Tallness
630. Tallness (See also Giantism.)
- Alice drinking a magic potion, she grows so tall that she fills an entire room. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ]
- Chrysler Building in New York City; one of the tallest buildings in the world. [Architecture: Misc.]
- Colossus of Rhodes statue of Apollo; wonder of ancient world. [Gk. Hist.: Osborne, 256]
- Eiffel Tower built in 1889 in Paris. [Architecture: NCE, 843]
- elevator shoe shoe with insole designed to increase wearer’s height. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.]
- Empire State Building New York’s famous skyscraper. [Architecture: NCE, 865]
- giraffe tallest of animals. [Zoology: NCE, 1088]
- redwoods giant trees (sequoias) of Pacific Coast. [Botany: NCE, 2477]
- Sears Tower in Chicago; one of America’s tallest buildings. [Architecture: Misc.]
- Woolworth Building in New York City; erected by Frank Woolworth in 1913; tallest building until Empire State Building (1930-1931). [Architecture: NCE, 3004]
- World Trade Center New York’s giant twin edifices. [Architecture: Payton, 742]
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