The ferns also grow as vines into taller portions of trees, and fires climb the ferns in "fire ladders" to scorch portions of the trees that are not naturally resistant to fire.
Right now you can only tour the western half of "Big Bambú," which rises some 40 feet above the roof garden; by midsummer the slightly taller eastern portion, which is still under construction, will be open.
These had tall "greenhouses" (the portion of the cockpit walled in glass) and squared-off shoulders, and generally looked not at all like the competition from Stuttgart.
For example, Bell [ 78] demonstrated that, among grazers, zebra (Equus burchelli) tend to ingest the tallest, most fibrous portions of the herb layer, wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) and topi (Damaliscus korrigum) select the more nutritious middle layer, and Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) take in fruits from the ground.
The flue is the tall, chimney-like portion of the top hat that creates the signature look of the style.
The driver said his load was 15 feet, 9 inches tall while the lowest portion of the bridge braces was just 14 feet, 8 inches.
I didn't bring a ruler, but I'd judge that the cheesecake was at least seven inches tall -- a double portion, you might say, with one generous slice atop the other.
Both Mr. Viñoly and Mr. Libeskind came up with plans that would allow an opera house to work on the site, using a taller building with a portion of the auditorium cantilevered over the street.
The Port Authority asked Mr. Libeskind to study the effect of moving his tallest tower to the eastern portion of the site, closer to a planned transit hub, and to consider adding an office tower above that.
