Word: skyscraperism
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But it's hard to imagine being like 28-year-old Shaquille O'Neal. At 7 ft. 1 in. and 320 lbs., he is IMAX big, a human order of supersize fries, a skyscraper in size-22 sneakers. NBA stars, of course, tend to be tall, but there's usually...
Demakis is also working to halt a New York developer who is attempting to place a skyscraper in the Back Bay area of Boston.
"He really has a passion for protecting the quality of life of the urban environment," says Mauet, who is leading the fight against the Back Bay skyscraper. "Paul has just been extremely vigilant and puts his heart into the nitty-gritty issues as much as anyone I have ever seen...
One of his loftier projects is coming under fire in Brazil, where the Maharishi Global Development Fund proposes to construct the first of 1,000 buildings planned for the planet's largest cities. This one, in Sao Paulo, is a four-sided, pyramid-shaped structure with Hindu carvings that will...
His friends would agree. Those that know Spyder best are understanding, if not supportive. "It's not one of those 'Indian in the skyscraper' things," says one friend, elucidating the complex nature of Spyder. "Not like Encino man, but, like raised by wolves, fish-out-of-water kind of things...