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#1
homicidal_squirrel
Apr 15, 2011 16:55:14 news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110414/o...
#2
KillerGM
Apr 15, 2011 17:22:26 That is really frelling cool. Much better than a parking garage.
#3
ViolenceJack
Apr 15, 2011 21:27:14
Interesting. Nara (in Japan) formely held the largest wooden structure and the oldest (two different temples). The largest was actually only 2/3 the size of the one it replaced, housing a giant bronze buddha. The oldest must still be the oldest. It's a pagoda who's central pillar is about 1500 years old, build by Prince Shotoku (credited with bringing Buddhism to Japan), and under that pillar it is said that there is a box holding the sacred ashes of the buddha that sprang forth from the palms of Prince Shotoku when he was 2 years old.

Walking in there was amazing; you could just feel the weight of all those years. Pretty cool place.

This place looks interesting enough, but I kind of wish the title of largest wooden structure were still held by that temple in Nara.
#4
toastedamphibian
Apr 16, 2011 6:40:19 Meh. Couple hundred trees gave their lives to build a giant, lopsided waffle replica. If they wanted an open-air-shadded-farmers-market-made-of-wood, well, TREES are really ****ing good for that.
#5
zombie_babies
Apr 18, 2011 11:41:36 Those do take a little more time to put up, though. ;)
#6
toastedamphibian
Apr 19, 2011 1:15:53 How so? Taking trees and moving them to where you want them is generally much faster than chopping them down, sawing them into weird shaped boards, glueing thoes boards together to form larger boards and then glueing them together in the sky.
#7
zombie_babies
Apr 19, 2011 8:37:21 I dunno. Trees big enough to serve as open air mall rooftops tend to be on the huge side. I don't know that trees of that size can even be moved.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 homicidal_squirrel Apr 15, 2011 16:55:14	news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110414/o...
#2 KillerGM Apr 15, 2011 17:22:26	That is really frelling cool. Much better than a parking garage.
#3 ViolenceJack Apr 15, 2011 21:27:14	Interesting. Nara (in Japan) formely held the largest wooden structure and the oldest (two different temples). The largest was actually only 2/3 the size of the one it replaced, housing a giant bronze buddha. The oldest must still be the oldest. It's a pagoda who's central pillar is about 1500 years old, build by Prince Shotoku (credited with bringing Buddhism to Japan), and under that pillar it is said that there is a box holding the sacred ashes of the buddha that sprang forth from the palms of Prince Shotoku when he was 2 years old. Walking in there was amazing; you could just feel the weight of all those years. Pretty cool place. This place looks interesting enough, but I kind of wish the title of largest wooden structure were still held by that temple in Nara.
#4 toastedamphibian Apr 16, 2011 6:40:19	Meh. Couple hundred trees gave their lives to build a giant, lopsided waffle replica. If they wanted an open-air-shadded-farmers-market-made-of-wood, well, TREES are really ****ing good for that.
#5 zombie_babies Apr 18, 2011 11:41:36	Those do take a little more time to put up, though. ;)
#6 toastedamphibian Apr 19, 2011 1:15:53	How so? Taking trees and moving them to where you want them is generally much faster than chopping them down, sawing them into weird shaped boards, glueing thoes boards together to form larger boards and then glueing them together in the sky.
#7 zombie_babies Apr 19, 2011 8:37:21	I dunno. Trees big enough to serve as open air mall rooftops tend to be on the huge side. I don't know that trees of that size can even be moved.