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September 16, 2010
The rippling New York building which looks like the set of movie Inception
The Daily Mail
Bet you couldn't guess from the headline whose building they might be talking about.
It looks like a scene from the movie Inception, but this rippling 76-storey megalith is actually a real life building which stands in downtown Manhattan.
The Beekman Tower, which was designed by architect Frank Gehry, is the latest addition to the New York skyline and is set to be one of the city’s tallest buildings when it launches later this year.
It’s undulating steel frame provides the illusion of movement, which is reminiscent of the transforming architecture in Christopher Nolan’s Inception starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who extracts information from the subconscious mind of his victims while they dream.
NoLandGrab: Which is in turn reminiscent of the plot of Atlantic Yards, which stars Bruce Ratner as a thief who extracts private property and a billion dollars in subsidies from homeowners and taxpayers while our elected officials are wide awake.
Posted by eric at September 16, 2010 9:07 AM