yes, brother now you see the light. I heard they are building a monument to, I think it is, Running Bull. Anyway the monument has been under construction for years and is done by private funds of native.
Another one: The Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge was nearly completed but there was still the question of painting the bridge. The U.S. Navy wanted it to look yellow with black stripes, like a bumblebee. The Army Air Corps wanted a striped bridge too, but white and pink, like a candy cane. The current orange paint was chosen for two reasons. First, it looked nice. And second, it made the bridge easy to see in the fog.
We have a giant elephant statue in my city but it's because Jumbo was killed on our train tracks a long time ago. Idk why my city is so proud of that though lol😅
They halted construction of the Washington Monument is also why the stone is a different shade of white partway up, as they couldn't use the original material anymore
I would fear the eventual failure of "The Fish Bowl" if they started to encase cities in them. I also couldn't imagine the hectic scene found at the ground level of any city OUTSIDE their dome where all the snow would've accumulated that would've fallen to the ground would end up. I'd imagine the cost of clearing the Several YARDS DEEP of snow around the exterior perimeter of the dome (If even possible) would be more of an issue than having to plow streets. If the heat of the dome melted the snow you'd probably see massive flooding as it waterfalled down around the structure. Absolutely horrible idea if there wasn't billions of dollars of drained planned.
Black Taj Mahal and the city within the dome would be amazing... Tho I wonder if that dome would have some kind of heating mechanism that would prevent snow from piling up on the dome surface, making it pitch black in a broad day.
Inasmuch as it would have been more expensive, I would have preferred the initially proposed design of the Washington monument. That to me would have been more interesting.
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Imagine in an alternate universe, all of the forgotten designs are the main designs and our designs would've been considered bizzare
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"The Paris Guillotine was could've been this pointy pole"
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that's a fun thought!
The black Taj Mahal wouldve been amazing. I'd love to see that.
Yes I agree that would've been cool
@@multiple_errors4053 yeah,i mean im 16. Im from Indonesia and my English is kinda bad
It would be awesome if they had done it or even if they carried out his wishes today. It would be like yin and yang.
@@cooltubes547 yes that would've been perfect 💜
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As for the glass dome over Manhattan, it would likely trap pollution, require maintenance, and cleaning. In the Winter, snow would accumulate on the top, causing strain on the structure, thus requiring removal of said snow.
Wow, that is very true I never even thought of that. If it was me I would have built that and so many problems would have went along with it.
Not to mention.. it would act like a giant magnifying glass...
If it was a true dome, and held heat under it, it would almost never accumulate snow. Think of a metal roof.
@@dwaynewilliams3077 they meant glass tho and not sure but there is a chance that natural elements could break the glass.
@@dwaynewilliams3077 What about a greenhouse effect under it?
Be amazed should be on the mountain because I find their videos comforting and fun to watch. I like learning new things
Fun fact: the Statue of Liberty wouldn’t be scared because the Statue of Liberty was made in France.
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Ha ha true 😂
The Statue of Liberty is in America
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So was Louis XVI
Being French, I think it would have been nice to have a huge elephant statue.
C’est pas une statue mais à nantes on a un éléphant géant en bois « un robot » qui déambule dans la ville est arrose les gens avec ça trompe on peut même payer pour monter dedans 😂😂
Does Europe have elephants?? 🤔
@@Abhishek-zq7ur Only in Zoos, Elephants come from Africa and Asia.
@@kiwitrainguy thats what i thought!! in our culture elephants are indispensable 🐘🥰
I know a lot of French, but I'm American. Salut.
Love all the little animations, like the egypt statue rolling its eyes, the birds crashing into the Burj Khalifa, the Mascot shaking its head etc 👍
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About TAJ MAHAL
it was true that the Shah Jahan wanted a black Taj Mahal but the truth is actually the taj resides near the river so to the opposite he wanted to build a plain park where he can see the black impression from the river on full moon day. So it's actually just a shadow of Taj Mahal on river during full moon day. This was concluded by Indian architects because after many years of research they was unable to find the black stone piece and any sign of construction to the opposite of taj
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The imprint of the black Taj Mahal can be seen on Google maps just across the river from the actual Taj Mahal.
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The reason why Tower bridge is not that thing, is because in the 19 century road traffic stoping was less important
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14:40 But hey! That's just a theory! A BRIDGE theory!
I knew someone would comment this lmao
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Norman Foster (10:16): I'm a Brit with a soft spot for Norman Foster's designs since I lived for some years in Ipswich UK, very close to his first famous project, the Willis Faber building. Although some people considered Sir Norman's use of reflective dark glass to be "soulless", it has been described as flowing "like a pancake in a pan" in a site with few natural straight lines, as the reflections and internal glimpses changed seamlessly day and night, sometimes catching the internal structure of the building, other times making one aware of passing cars by night or the glimpses of blue sky and other architecture by day.
I was fascinated by this even before I knew he was a big-name architect, just from standing outside it and seeing how it played with light and the opposing concepts of internal and external. I'd advise giving a Norman Foster project time to "grow into" its environment as the other finished works have.
I love the idea of a dark Taj Mahal reflecting the sorrowing widower's feeling that the light of his life has gone.
Really excellent work. As an old historian, I find it wonderful that you make all of your articles fun and as factual as possible. Nicely done. Keep it up.
it's one of the few lists chanels that is not outright bullshit.
THAT'S The New York City 🗽🏛️🕍⛪🕌🏯
Historian yet you think it's okay to call him a bigot ? She wasn't a president or a founder so sully his name even more than Americans already have?
One person I want to be praised on Mount Rushmore is Adolphe Sax. He created my fav instrument The Saxophone. Pls pin this so everyone knows
Thank you for the research and the audio-visual work. Professionally done and educational.
17:00 44 presidents have lived in the White House. George Washington never lived there, and only 45 people have been president, as Grover Cleveland is the 22nd and 24th president due to his two non-consecutive terms
The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary. It was slated to be disassembled after a few years. So many people liked it, that it became permanent.
When it was finished, the French actually found it to be a "monstrous-like structure" in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. During the World Expo, overwhelmingly positive reviews about the tower from the international community made the French change their mind. That's when they decided to embrace it! 😁
Sounds like how the drug war was sold to us.
One Parisian hated it so much that he always ate his lunch at the restaurant on the first level of the Eiffel Tower because that was the one place in Paris where he didn't have to look at it.
And it became one of the most visited landmark and the icon of Paris or France.
I always knew Mount Rushmore's bodies were never completed bc the stone was too soft and kept crumbling- time could have also played a part but that was a huge problem on its own
Actually, they just gave up after the designer died and money ran out. Roosevelt is only on there because he was President at the time, and a friend of the designer. There was also supposed to be a congressional library that included the original Declaration.
George Floyd should absolutely be added.
They were gonna decide the Declaration of independence In the secret room that was supposed to be there Behind the rocks or whatever
Probably my fave drummer ,I've been drumming for six years ,so drumming means a lot to me
3:52 means The Elephant Of Triomohe
That black taj mahal sounds beautiful! Wow
Exactly what I was thinking!!! I think someone should build it as a reference to what could have been. 🤓🥳
Wouldn't have looked nearly as impressive
10:40 I remember seeing one submission with five towers, each of a different height. Each was arranged to look like a hand giving the middle finger, and was angled to face the direction that the leader of the attack was at during the fateful event.
I remember that as well
"SCREW YOU FOR 9/11!"
As a South Carolinian the building at 17:32 is the Historic Charleston County Courthouse which was a Hoban design admired by Washington. It was originally the colonial era capitol building and was rebuilt after a fire with the hope of being the State Capitol which ended up being moved to Columbia anyway (a middle-of-the-state compromise city). That intersection of Meeting/Broad St is called "the four corners of the law" because the four historic buildings represent City, County/State, Federal, and Church/Canon law.
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The Burj Khalifa might have been named Burqa Khalifa with that long fabric.
Burj is the arabic word for tower, son!
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@@jimmcmillan2365 ... Seriously?
9:37 "September 11, 2001, was a dark day for New York city" It was a dark day for America as a whole.
NO, THE WORLD.
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i think he actually meant dark after the collapse of the towers if you were that but that is still bullshit so you’re most likely right
No kidding sherlock
This was one of your best videos. I truly enjoyed it and learned quite a few new things.
Awesome, thank you!
I love your vids and learn alot from your bids your iq must be over 9000
12:51 that water 💀
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Looks like the willy wonka factory has a leak
These designs are literally as crazy as my dog
The “fun fact” at 3:37 isn’t true, as Benjamin Franklin actually proposed an image of Moses as the National Seal, not a turkey. The myth came from a letter he sent to his daughter, Sarah Franklin Bache, commenting on how the bald eagle is “a bird of bad moral character…” and contrasting it with the turkey, which, according to him, “is in comparison a much more respectable bird…”.
True
Another wonderful video from you!
This was actually a really fun and interesting video to watch! Right from the start to the end... love the graphics and funny commentary... Brilliant editing and fast and non boring info. Look forward to learning more by subscribing! Great job!
The Sydney Opera House is called the Dish Rack by most of us Aussie's,because that's what it looks like,a rack of dishes sitting beside the sink.
I love how on you're channel you don't click bait, the thumbnail shows the Eifel tower? Boom the first thing in the video is the Eifel tower
I always figured Mt. Rushmore was still unfinished even today. Good video I learned a lot about monuments I never knew.
Just imagine if Dwayne Johnsons face was on it as well
Wasn't bad enough that they Illegally seized the land from Native Americans of the Black Hills, executed them by the masses, stole the land, and then carved 4 dead white guys on it. Not to mention that Burgois worked and was funded by the KKK. America is really proud of their slave and pillage history.
I didn't know about them wanting to add more to Mount Rushmore. I'm glad they didn't. It's perfect the way it is.
Imagine Nicolas cage on Mount Rushmore
it was always unfinished, Jefferson's face should have been first then Washington
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Him: when you picture the Lichon Memorial, what descriptors come to mind?
Me: Sitting down!
Him: Probably words like stoic, proud and dignified, right?
Me: Uhm...yeah...exactly what I was thinking
Him: When you picture the Lincoln Memorial, what descriptors come to mind?
Me: Five bucks.
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England needs to have their own Mount Rushmore featuring The Beatles!
"Mount Fabfour!"
Hell yeah! 😍
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You should be on mount rushmore! You are awesome!
According to a history channel show I watched. When the statue of liberty came to America a lot of Americans did NOT like the statue they thought it was ugly and just not very American. There was more to it but I can't remember it all.
One man doesn’t speak for all Americans. I love it!!
@@mikebentley4832 indeed
Also mount rushmore is a literral middle finger to the native americans
Because that mountain is a part of their culture there is a myth about how the ancestors of the natives emerge from that very mountain
The natives intended the faces of their 4 heroes to be on the mountain instead but then well you probably know what happened
The original London Bridge is currently in Lake Havasu AZ
Is it as boring as the current bridge in London!!!
@@hackman669 it was brought over brick by brick and reassembled. It's nothing spectacular but definitely better than the new London Bridge
@@michaelpomato45 So in the olden day Merica couldn't build it so they bought it from Britain.
@@hackman669 The 1831 London Bridge was the last project of engineer John Rennie and was completed by his son, John Rennie.[4] By 1962, it was not sturdy enough to carry the increased load of traffic; the bridge was sold by the City of London in April 1968 to make way for its replacement.[5]
The purchaser, Robert P. McCulloch, was an entrepreneur and real estate developer who founded Lake Havasu City. He installed the bridge to attract tourists and retirement home buyers to his properties there.
@@michaelpomato45 He also thought he was buying Tower Bridge, not the ugly piece he ended up with.
Thanks for the pics of the Tower Bridge under construction. I had never seen any .
Speaking of architecture, I found a sword that has a glass blade in the basement. I told my dad about it, he said it was a gift from his brother, uncle Chris.
0:51 i saw the flag of yugoslavia
Fun fact the statute of liberty is French and a gift from France to the United States. Built by Eiffel. She has a smaller duplicate not far from the Eiffel tower on the Seine River in Paris. Also Eugene Mercier the founder of the famous champagne had an ego far larger than the tower when he built a massive champagne barrel to compete in the world fair. It has to be dragged by 24 Oxen from champagne with several villages removed along the way. This barrel a larger than life personality can be witnessed in a fun tour of the Mercier champagne house in Epernay France.
La statue de la liberté come from Colmar near Strasbourg in the north east of France
Also don't say random shit when u dont know anything, cuz it has been build by Bartholdi who was born in colmar
Eiffel designed the structural components of the statue. He was the premier archotect of his day. Bartholdi designed the statue's exterior.
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Those sights are very impressive
Id like to add rick astley into mount rushmore
George Floyd should absolutely be added.
No the rock and among us
The 4 people of new Rushmore: Rick Astley , the rock, George Floyd and, amongus
When you mentioned the acoustics in the Sydney Opera House I recalled that when finished the acoustics weren't all that good.
So they had to spend a considerable sum to fix the errant problem. Anybody have more info on this ?
Greetings, Charles. I remember the opening ceremony for the opera house when I was a spritely lad of eight years old. Your recollection of the acoustics issue is correct. In the original design an acoustics expert calculated that the main hall would only allow for 2000 seats. If they went for the 3000 seats of the original design, the acoustics would be deficient. Therefore, what was meant to be a combined opera and concert hall ended up being just a concert hall.
Then there was the minor hall, which was supposed to be for stage productions, ended up being used also for ballet and opera but was not suitable for large scale productions. A cinema and a library ended up being converted to live theatres.
There were also problems with the size of the stage, the doors and the elevators.
I could go on about the external cladding, the glass wall fixings, the shape of the outer shells and even the electrical switchboards which were not in a good location.
The project was started in 1959 and opened, as I say, in 1973. The original estimate for completion was 1963. The estimated cost was AU$7,000,000 (converted currency) but in actuality cost AU$102,000,000.
The designing architect was angered by the changes in his design, went back home to Denmark half-way through the project and never returned to Australia again. That's about as much as I know, sorry.
@@lezzman Dear Lezzman, thank you ever so much for your very detailed reply to my comment. I learned a lot. Especially the tidbit about the Danish architect who was so angry he never returned to Australia. BTW I have a Vietnamese foster son who moved to Melbourne many years ago. My wife and her friend visited your country and got to visit with him in Sidney. What a great surprise it was. Good luck to you and stay safe.
@@charlesclager6808 My pleasure. I visited the USA (I am presuming that is your country) in 2001...not long after the terrorist attacks. I stayed with a family I had met on the internet several years before. They were in a small Ohio town and I ended up being the town celebrity for the three weeks I was there. Everybody wanted to see what an Australian looked like.
The most memorable part was when I told a 12 year old girl that I was there for the Christmas break. She was astonished to hear that Australia had Christmas at the same time as them because her father told her that we had Christmas in summer! I had to explain how the seasons worked on the opposite side of the world. 😂
@@lezzman OMG lezzman, I live in Reynoldsburg Ohio, a suburb of Columbus !! What town in Ohio did you visit?
I am 78 years old and was born and raised in Columbus. But during my working years we lived in Akron and Cleveland Ohio, Freehold New Jersey (when I was working in New York) and Austin Texas.
It is amazing about the little girl and Christmas. I too had to explain to my wife about the seasons. Hope to hear back from you. Stay safe.
@@charlesclager6808 Hi Charles. I was in Mount Victory, Hardin County. Spent three weeks there and had a great time with nearly the whole population!
The way he pronounced "L 'éléphant de Triomphe" made me WAY too happy
I don't have any hair, Daniel, I'm just a bald circle
@@danielobrien1571 uhm, i have fairly long hair thank you, why do you ask?
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Sweet vid! Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
17:03 Actually, it was home to 44 presidents, as Washington never lived in the White House, and Grover Cleveland lived there for two non consecutive terms.
I think the elephant structures would have been awesome ! ❤ !
the statue of liberty was a gift from France to America straight up im pretty sure, then again i could be wrong but i learned in school that it was a thank you gift for us helping them
No, you're right. I recently got asked if someone were to steal the statue of liberty, would America go get it again.
You're correct. 😊
You are correct
The supporting structure of that statue was also designed by Eiffel. Who later designed a certain tower. Which originally was supposed to be deconstructed and taken down again...
@@arvidblomberg9248 yeah wasn't it just built for a fair n was supposed to take it down after
The Lincoln memorial still looks like a Greek temple^^
They should have stayed with the traditional roof design, though. The square thing makes it look like someone built a box and stuck a ring of columns on it to cover up the box-design
I think the Palmer bridge was rejected because it was unnecessarily complicated. The same goal could have been achieved using only one loop. Forcing a pre-set idea instead of following it's functionality and flow. I wish they would have built the Palmer Bridge, it's genius and very super cool, I see why he went for it!!....But placing form over function simply costs too much to build:)
Adding to the complicated design was how the sliding parts would have worked: would the controls be placed to one side of the bridge, on the banks of the Thames, or under the bridge? Regarding the London Bridge, did you know that the original bridge was sold to somebody from Arizona to construct it near his vacation home site in Lake Havasu City? Yep, that's what happened: all of the bridge was disassembled, its parts numbered, and carted off to its new site in Arizona, then reassembled using the numbered pieces.
Was a ship supposed to just stop on a dime for the other side to open up?
7:40 someone I would choose to be on that monument would be Ulysses Grant, because he was once the most famous person in the world.
I think they should’ve added Alexander Hamilton
Fun Fact: One of the original designs of the Seattle Space Needle included a glass dome at the very top. We would’ve called it “The Seattle Space Dome”
I think Christopher Lee would be the PERFECT addition to mount Rushmore
It’s funny because the French built the Statue of Liberty and gave it to us as a gift
what
OHHH i thought you said the french gave america the eiffel tower not the statue of liberty
@@heyheyheizou yes the famous American Eiffel Tower
Why is the thumbnail so funny to me xD
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21:00 part of this video reminded me of an old article about my country's Rizal Monument in the capital Manila. There was a design similar to this proposed Washington shrine except it was a huge towering steel pylon (obelisk) to commemorate our national hero's centennial birthday hence "controversial" but it was taken down 2 years later and repurposed somewhere
our Rizal Monument would have been cooler if Carlos Nicoly from Italy's design "Al Martir de Bagumbayan" didn't cost to much moneyb
Susan b should most definitely be put on the mt rushmore also maybe even martin luther king tbh they both need yo be on rushmore they both signify 2 very big events in the usa
I liked the dome. It is so brilliant that it is the future of a subdivision.
What about air supply
This is how I realized we live in the boring alternate dimension, all these other options are so much more interesting and fun
French sculptor Paul Landowski is the artist who sculpted Christ the redeemer in Rio, it was in collaboration with civil engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and architect and sculptor Gheorghe Leonida.
*"SERIOUSLY, JAMES? LET THE CHICKEN GO!!!"* 🤣🐓
NOOOO I WANT KFC!
Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome was used as the USA Pavilion in 1967 at Montreal's World's Fair Aptly Named "Man and His World "
16:02 - "Glowing niqab?"
It's not wearing one, though 😵
wow, that elephant reminds me of Le Miz the book (it has been some years since 4th grade so I may not remember things correctly). There was an elephant statue that was abandoned and Gavrosh (not sure if that's the correct spelling) was living there.
Love your vids
19:35 that hurts!
I woild love gigant elephant in Paris.I think word trade center as hashtag would look great. Lincoin's ziggurat with gardens on each condignation would look awesome. James Dimond's whitesouse design looks great especially that staircases. Burdge califa in reflective fabric is not good idea, just imagine vibrations made by wind blowing at it and how mutch stress would it put on the building. Manhatan dome isn't a bad idea, it reminds me of tranton from Asimovs "Foundation" the only problem is that it probably would heat too much in summer.
Would
@@theotherguy7513 bruh
That one about the bridge is simple. The boat has to stop in the middle of the bridge, and boats never tend to stay in one place when they stop. So the bridge might have been destroyed with the first ship coming through
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The thumbnail: Ah yeś,le gianté guillòtínę
10:03 why does every new building designed these days by architects look so dam ugly?
chiefs from the original native american landscape would be nice
Yes, brother now you see the light. I heard they are building a monument to, I think it is, Running Bull. Anyway the monument has been under construction for years and is done by private funds of native.
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The thumbnail 💀💀💀
Another one: The Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge was nearly completed but there was still the question of painting the bridge. The U.S. Navy wanted it to look yellow with black stripes, like a bumblebee. The Army Air Corps wanted a striped bridge too, but white and pink, like a candy cane. The current orange paint was chosen for two reasons. First, it looked nice. And second, it made the bridge easy to see in the fog.
Benjamin Franklin would also deserve to be on Mount Rushmore, in my opinion.
2:31 This is not the United States Capitol Building. That photo is of the Rhode Island State House.
Thank you. As a DC resident, I was coming to the comments to point out that that building was NOT the Capitol!
Yep, I know immediately that it wasn't the Capital, too bad this dude that makes the videos doesnt.
We have a giant elephant statue in my city but it's because Jumbo was killed on our train tracks a long time ago. Idk why my city is so proud of that though lol😅
What city
@@aviationwithmooka4056 St Thomas, Ontario
@@Corrie-Lee ok thanks
They halted construction of the Washington Monument is also why the stone is a different shade of white partway up, as they couldn't use the original material anymore
Really good video
It's would be one of India's greatest modern artistic achievement to have that Black Taj Mahal built. Come on, India! Do it!
Odd fact about the Sydney Opera House. The sails if pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle would make a sphere. Each sail is part of an imagery sphere.
The London bridge is in my old hometown of lake havasu AZ and the story behind how they brought it there is pretty cool as well
I love your videos
Fun fact: there’s a Abraham Lincoln statue in England
Personally I’d love to see Fredrick Douglass on Mount Rushmore, to pay tribute to the African Americans during the Civil War.
I would fear the eventual failure of "The Fish Bowl" if they started to encase cities in them. I also couldn't imagine the hectic scene found at the ground level of any city OUTSIDE their dome where all the snow would've accumulated that would've fallen to the ground would end up.
I'd imagine the cost of clearing the Several YARDS DEEP of snow around the exterior perimeter of the dome (If even possible) would be more of an issue than having to plow streets. If the heat of the dome melted the snow you'd probably see massive flooding as it waterfalled down around the structure. Absolutely horrible idea if there wasn't billions of dollars of drained planned.
Black Taj Mahal and the city within the dome would be amazing... Tho I wonder if that dome would have some kind of heating mechanism that would prevent snow from piling up on the dome surface, making it pitch black in a broad day.
I rate this video 9/11 :)
Inasmuch as it would have been more expensive, I would have preferred the initially proposed design of the Washington monument. That to me would have been more interesting.