A Look Back At Pie In The Sky Plans

From mile-high skyscrapers and floating cities, a look back at some of of the impractical and unrealized dreams of architects and planners.

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April 23, 2008, 5:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"With the space age entering its crassly commercial phase and science fiction dominated by gritty dystopian visions, you could be forgiven for giving up on the future. But not everyone has. With Dubai's 800-meter-tall Burj Dubai skyscraper almost complete, starry-eyed visions of tomorrow's cities are more popular than they've been in 50 years.

Here's a collection of promised skylines we never got to see -- and a few that may yet come to be -- as seen from the imagined eyes of those who live there."

FULL STORY: Mile-High Skyscrapers and Floating Cities That Never Were

Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Wired Magazine

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