Monday, February 9, 2009

TRIVIA


The building in the picture.
Hint 1: It is one of the tallest sky scrapers in its city of origin.
The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a 1,200 ft (366 m) skyscraper under construction in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City, in the United States. The US$ 1 billion project is located on Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Street, opposite Bryant Park. It has been designed by Cook+Fox Architects and Gensler to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. Construction is expected to be complete in 2009.
Hint 2: Its city of origin was a 17th century Dutch colonial settlement.
New York was a 17th Century Dutch colonial settlement, and its earlier name was New Netherlands.
Hint 3: The city is often referred to with the monicker - "the huge forbidden fruit".
The Big Apple (the apple was the forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate to be thrown out of the Garden of Eden) as New York is referred to.

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