| 单词 | spire |
| 例句 | Slender spires took form above it, some of them snapped off like broken spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s the cathedral with its perforated spire, and the bulky old Chateau de Saint-Malo, and row after row of seaside mansions studded with chimneys. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z You are high, high above the other houses and the only things as high are a few trees and, down the road, the tall stickly spire of the church. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It was one of the most beautiful buildings in Ravenskill, with onion domes and high spires that looked like they reached the clouds sometimes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z They were just skirting one of the spires when a glint of movement caught Percy’s eye—something darting between the rocks to their right. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z According to that book, the principles of spire fighting stated that everyone has a light deep inside them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Nina could see the Elderclock on the highest silvery spire of the palace, its face glowing like a moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Beyond, half-seen, were other shapes: shattered spires, headless statues, trees with roots bigger than their boat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When they came to a high saddle between two spires of rock, Mya dismounted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a photograph of half a dozen young men in blazers loafing in an archway through which were visible a host of spires. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Her fingers travel back to the cathedral spire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At the right-hand corner the green cathedral spire ascends into the pale blue sky of the evening. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the spire of Alcyoneus, oil bubbled, then churned and erupted like a boiling cauldron. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Outside, the wind bellowed and raged against the glass spire, but it could do nothing to shatter the walls. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Disengaging from the city, leaving rooftops and spires and domes behind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An ugly rock stood defiantly against the sea with five jagged spires projecting from it, as though a hand were clawing its way out. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z High on top was a conical wooden roof, topped by a wooden spire. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z There were the hornbeam trees a little way ahead of them; there were houses, trees, roads, and in the distance the towers and spires of the city. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel felt as if she were expanding to the breaking point, just like that spire in the pit. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In an attempt to make it Gothic, the guy was drawing spires along the top of the page. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The lower parts of the cage were painted red and green, but the spire was golden. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Buck’s Peak looked the way it always did at Christmas—a snowy spire, adorned with evergreens—and my eyes, increasingly accustomed to brick and concrete, were nearly blinded by the scale and clarity of it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But the setting sun emerged from the trees behind them, and her breath caught in her throat as a spire, then three, then six more appeared, piercing the sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z You could see the abandoned funeral chapel, iron doors padlocked, ivy on the sides of the spire, a small tree growing out of the guttering at roof level. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There were seven tiers to it, each one a little smaller than the one below, and it ended in a slender spire. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought that if she were perfect in every way—if she were the best spire fighter, best student, perfect daughter, perfect everything—she'd be worthy enough for the light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It was Victorian, redbrick topped with copper domes and spires that had long ago turned green. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then he clambered down the spire; ten feet from the bottom he missed his footing and fell into the misty softness of the cloud. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, near the city center, spires of midnight black and dream silver stood proudly next to ivory domes and marble castles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He gazes at the jagged outline of buildings, at the church spires and turrets. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Palace-lined streets, parks and fountains, spires and towers—all were labeled in neat and legible handwriting. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Did she sit here in this spot and did she see that pink spire? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She could see the ruins in the distance: broken, black spires against the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Shay looked out over the river at the spires of the party towers, placing a thumbnail firmly between her teeth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The ship turned completely broadside and then it snagged again, caught on another spire from the deep. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Earthen spires rose out of the ground, and they slowed gently as they reached the bottom, at the entrance of a dark cave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Find two known points—he’ll choose the cathedral spire and the outer island of Le Petit Be—then calculate the location of the third and unknown point. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was made of old gray stone and had twin spires that rose cleanly into the sky, high above the tallest tenements. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Clivers flipped through the pictures until he found a picture of the weird crystal spire. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Pulcinella is sparklingly inventive with its source material but it is nevertheless the musical equivalent of placing the Art Deco spire of Manhattan's Chrysler Building on top of Christopher Wren's Greenwich Hospital. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He shakes his head and looks at the dilapidated building to his right, which is made of brick and barely resembles the sleek glass spire behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I turned in the direction of the sound, and there, amongst the romantic hills, whose changes and aspect I had ceased to note an hour ago, I saw a hamlet and a spire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Tall spires covered in shingles of mossy bark rise between the trees. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I did a complete circle around one of the rock spires and freaked out a couple of climbers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z An antique four-poster bed threw shadowy spires in the darkness, and a pale sliver of light poked through a gap in the velvet curtains. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The memories were more real—more believable—than the stone spires. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One section of the old city, tucked against the western walls, becomes a firestorm in which the spires of flames, at their highest, reach three hundred feet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Smoke lay in the valley, and roofs, a spire or two above trees. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushed the platform to the ceiling and into a pathway that snaked its way upward into a round opening in one of the crystal spires. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Church spire is gone,” says the second gunner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was not Blois with its thin turrets and its spires that stared up at me from the printed page. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As long as I kept my eyes on the spire, I almost believed he couldn’t touch me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Below me, spun-sugar creations are being finished off with high crystalline spires. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As you looked out across the flattened, battered city, you could see the spire of Cologne Cathedral. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The church spire with the onion on it is in the distance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Two days ago, climbing on a spire of rock, she had spied water to the south, a slender thread that glittered briefly as the sun was going down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had been decreed over forty years before that the building, in appearance a small church with a spire, was a listed building of historical interest. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Over the treetops the spire of the village church could be seen, and thatched cottages began to appear at the road’s edge. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I was just above the spires of the taller buildings on the Upper East Side, nowhere near the hospital. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I pointed to the spires sticking up from some of the roofs between us and the Masjid-e-Jameh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Seeing the spire of Cologne Cathedral that day meant more to me than all the sermons I had ever listened to. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Her mother would step into the fissure and touch that horrible spire—and she would be absorbed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z There wouldn't be any churches with spires in his story, or green hills like those he would see outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z All I could see were the spires and blocky tops of buildings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, it’s pretty impressive, this circular glass crown atop a sleek concrete spire. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He clapped his hands together, and a jagged spire of rock the size of an eighteen-wheeler erupted from the ground right in front of the fortress. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There was nothing below him now but snow and cold and death, a frozen wasteland where Jagged blue-white spires of ice waited to embrace him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z High above the library’s stained-glass windows and soaring neo-Gothic spires, screeching seagulls whirled in white loops against the slowly bluing sky. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Upon the crest of a hill beyond the trees and roofs and spires of town sunlight lay like a pale scrap of cloth, was blotted away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the highest spire, the last few flickers of a safety sparkler were sputtering out. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Nope, I didn’t meet anyone’s eyes as I placed one foot ahead of the other, following the curving street until the dented gold marina spire rose out of the bay in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He belonged to a walled city of the fifteenth century, a city of narrow, cobbled streets, and thin spires, where the inhabitants wore pointed shoes and worsted hose. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The tree that grew out of the gutter on the spire had fallen in the last storm, taking a handful of the slate-black roof tiles with it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “This on the left is the Noble Hall of Justice, where we hold trials. And see over there, over that wall? That pointy, crystal spire is the Well of Lightning.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Peering through the mists, he glimpsed a broken spire, a headless hero, an ancient tree tom from the ground and upended, its huge roots twisting through the roof and windows of a broken dome. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Its base spanned a mile, its dark form swelling out of the earth and rising into a flawless spire. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The next morning the weather cleared, and by the end of the fourth day the spires of Oxford appeared. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z I’d do as much for our Jimmy any day if I had a spire of hair worth selling.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z From each dome rose a needlelike spire, all of them snapping with swallowtail flags and interconnected by ribbons across which children ran laughing, clad in cloaks of colored feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The truck pulled up outside a building with a tall spire, like a bell tower, but this was no church. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The spire of First Congregational rose until it was itself a part of the night sky. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Commons clock tower: ivied brick, white spire, spellbound in the hazy distance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Surely no other place on earth was more proud of its beauty than Venice, and as he watched its spires and domes, each caught the sun as if trying to outshine one another. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Tristran sat at the top of the spire of cloud and wondered why none of the heroes of the penny dreadfuls he used to read so avidly were ever hungry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z As twilight edged from grey to purple there was a noise in the spire, like a fluttering of heavy velvet, and Silas left his resting place in the belfry and clambered headfirst down the spire. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The name spire probably referred to the bamboo walking sticks the old sages carried with them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Somewhere in that direction is Schulpforta with its dark spires, its bed wetters and sleepwalkers and bullies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The water collected into a giant spire beneath Pond and Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There, by the river, set low between the skysoaring spires of graceful city living, was a venerable structure of stone, impressive if not in height then in solidity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z In June, just a few months before the accident, Lisa and Van Park attended his farewell at the Garland Tabernacle, a modest red-brick church with spires on each side. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z We read he’s building himself an actual castle with spires and a moat near Brussels, to provide a respite, I guess, from his villas in Paris and Spain and Italy. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, slowly, a rock spire began to grow like a massive tulip bulb. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Behind them the spires of New Pretty Town rose from the center of town, and around them was the greenbelt, a swath of forest that separated the middle and the late pretties from the youngsters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He had dreamed—or so he thought—of a magnificent church with a great, reaching spire that would rise from the city’s tallest hill. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Hamburg is beautiful nonetheless, with its rivers and canals, craggy spires and turrets. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z There is a village in the distance which has 31 visible houses and a church with a square tower and not a spire. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The golden spire shuddered as boat after damaged boat was thrown against its base. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In crossing a field, I saw the church spire before me: I hastened towards it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Starlight glittered on the spires of a little Martian town, no bigger than a game of chess, in the blue hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When it cleared, Nathan saw rows of rock spires on the ceiling that pointed downward like fangs. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Syriza was known for its spires, and this was the king of them all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When he was satisfied he stepped out into the morning’s dark, his head churning with unpleasant possibilities, and he returned to the graveyard, to the chapel spire where he slept and waited out the days. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The tips of church spires up in Poughkeepsie, on the east side, were just catching the last rays of sunlight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s a castle out of a storybook: eight or nine stone buildings sheltered below hills, rust-colored roofs, narrow windows, spires and turrets, weeds sprouting from between roof tiles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This august building was hardly difficult for me to locate, its looming spire being ever-visible wherever one goes in Salisbury. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Northwest. In the mountains. In a spire vulture’s nest.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The first floor becomes too crowded; Marie-Laure paces the staircase, up and down, up and down, as though working her way up and down the spire of an enormous seashell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I can see the church now, the onion on the spire, the pews, the stained-glass windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The silver towers of the partially completed Bay Bridge rose dramatically from the water before them, elegant spires stretching with surprising grace across the bay toward Treasure Island and San Francisco. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z High up above the tall cliffs were steep slopes upon which trees climbed, mounting one head above another; and above them again were grey faces of inaccessible rock, crowned by a great spire of stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Fine spires poked up above them into the rain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There, near the fringe of the forest, tall spires of curling black smoke went up, wavering and floating towards them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Above that sprawled a medieval-looking city of church spires, domes, and tightly wedged buildings, all made of the same golden stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A day ago, above the zigzag rooftops, the cathedral spire pointed straight up, higher than everything else. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Looking out the train windows, we could see the university’s Gothic spires. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We drove through the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and then along the outskirts of Washington, D.C., where we passed a temple with gold spires striking up into the air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was built of a light stone that shone almost like snow in the glare of the moon, a vast spreading complex of walls and roofs and buttresses, all surrounding the slender spire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A dozen pigeons roosting on the cathedral spire cataract down its length and wheel out over the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The chimney pots on the roofs...and on some, the shadowing looming of pigeon cotes...sometimes, faintly heard, the sleepy cooing of pigeons...the twin spires of the Church, remotely brooding over the dark tenements …. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The little window is open, through it I see the familiar picture of the street with the rising spire of the church at the end. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the bare branches he saw a wild waste of gray water, surging from left to right across the wide open space that had been Port Meadow: he could see the city’s spires beyond it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Everyone knew what a skilled spire fighter was capable of, and the ones who had heard of Nok Sivapan knew just how skilled she was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It was, I perceived, summer lightning cutting through the storm, etching mud and spire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They had gone another half hour when they heard antiaircraft fire a couple of miles ahead where they could see the spire of a church. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To the east, the ancient church spires and peaked rooflines of central Berlin rose above a sea of trees turned red and gold in the crisp autumn air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The spire was a wood frame structure covered with sheets of lead and highly decorated with sculptures and ornaments. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z He stood up on the cloud spire and called "Halloo!" several times, as loudly as he could. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The old lady lived two blocks north of Trinity Church, the one with spires that scraped the sky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z How can this be, a castle with spires and a moat? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl crossed there and made her way down to the docks, then through the Ragman’s Harbor and past the half-sunken spires and domes of the Drowned Town. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The city is strangely quiet, its cobbled lanes emptier than usual, its spires shrouded in unseasonable fog. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z We were high up in the foothills, at least five hundred feet, and down below a valley spread out, filled with a tumbled collection of red mesas and boulders and spires of stone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Here and there, spires of rock jutted up like exclamation points. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The shambled outline of an ancient stadium showed beyond the spires of Orleans II, marking the beginning of the old city, the city proper for the drowned lands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A sparkler was already showing on the tall spire, uglies come to gossip and trade. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z As the weeks went on, the men began to embellish the dogloos into architectural fantasies, adding church spires, minarets, porches, and domes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And over there he knew men were watching Boston, watching Christ’s lofty spire—waiting for the signal. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The last book she found was about the history of spire fighting. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z To my right and ahead the church spire towered high, crowned with a red light of warning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The glass bridge rose before her in a gleaming arc, shimmering in the blue flames of the lanterns on its spires. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Obsidian towers and spires rose out of the walls at an angle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They wandered through the spires and turrets of Luna Park, rode more rides, gobbled peanuts, and guzzled more Cokes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She confirmed that she had scaled the spire and entered through the oculus, but claimed she hadn’t come to steal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The tower room swayed ever so slightly as the wind whistled through the spires outside. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The spires of rock looked like broken ribs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I turned and looked back the way I’d come: a prickle of marble spires, dim mausoleums, pale in the growing darkness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked away, fixing my eyes on the church spire, visible against the light from the stars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In the distance she could see the pale spires of the palace, windows lit with hundreds of candles in the dark night, presiding over the merriment in the Square like a distant, decorous Fairy Queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugh's saffron linguini resembles a miniature turban, topped with architectural spires of shrimp. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But it was also true that I no longer found the landscape of church spires and grimy tenements so strange. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A wind had begun to trouble the top of the spire and the smoke shifted and they could smell it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The first violet-green swallows of the year swirled among the spires of the library. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We soar over tall spires and blocky buildings, over a wide river jeweled with boats and spanned by bridges. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Above the walls I observed spires—some with crosses—from which hung a host of multicolored pennants tossed and turned by breezes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They looked like the jeweled spires of some Elven palace from a prior age of this world, made of mithril and sapphire and magic and will. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Soon, the jumbled spires of the Uglyville art school rose up, and Tally brought the two of them to a halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Servants park lunch carts beside us brimming over with cheese towers, spires of tomatoes, and piles of sweet rope bread and sliced meat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I have ridden by here and seen those spires in the distance, but I never knew to whose house they belonged. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But as I looked up to see the medieval buildings and church spires of Frosolone rising on top of the mountain, all I felt was wonder and gratitude. ‘Oh-Oh, Ay-Ay!’ Riding to an Italian Rhythm on the Transumanza 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The close-cropped Paris skyline, with domes and spires poking through like spring shoots, remains a key to the city’s charm and identity. Paris just wants to be Brooklyn: A radical reinvention aims to fix the City of Light 2013-09-14T22:00:00Z To me, gray skies and cooler temperatures are as welcoming as the spires of Disneyland are to a child. Our Chief Theater Critic Is in London and Wants to Hear From You 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Without the enclosure, it's unclear whether the needle is an antenna or a spire — a crucial distinction in terms of measuring the building's height. Willis Tower could remain America's tallest 2012-05-10T20:02:00Z Fantastic as it was, “Wonderland” was rooted in the place Dodgson lived and worked: the city and environs of Oxford with its ancient university, its “dreaming spires” and its surrounding countryside. Finding Alice’s ‘Wonderland’ in Oxford 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z From the raucous taverns of the Shire to the dreaming spires of Gondor, there will be palpable relief today. Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis sign up for The Hobbit 2011-01-11T11:23:19Z These are real mountains with granite spires shooting up through glaciers. British Columbia’s Powder Highway 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The children needed enlightenment, so we took them to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, with its thought-provoking displays that climb toward a glass spire overlooking the provincial capital. Driving along the Trans-Canada Highway isn’t a road trip. It’s a family culinary tour. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Landlocked, communist, studded with limestone spires and gilded temples, riddled with caves and home to rare wildlife, Laos has a unique charm for adventurous travellers. Laos holiday guide: plan the perfect two-week trip 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Driving westward across Jutland, the wide horizon of agricultural fields is broken by the black silhouette of another immense sculpture, “Elia,” a factory-like dome sculpture with spires stretching 32 meters into the air. Scene/Seen: A Bold New Art World Is Lighting Up Western Denmark 2011-10-14T13:30:15Z From the local parks, with their carefully plotted plantings and neatly clipped trees, to the turrets and spires and bridges along the Seine, Paris certainly can be inspiring. Stroll, Sip and Dance Through Paris, in the Footsteps of Artistic Giants 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z To get there, we drove hundreds of miles through Old Bohemia, Moravia and Austria, passing shriveled vineyards in icy rain, green fields in fog, and church spires on foggy hilltops. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Another bend and suddenly the two Pitons, forest-covered lava spires, emerge more than 2,300 breathtaking feet high from the sea. Touring St. Lucia with its Top Chef 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Cappadocia: The Sedona of Turkey, it’s full of unworldly rocky spires, rock formations where ancient people made their homes and churches. Take a budget-friendly bus tour of Turkey 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Childs replaced Libeskind's torchlike spire with a more traditional antenna and the sun alignment turned out not to be very feasible. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z He goes to Turkey to sit in a cafe and look at spires. I came home to a sleeping country 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z But I first saw the town just as Salter’s narrator did: “ … in the distance, against the streaked sky, a town appears. A single, great spire, stark as a monument: Autun.” James Salter’s ‘Blue, Indolent’ Corner of Burgundy 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Above, the crimson star glowed, gold-tipped spires spiking the sky, and when the bells began it was as if we’d stumbled into a fable. Haunted by the perfect kiss: It should have been her, and then it was 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z It was breezy, and in the middle of the lake I drifted for an unhurried view of Feldberg and its lone church spire and lake promenade. Overnighter: North of Berlin, a Quiet Land of Lakes 2013-05-23T22:59:37Z In a playful retort to what were once deemed proper materials such as bronze, Barlow looks to the urban environment, crafting everything from toppled spires to big scrunched-up fabric boulders from recycled cast-offs. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-26T23:05:08Z From the train station, I threaded my way past churches with green copper spires and gabled, half-timbered houses in fanciful colors — peach, mustard, sage — toward the newest attraction, the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z They address a central function of the Ivy League: the communication of a certain idea of American heritage, to which the campuses of Yale and Princeton, with their Gothic spires and soaring archways, are monuments. The Meaning of Names at Princeton and Yale 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z By contrast, a spire is something that is part of the building's architectural design. Willis Tower could remain America's tallest 2012-05-10T20:02:00Z And above them, like cathedral spires, rose the stacks, shelf after shelf, carrying a book for every card below, books ranging in subject from the majestic to the comically arcane. What makes the ideal university? Six values that power higher education at its best 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Despite the wide-open visual possibilities of virtual design before them, the first Christian congregations to form in virtual worlds still created recognizable cathedrals and medieval-looking church spires. Christians, forced online for Easter, prepare to share the gospel without sharing the virus 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Mae Westminster Abbey: A stunning feat of engineering with two eye-catching spires and a nice apse. Style Invitational Week 1344: Well, that’s just great — it’s Limerixicon XVI 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z All are small in scale, yet in shapes that suggest towers and spires. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The spire of Our Lady towers above the city at 381 feet and claims to be one of the world’s tallest brick structures. Belgium’s beautiful Bruges: Old-world Europe in the present 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z But if one were able to take the trip aloft in Fénix 2, one would ascend to a view of dreaming spires, shopping precincts and the flat roof of Marks & Spencer's next door. Deep and meaningful: Roman Ond?k's Time Capsule 2011-03-15T21:30:01Z Moreover, the Dom looms over everything, the dark openwork of its Gothic spires glowering down on the city. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z Now comes the fun: clinging to the spire, teetering off a ledge. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The interior is a labyrinth of chapels, one for each of its domes and spires. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z During the Second World War, the church’s formerly four-hundred-foot spire was reduced by half, and much of the rest of the structure destroyed in a November, 1943, Allied air raid and subsequent artillery fire. A Beacon in Berlin 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z On separate days, we saw the city’s two major stupas, enormous half-dome holy edifices built on square bases and topped by pointed spires painted with four sets of Buddha’s all-seeing eyes. A breathtaking Himalayan journey to ‘the rooftop of the world’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Small towns occasionally dotted the landscape, topped with the spires of ancient churches; cows with metal bells around their necks grazed in steep, flower-studded pastures; and rustic chalets perched upon graceful, green slopes. Inspired by the Billy Joel tune, a family heads to Vienna 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The movie’s climactic inspiration is to use the gleaming Deco spire of the Chrysler Building, just a block away, to conduct electricity back to the Tesseract. Marvel's The Avengers: A Superhero Roundup That's Almost Super 2012-04-25T12:25:56Z In the High Street, St. Mary the Virgin, parish church of the University, provides a hawk’s-eye view from its 13th-century tower with all those “dreaming spires” Matthew Arnold gushed over in the 1860s. Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Only the base of the cathedral’s studded spire remained visible. James Salter’s ‘Blue, Indolent’ Corner of Burgundy 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The bonus: Guests get to soak in a skyline of historic rowhouses, cranes putting up new buildings, church spires, plus other Washingtonians enjoying the evening on their own terraces. Outdoor entertaining: How Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner throw a patio party At this time of year, the setting sun reflects off the spire of 1 World Trade Center before the glimmer of skyscraper lights pierces the darkness after intermission. Review: Donald Berman Balances Fire and Rhapsody at Bargemusic 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Every feature is visible, from the narrative reliefs above the main doors to the gargoyles and spires high above, to the color and textures of the stone. Viewing Europe’s Houses of Worship in Wild Detail 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Reality and fantasy were deeply intertwined in Marvel’s Spider-Man, where gamers swung from webs above Lincoln Center and leaped from the Empire State Building’s spire into the crowds leaving the subway station at Herald Square. Spider-Man 2’s New York Is a Web of Skyscrapers and Brownstones 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z We were in Central Oregon, perched at the summit of the volcanic spires of Smith Rock that shoot up, almost violently, 600 feet straight into the air. Topping off a resort vacation on Oregon’s Smith Rock 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z On a bright January morning, the view through the floor-to-ceiling windows of sunlight tickling the spires of the Duomo was reflected in the polished white marble floor, brighter than the gates of heaven. Explorer: Three Designers, Three Milan Hotels 2012-02-17T20:39:57Z The new building's spire is 77 meters tall. At new French museum, the building steals the show 2010-05-10T13:43:00Z The tapering, faceted form of the Shard, referencing London's history of spires and masts, was quickly agreed upon. The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator 2012-06-13T17:43:50Z To admire that spire is to admire a work of madness and evil. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z There are mass transit networks that appear to defy gravity, dreaming city spires that reach higher than the Shard, and cloaking technologies that allow an entire nation to be concealed from the outside world. Black Panther – the most radical superhero film yet? Discuss with spoilers 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The dome was never meant to be permanent; rather, it was a temporary topping over the crossing’s four gigantic granite arches until a spire could be erected, at which point it was to be removed. Cathedral of St. John Finally Solves a 100-Year-Old Problem 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z It has a new rooftop restaurant overlooking the city spires. A Perfect Day... in Oxford 2012-03-05T03:35:00Z In an illumination from a medieval manuscript of Froissart's Chronicles, the king and his lords in their pageantry confront an army of poor men in front of the towers and spires of London. I depict a riot 2011-08-09T13:28:10Z Above Mr. Jaar black-and-white video images of skeletal trees and Gothic church spires crawled across the dome’s ceiling. Music: Nicolas Jaar, Electronic Musician and Student at Brown 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z At right, the interior of the church and its colorful spire. | Le Havre in a New Light 2011-12-21T20:37:21Z The towers and the spires of the temples emerge more clearly. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z I wondered, too, if the way the building appears to stop all of a sudden at the 76th, without a crown or spire, was another way of saving money. Frank Gehry: Dizzy heights 2011-07-05T20:30:03Z The Hollow Tooth is the ruined spire and entry portico of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, or Memorial Church, built, in 1895, as a monument to a ruler of the nineteenth-century German Empire. A Beacon in Berlin 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Another escalator leads to an outdoor piazza, with views to the harbor on one side, and to this city of church spires on the other. The Elbphilharmonie, Like a Fabergé Egg With a Wondrous Secret Inside 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Even up on his spire, strumming his acoustic, he seemed to bounce off the walls. Music Review: Foo Fighters at the Izod Center - Review 2011-09-27T22:00:18Z At least the Freudian symbolism of tall towers, even taller church spires and ruined homes remains, and the basic story is intact, in the spirited production that opened Monday night at the BAM Harvey Theater. Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder' 2013-05-20T23:43:09Z The artwork depicts treetops of light and lighter green against a dark green background radiating toward the central spire. Space Needle to don an evergreen coat 2012-10-23T22:50:26Z In Edinburgh, church spires and austere towers are “thinking awful Scottish thoughts, or plotting the downfall of reason.” World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The Wilshire Grand Center opened Friday as the tallest building in the city and the highest west of the Mississippi River, if only thanks to its spire. Wilshire Grand Center, the new tallest building in L.A. and a schmoozer in the skyline 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Lone kayakers, sailboats and families of swans pass lazily by, with the spires of the Copenhagen skyline across the channel beyond. 2010-01-22T16:48:00Z This Roman Catholic cathedral’s four spires — one currently encased in scaffolding — tower over Bamberg, so it’s an easy task. Bamberg, Germany: A city of just 70,000 people but nine breweries 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z More austere is “River Blues: Two Columns,” whose spires are asymmetrical in width but entirely in grayish blues. Review | In the galleries: Artists make use of Asian iconography via paper and sculpture 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z She adds that the pyramid’s height of 146 meters remained unsurpassed until the completion of Lincoln Cathedral’s spire in A.D. ‘The Story of Egypt’: A look at a gender-bending society where women could rule 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z If they live in a different world from the realm of domes, spires and cherry blossoms seen in many of these artworks, it’s one that’s not so far away. In the galleries: Watercolors, silkscreen, portraiture in Alexandria But every Wednesday something comes along to perform beneath the spire – I avoid the Scottish pipers, but the pianist who plays Brahms will light my fire. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z The spires of ancient rural churches are echoed by factory edifices, while train tracks, metal pipes and monster mining operations seem to overshadow the mountains in the distance. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-05T23:09:02Z Alternatively, if the spire that Jocelin built is the actual and still extant pinnacle of Salibsury Cathedral that changes things, doesn't it? Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z The serious restoration work starts in the summer, with removal and replacement of dislodged intricate stonework and repairs to the cathedral’s roof, the iron and timber structure inside the spire, lighting and boundary walls. Malta puts up net to make crumbling cathedral spire safe 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Pierpont writes that the building’s “illusion” was essential to its identity: The spire rises to “an impossible slenderness that disappears gradually, like a bird flying out of sight.” ‘American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building’ 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The April 15 fire caused the roof and spire to collapse although the main bell towers and the outer walls were saved, along with religious relics and priceless works of art. No Christmas mass at Notre-Dame for the first time since Napoleon 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The ruins are not much, but the panorama from the ramparts is wonderful, particularly because of the bird’s-eye view of church spires and minarets intermingling across the skyline. The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z From the walk in, the view isn’t mountain ranges and date palms but a working waterfront and the spires of new hotels and modernist museums. Live: Primavera Sound shines on the global festival circuit 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Many rooms offer views of the spires of Prague’s Old Town. 'Green' Hotel and Hostel Opens in Prague 2010-06-10T19:00:00Z Somehow, it had survived the Nazis in World War II, perhaps because its high spire that doubled as a radio tower. Swapping a boat for a bus to explore Prague, Vienna and Budapest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Floating in a boundless inter-dimensional phase space, Strange sees an “S” of earths collapsing into red cosmic dust, headed toward a galactic spire of doom. Why Doctor Strange shares its psychedelic DNA with Pink Floyd 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Another storm is clearly imminent, but the hope of salvation lies in the rainbow and the spire piercing a patch of clear bright sky. Constable 'masterpiece' bought by Tate for £23.1m 2013-05-23T11:25:57Z Bring on the twisting forms and soaring spires! Roundup: Jeffrey Deitch's return, new rules for L.A. skyline, Instagram art 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z If the early-summer spires of this beautiful native shrub don’t reel you in, the fall color of its leaves will capture your heart. Fall for Gold 2010-09-27T17:53:00Z That morning, a pink light from the rising sun illuminated the river and distant spires as statues of some three dozen obscure saints and notables gazed down at the bridge. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Grab one of the small tables on the upstairs balcony and enjoy the view of the red-tiled roofs and spires of a medieval town tucked into the rugged Serra de Tramuntana mountains. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z While the building was completed in 1435, the spires and interior decorations are from the late 19th century. Sweden’s Uppsala is happy center of learning and ancient culture 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z This massive Gothic cathedral, known to locals as La Seu, has ornate spires and buttresses that still dominate the Old City of Palma. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z When complete, the chapel — a modest building with a spire rendered in his signature neo-Baroque style — will be the only Gaudí-designed building outside of his native Spain. A Plan for a Chapel in Chile Based on Designs by Gaudí 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Her recent works, including the three examples here, are spires or monoliths embedded with plastic foam beads and coated with acrylic paint. Review | In the galleries: Prizewinning artists share concept of challenging perceptions 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Because the Christian conquerors added their own flourishes and structures to many of these grand buildings, Moorish horseshoe arches are often twinned with Gothic vaults and spires. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It has a single 403-foot-tall spire; there were supposed to be two, but Antwerp’s wealth meant a bigger cathedral was planned and then never completed as the city lost its place as Europe’s trading capital. This Belgian cosmopolitan port city offers art, diamonds, ale, architecture — and chocolate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Nye will lead an experiment in which the audience members will work together to change the color of the One World Trade Center spire. Around Town for Aug. 19-25 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The church is once again equipped with an organ, pews and stained glass windows, while gargoyles glare from beneath the new spire. In Shanghai, Preserving Buildings Takes Work 2010-05-01T10:03:00Z We were in the back kitchen at Virgin's exceedingly posh and expensive recording studio almost within sight of Oxford's dreaming spires. XTC: 'Is there a place in rock'n'roll for a Princess Anne lookalike?' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-23T13:09:00Z Piano declared that his design was inspired by old pictures of church spires and ships' masts on the river. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z Past the park’s entry gate, the Mad King Ludwig spires of the Enchanted Storybook Castle soared in the distance, and speakers burbled music from “The Nutcracker.” At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z You could see the story as a vindication of blind faith in that the spire has defiantly withstood the oscillations of the wind for eight centuries. The Spire – review 2012-11-12T12:23:08Z He cuts off Notre Dame’s spire and paints the wall blocking the cathedral with more attention than the cathedral itself. Perspective | In Hopper’s early Paris paintings, reflections of today’s strange, desolate cities 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Clinging to the side of one of the town's steep ridges, the inn offers eight rooms, each boasting a memorable view of the sloping vineyard and the picturesque village and spires below. Toast Missouri Wine Country 2011-04-14T14:50:11.947Z Far away, an invisible sun that has pierced through blackness lights up the spire of a church like a ghostly apparition. Review: Paul Sandby, Unlikely Founder of Dazzling School of European Art 2010-04-16T12:05:00Z The walkway circles around the building’s narrow spire, which, in 1930, was envisioned as a mooring mast for dirigibles; as it turned out, only King Kong ever reliably used it for support. Exhibition Review: A View Inside King Kong?s Perch 2011-07-16T00:00:07Z I want to sit in a cafe and look at spires. I came home to a sleeping country 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z A few hundred feet away was the immigration station, an imposing red-brick structure with limestone trim and copper-covered spires, which is now a museum. Dustin Lance Black, the Screenwriter Behind “Milk” and “When We Rise,” on Coming Out As a Gay Activist 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Melting into a distant dark-blue sky, the prickly spires of trees and a smoke-belching chimney hint at an unlovely city. ‘Rules of Summer,’ by Shaun Tan And he was obsessed with adorning his own home with a sky-stabbing spire, an accusatory finger calling God to account for his failings. Theater Review: ‘The Master Builder,’ at the Harvey Theater at BAM 2013-05-21T02:00:02Z If there was a Jocelin, and his spire fell, it becomes something else. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z There's lovely St Thomas's, Grade II* listed, its magnificent spire held together with rusting iron clamps, with 25 people rattling around among seats for 1,000. One in 10 English churches needs urgent repairs 2010-06-30T14:05:00Z Whenever a swell is stabbed to death in a garden or a university lecturer falls off a chapel spire, Sidney is by Geordie’s side, handsomely Sherlock Holmes-ing it. The Unholy Pleasures of “Grantchester,” The Original Hot-Priest Show 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z And it is all witnessed by you and the spire: raised up to the highest advantage. The 10 best paintings for winter cheer 2013-01-12T19:05:00Z Whenever I think of Belgium, I recall digging into a dish of mussels while seated on a sunny square in Brussels in the shadow of a lacy medieval spire. Belgium’s culinary highlights 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Prague Posts | City Guide “The city of 100 spires” is Prague’s best-known moniker. Escape the Chill in Prague's Passages 2010-03-19T11:01:00Z The spire of a church rises high above the village's handful of homes – far bigger than seems probable for such a tiny place. Gaudí's Catalan shadow: the art of Josep Maria Jujol 2013-06-03T06:00:06Z I rented a car and drove through downtown, past the Disneyesque spires of Temple Square, and the beacon worked like it was supposed to. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z I left through the main gates, passing under striking domes, Gothic spires, flying buttresses and a scene of Jesus and his apostles carved from stone. A nice place to rest 2012-10-07T20:00:00Z But the interior is not a landmark, and the museum plans to use all that space, “from basement to spire,” Ms. Tisch said. Historic Church to Be New Home for Children’s Museum of Manhattan 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z And, although Golding describes in detail the dynamics of building a spire of wood and stone, the book is short on quotidian reality. The Spire – review 2012-11-12T12:23:08Z Downtown Kenmare has a color palette straight out of a child’s coloring box, overseen by the copper-covered spire of Holy Cross Church. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Modern office buildings, numerous church spires and brick warehouses reimagined as restaurants and shopping centers produce a handsome and inviting downtown skyline. A different kind of coasting: Maine to Canada via the Bay of Fundy and St. John River 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z As the dramatic photos in “Sacred Spaces” show, Modernism renounced the sheltering arch and the noble spire, the traditions that link faith to its ancient origins. Book review: ‘Sacred Spaces,’ a report on Modernism in religious buildinghs 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Stately mansions housed rich traders, church spires scraped the skies, and the population swelled to 200,000. In Old Goa, India, a saint’s relics raise mysterious questions You dig very wet sand and drip it from a bucket or shovel to form whimsical spires — like a sand castle Antoni Gaudí might have built in Barcelona. A DIY to-do list for Oregon’s Cannon Beach 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Don’t forget to look up at the spire of St. Procopius Catholic Church, which is a fantastic reminder of the area’s Czech past. The Best Secret Streets Around the World 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z “The fracking rig is an industrial spire at the back of our property line, about a quarter mile from our trailer,” Amy tells us. Stabbed in the Convent, Murdered in the Yard 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The central spire, known as a spadix, is wrapped partially in a skirt called a spathe. Corpse flowers are invading the East Coast: Here’s how to see (and smell) one 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z House-size boulders balance precariously atop bony spires, surrounded by prehistoric rubble. On mountain bikes in the Utah desert, a college reunion like no other 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z At the very top is the stupa itself, white, with a 13-tiered golden spire. Into the Land of Happiness 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Cranes and scaffolding still flank the ornate spires of Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi’s most famous monument, which draws some 20 million visitors a year. Sagrada Familia cathedral gets building license 130 years after... 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z His Ambika 3 show has four vertical works, which shine down like spires or UFO beams. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-26T00:07:56Z Today the view toward the south includes the spire of One World Trade Center. Emery Roth Lived Here 2014-01-24T21:39:01Z I ran a slow lap around it, drinking in the view of the gilded dome fountain below and the forest of spires beyond, immersed in the moment, without distraction. In Cairo, Alone Time With the Pharaohs 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Its two towers were originally Romanesque but later capped with tall Gothic spires, while the west facade is structurally Romanesque but with a decorative Gothic “curtain” added. Centuries of survival: Inside France’s gothic cathedrals 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z To see the spire fall felt like a conduit to the divine being broken, even though I can’t remember the last time I went to church on Sunday. A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Now, soaring around the spires and roofs and power lines of an urban expanse populated by freaks, lunatics, maniacs and, of course, supervillains is exactly what Arkham City is all about. Video Game Review: You, Batman, Keep Arkham City in Line - Review 2011-10-19T15:49:36Z Well, this week we did see something jutting out of the water that looked, to me, a bit like a church spire. The Returned recap: series one, episode four – Victor 2013-06-30T21:10:00Z The Old Town’s stately main square, ringed by outdoor cafes and dominated by the twin spires of a magnificent church? | 36 Hours: 36 Hours in Krakow, Poland 2011-09-29T20:00:00Z Elsewhere in the discussion, the spire was also seen to symbolise Cold War fears, and even Golding's unhappy time in the navy. Reading group: The Spire's many meanings 2013-04-15T10:34:02Z An island of spires and cobblestone nestled in a patchwork of hedgerows and luminous fields, Pagford is the sort of town many of us long to visit on holiday. Provocative 'The Casual Vacancy' no ordinary jaunt to countryside 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Shiv Shanti Bhuvan is one in the line of 1930s Art Deco apartment blocks that front the green of the Oval Maidan, looking across it to the Victorian spires of the University and High Court. Discovering Mumbai’s Art Deco Treasures 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z From the top, expansive vistas of hop fields are framed by ornate quatrefoil windows and projecting canopies, topped by three-metre spires. Hadlow Tower: the UK's tallest folly reborn as a rentable holiday home 2013-04-18T11:06:44Z In the 1980s, the building acquired another nickname, the Coyote Building, as its spire and towering flagpole were said to favor a baying coyote. In Chicago, Landmark Hotels Where the Views Are Enchanting 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Vantages into the inner gorge show clusters of sharp spires hewed from the dark Vishnu rock. A father-son backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon is an introduction to adventure 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Thousands mourned outside the Notre Dame in Paris, France, last week after flames raced through the cathedral’s attic, destroying its wood roof and toppling a 300-foot spire. At Washington National Cathedral, another church is rising — out of 500,000 Legos 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Once in the park and before reaching the visitors’ center, I pulled over at a picnic area to look at dramatic, rocky ravines and spires of pumice and ash bordering Annie Creek. In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z After years of neglect, the churches — rough-hewn, idiosyncratic wooden structures with surprisingly tall spires — seem to be in danger of disappearing. Explorer: In Ukraine, Churches With a Distinctive Allure 2011-07-15T16:00:00Z Its slightly squat stepped spire and a huge rose window dominate the street below. When the church turns into a pub 2012-12-27T08:00:05Z His series of hand-made spires, slender tripods pivoting their counter weighted central arms in the landscape, would be a homage to Beuys, who spoke of the urgent need for balance in our relationship with nature. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z Here the stage is surrounded by stone-white walls through which we glimpse the spires of a temple. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z A first glimpse of the historic luxury hotel as you crest the winding front drive’s final hill is a bit like the scene where Dorothy first sees the green spires of Oz in the distance. ‘Taking the waters’ at the regal, glamorous Homestead Resort The spires of a pyramidal stupa near my hotel would serve as my beacon in case I got lost. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z Up here, wandering through a fancy forest of spires, you’ll notice that the saint statues up close suddenly become more lifelike. Historic hits in Italy’s most mod city 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z We huddled on a boulder to wait for the gray curtain to lift from the spires. Seeking refuge in the wild: Hiking in Chilean Patagonia The strong lines of domes and spires, chiseled in space, suit the artists’s process, which is essentially drawing by removing. Review | In the galleries: At American University Museum, a world of atmosphere 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Once you have placed your order, found an empty stool, looked around the room at the potted cactus spires and the choking poster, you will probably find yourself staring at the hot tub of meat. Taqueria Ramírez Brings a Mexico City Specialty to Brooklyn 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Most notably, I'm left wondering what exactly the spire may be – or what combination of things. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z The Na Pali Coast is a bucket-list must with towering green spires, deep canyons, and perilous cliffs sloping into the sea. These Are the Best Views in America 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z On the rooftop, two terraces offer panoramic views of the city, including the slim spire of Turin’s most recognizable landmark, the Mole Antonelliana. At Turin Hotel, a Minimalist Mood, With a Dash of History 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z So is the location of Colón’s silvery public sculpture, which is half spire, half surfboard. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z In France, in England — and anywhere else I can follow a tall spire to a historic cathedral. Centuries of history come to life on a verger tour of Westminster Abbey 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z With Midtown’s spires and SoHo’s enviable lofts visible through panoramic windows, dreams of South Beach were forgotten. Bo?te: Jimmy 2011-05-04T21:04:02Z Its towers and spires — with French, Flemish and Venetian touches, presciently — produced a skyline on the Euston Road of unfettered Gothic exuberance. St. Pancras International was London’s Valentine to Europe 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The grandstand is so big that its iconic twin spires are almost overwhelmed by the luxury box towers that now bookend them. For top horse racing without Triple Crown crowds, try Keeneland, not Churchill Downs 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z When he’s drawing Spanish churches in 1962, for instance, he articulates every last crocket and cranny of the Sagrada Familia spires, every possible zigzag of mortar in his arresting facade to the Barcelona Cathedral. Unearthing Rick Barton, a Boho Bard of North Beach 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z As we bounced along in an open Jeep, the canyon deepened in colonnaded spires and 800-foot-high cliffs streaked with black “desert varnish” — discoloration from centuries of rain and sun. Photographer Edward S. Curtis’s Southwest 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The sustainably focused design features a wood deck accented with aluminum furniture and planters, while the landscaping uses native plantings such as oak-leaved hydrangeas, lilyturf, and sweet spire. Now You Can Spend Your Layover in the Great Outdoors 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Around midnight, we drove a rental car into the city as snow flakes drifted on myriad spires in the yellow streetlights. Stalking the Trump Family’s Roots 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Crowned with a massive dome and conical spire, the soaring building is the symbol of the city. 36 Hours in Turin, Italy 2012-06-28T18:55:14Z North of the house stretches a tract of evergreen spires she named Lost Woods and fought to protect. Footsteps: Rachel Carson’s ‘Rugged Shore’ in Maine 2012-08-22T20:00:28Z It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi for 27 years, until the Wilshire Grand Center’s spire was added this year. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z It's madness that takes him up the ladders – but his life in the spire is spiritual and devoted. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z If it interests his eye, he puts it in: a forking path, a cathedral spire, a rainbow, a boy drinking from a stream or “a far toss of birds,” in Plumly’s phrase. Review | One rivalry changed the landscape in English art 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But believers still believe, in the same way that no one would become an atheist merely because a church spire fell down. Simon Hoggart's week: a stalking horse from the same stable 2013-02-01T15:39:43Z Donors’ names will be placed on a plaque on the restored Cabrini spire. Anticipating a Crowd, Milan’s Cathedral Undergoes a Restoration 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z University of Osuna, which is built in the Italian renaissance style and is topped by four blue-tiled cylindrical spires, is tipped as another location. Game of Thrones fifth series: more than 10,000 Spaniards apply to be extras 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z But there, among cathedral spires and castle parapets, the animation studio Cartoon Saloon has carved out a factory of hand-drawn artistry and local folklore that has persisted and flourished well beyond its creators’ expectations. How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z She waved to the spire of the Empire State Building, saying that it’s near her current apartment, a rent-stabilized place she moved into while still a struggling actress. For Laverne Cox, Life Is a Blur, and So Is New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z As she spoke she fashioned her body into an arrow, rooting her torso down into the couch and jutting her arm up like a skyscraper’s spire. Wendy Whelan, Ballerina of Architectural Bearing 2012-01-22T05:20:06Z Framed by forests and perched on a commanding hill some 60 m above a river, Vianden's spires and ramparts conjure up fairy-tale fantasia. Five Reasons to Visit Luxembourg 2011-01-13T14:15:00Z Without the spire, One World Trade Center would actually be shorter than the in Chicago, which currently wears the crown of tallest building in the U.S. at 1,451 feet, not including its own antennas. Willis Tower could remain America's tallest 2012-05-10T20:02:00Z He tilted his eyes upwards and watched the clouds as they dodged between the spires of the city, sunlight and deep shadows and bright windows reflecting the light in neat squares. It's All Right I Have a List That Helps to Make Everything Clear and It's Real Easy to Follow by Ian Beck - short story 2012-11-14T12:09:04Z To raise awareness of the restoration, the statue of St. Lucia and gargoyles from one of the Duomo’s spires are displayed inside the Eataly food complex in New York City. Anticipating a Crowd, Milan’s Cathedral Undergoes a Restoration 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In Houston, Bertoia metal spires up to 12 feet tall will tower over Evans cabinets fronted in a patchwork of steel and slate, and a triangular Wormley table inlaid with Tiffany glass tiles. Antiques: A Bequest of Modernism Enriches Two Museums 2011-08-18T21:59:44Z Eventually, all paths lead to the iconic Kronborg Castle, a sober, four-sided fortress bedecked with ornate spires and scrolled architectural flourishes, a curious marriage of Lutheran restraint and Renaissance pomp. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Under craggy granite spires, the tribe sang traditional songs that have been passed down over generations. ‘The Place Where Shamans Dream’: Safeguarding Spirit Mountain 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z To our right is a concrete-block building with odd swirls and crenelations along the roof, perhaps a misguided nod to the crown on the spire of Krakow’s cathedral. A former communist neighborhood showpiece offers a history lesson in Krakow, Poland 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Today’s basilica largely dates from the late 1800s and early 1900s and is an imposing neo-Gothic structure with double spires rising dramatically from the flat landscape of the Pampas. Pursuits: Exploring the Homeland of Pope Francis I 2013-05-09T21:38:12Z Outside, a broad balcony overlooked two facing hills, with the ocher rooftops of the town’s much smaller peasant houses and a few church spires filling the space between them. In the Czech Republic, Moravia and Its Castles 2011-09-23T18:55:00Z Some temples are no larger than toolsheds while others are several stories tall with spires that remind me of church steeples back home. The best way to see thousands of temples in central Burma: Hot-air balloon 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The Garden Grove church is a local landmark and tourist attraction, with its majestic spire visible from some of the freeways that crisscross the county. Pipe organ made famous on ‘Hour of Power’ program returns 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Its height includes a 408-foot spire, which was officially deemed part of the architecture and not, as some argued, a superfluous antenna. New York City welcomes One World Trade Center to its skyline 2014-01-27T05:00:00Z The storm that had blown in that afternoon had eased up for the moment, and in the distance I could just make out the sandstone spires of the St.-Michel church still shrouded in fog. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z Conceptual designs of Disney’s “bold, shimmering and royal makeover” appear to show more vibrant blues on the roofs and spires. Disney World is giving Cinderella Castle a 'royal makeover' 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Especially up on the roof, though, with the spires of Manhattan hazy in the distance, I felt a little on vacation, too — willing to let my impatience go quiet, open to placid pleasures. Taking a Dance Vacation at Rockaway 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z And then suddenly you see it: the asymmetrical limestone spires of the Dolomites erupting from the placid landscape like a gigantic prehistoric paw in gruff welcome. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z I'm off to Cape Cod to a coastal village of wooden houses and a white wooden church with a spire. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z A few yards down at No. 94 is the Home of the Illustrious Brotherhood, with a mustard yellow facade and Gothic-looking spires. From Hell to Heaven in the Hometown of Bosch 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z While we sit down and snack, I pepper Anna with questions about the Serra dos Órgãos mountains, their distant, pointy spires to the south looking quite fierce. A guide to the hidden spots of Rio, a bustling city of six million people 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The plan remains to one day build a spire. Cathedral of St. John Finally Solves a 100-Year-Old Problem 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The view alone is worth it: Rockefeller Center Promenade and rooftop gardens on one side, and along the other wall of windows, the neo-Gothic spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral across East 50th Street. Department Store Dining, With City Views and Jimmy Choos 2011-12-29T23:59:15Z In this case, it's a cash-strapped dean, Augustus Jedd, who has committed funds he doesn't have to the restoration of the spire of his cherished minster. Dandy Dick – review 2012-07-04T11:35:31Z Soon the group began sliding cartoony cutouts of the Paris skyline into place, and six actors assembled into two family groups, posing, snapshot style, in front of the wobbly spire of an ersatz Eiffel Tower. ‘All Our Happy Days Are Stupid’ Heads for a New York Run 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Once the papers are sent, a "height committee" will be convened to make the final judgment as to whether the spire does indeed count as a piece of architecture or not. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z Smaller spires line each side of its steeply pitched roof. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Picture this: Half-timbered towns with tall cathedral spires, thatched-roof cottages dotted among green rolling hills, fat happy cows, and drifts of gnarled apple trees. Savoring Normandy’s hospitality 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Make that four, if you count the churches in Victor Hugo’s city of “a hundred spires.” A new river line hopes to redefine cruises for millennials 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Somehow the towering spire of St. Nicholas Church survived the bombing. Discovering ‘undiscovered’ Hamburg 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Your hint: This country is home to a number of wooden churches — some with surprisingly tall spires — dating from the 15th to 18th centuries. In Transit: Guess Where This Is 2011-07-14T15:07:02Z Given what happens in the bulk of the novel, it would be almost miraculous if the spire survived. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z But the 2017 version is set not against the snow-capped mountains and glassy downtown spires of Denver, but in this steamy, leafy city that begat “Gone With the Wind” and Spanx. A ‘Dynasty’ for Generation ‘Gossip Girl’ (Mom Can Watch, Too) 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The storybook phantasmagoria of the background art—the spires and turrets of King Zøg’s castle hover atop a bluff and a wondrous waterfall—introduces a sense of sublimity. “Disenchantment,” Reviewed: Matt Groening Makes the Most of Medieval Slapstick Pestilence 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z In midafternoon, a view of San Gimignano’s famous spires peeked through the trees, and soon we joined a road filled with cyclists in bright spandex outfits. On the Via Francigena in Tuscany, Monasteries and Fellowship 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Like church spires, tall twin smokestacks announce the campus from afar, declaring the center a factory for ideas. The Best Architecture in New York of 2016 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Yet he sometimes lets the material rudely speak, as in a spire of salvaged lumber from which bent nails protrude. In the galleries: Remapping the boundaries of drawing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The title refers to a mysteriously woo-woo, sky-piercingly tall spire that somehow holds both the universe’s various worlds and its monstrous threats in check. Review: The Good, the Bad and the Stupid in ‘The Dark Tower’ 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The original proposal, for a store positioned not only within sight of the dreaming spires, but on a flood plain on the outskirts of Oxford, provoked furious opposition from conservationists and environmental campaigners. Bodleian Library sets up in Swindon 2010-10-07T09:38:00Z After a special cabinet meeting, he announced a design competition for a new spire “that is adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era.” Notre-Dame and the Paradoxes of Historical Preservation 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z He went on, “If you thought the fire was bad, wait for the damage from the spire that will come out of the competition.” Notre-Dame and the Paradoxes of Historical Preservation 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z With “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” he is one of the few filmmakers to ascend the narrow spires of American prestige cinema with work that regularly centers black characters. Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z From his spot on the sidewalk you can see both the spire of City Hall, less than two blocks away, and several other encampments nestled near the 101. What those homeless camps along L.A.'s freeways mean for a public space once above it all 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z From my window, I could see the jagged spires of the city’s most imposing church, the Cathedral of SS. In Brno, Drinks for Morning, Noon and Night 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In the relatively compact, completely walkable neighborhood close to town, amazingly well-preserved pastel-hued houses, many with venerable spires and chimneys, are clustered together among formal and informal gardens. The Ga. towns that Sherman spared in his March to the Sea Ornate foam towers, like petrified church spires or imploded rockets, rise from the floor and hover from the ceiling. Review: In ‘o’ death,’ Creation Stirs Amid the Specter of Imminent Death 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Even with its spire, it will not reach the height of Mecca's 600m clock-tower in Saudi Arabia, where the 1km Kingdom Tower is also being planned in Jeddah to overshadow them all. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z So he went to the flower district in Manhattan and came back with planters full of tall bamboo spires that tower over the tops of the Peroni umbrellas he uses to shade the tables. Outdoor Dining Offers Fresh Air and Fantasy to a City That Needs Both 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Over time, it eroded into sherbet layered cliffs and spires. A Bicycle Tour Through Remote Southwest Canyon Country 2010-07-31T04:30:00Z But the cloth buttes and spires are so suggestive of Monument Valley that the proper means of transit would seem to be a stagecoach. In the galleries: Melding sound and art 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z We were in the picturesque Renaissance town Pienza, its spire shooting up into a cloudless sky. Making Language Immersion Fun for the Kids 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z A 15-foot-tall gilded statue of Virgin Mary on the tallest spire overlooks it all. Historic hits in Italy’s most mod city 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Within its elaborate frame, an angelic choir sings, saints and sinners gather round the lamb with its half human face, and faraway hills are dotted with towers and spires. The adoration of Ghent: art, history and flavours in Flanders 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z And from here, at the Radcliffe Camera, spreads the Oxford of the dreaming spires, the ancient, walled colleges bumping up one against the other and connected by a warren of lanes and roads. In Search of Oxford 2014-03-21T16:22:35Z Behind us the ebbing waves of the Himalaya hang the sky with spires, while ahead the land smoothes into an ancient silence. 'To a Mountain in Tibet': Colin Thubron's pilgrimage through a land stalled in time 2011-04-13T21:38:03Z Admission to the museum, which towers over the city at the top of Wenceslas Square, includes access to its cupola — with great views over the “golden city of a hundred spires.” What’s new in Eastern Europe for 2019 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z When the set was complete George linked the spires to straddle a Border stream near a concrete roadblock on an unauthorized road outside Derry. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z While mostly made of stone, many Gothic churches feature a wooden roof or spire, making them susceptible to fires. Centuries of survival: Inside France’s gothic cathedrals 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z She found several features that, to her, proved the link, including the striking way the light from the stormy sky falls on the Cathedral spire. With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z The Pin are impressively smart and slick – although it is a brand of smart slickness that one tends to associate with male sketch troupes who've found one another under the dreaming spires. The Pin – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-13T13:52:00Z The church’s soaring 150-foot octagonal steel spire, which rises from a masonry bell tower, is breathtaking. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z A hardy perennial, the plant is prized for its tall spires of hooded, some might even say sinister, deep-purple blossoms. 'Gardening Can Be Murder': The safest place to encounter these toxic plants 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Small craters could look like frozen splashes of water, fringed with silvery spires. NASA launches spacecraft to a mysterious metal-rich asteroid 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Though we hustled through the park for Re’s sake, I found the hills of spindly hoodoo spires quite hypnotizing. 2 weeks, 11 national parks, 3,350 miles: Savor the Southwest on the Grand Circle road trip 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Owing to his nagging concern, Naidorf positioned the rooftop spire asymmetrically, poised to appear as if it touches the roof delicately, like “a ballerina en pointe.” The architect of L.A.'s iconic Capitol Records building sets the record straight — again — on that needle 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Today, the spire with three gilded crowns on top of Stockholm’s City Hall is one of the most recognizable features of the the capital’s skyline. Things to know about Sweden’s monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The building itself is crowned by three metal spires representing evergreens. Where to find the most stunning Seattle architecture, according to a historic preservationist 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z "It feels strange not to be in the dreaming spires, but I'm grateful I get to go back and forth and have that link," she said. Cost of Living: Oxford lecturer commutes from Dublin 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The monument’s upper spire was toppled Thursday evening. Sabotage damages monument to frontiersman ‘Kit’ Carson, who led campaigns against Native Americans 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z With its clusters of spiky radio tower spires and stark white observatories nestled among tall pines, any Ewok would feel at home. You can see the stars at Mt. Wilson Observatory — and a celestial sci-fi opera 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The spire is being hoisted atop the cathedral piece by piece this year, a development that Georgelin called “the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame.” French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The spire is being hoisted atop the cathedral piece by piece this year, a development that Georgelin called “the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame.” French general overseeing restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral, Jean-Louis Georgelin, dies at 74 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Spiky white urchins made of long glass spires hung from the ceiling in an astonishing wintry display. Are Seattle’s iconic tourist attractions worth a visit? We tried out 5 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The lake and its surroundings were protected as parkland in large part to preserve the lake’s tufa towers — knobby limestone spires that rise high above the water’s surface and make for a wonderfully Seussian sight. Five State Parks to Visit This Summer 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The 6.7-square-mile Oak Flat is a verdant oasis in an arid landscape dotted with towering saguaro cacti, majestic rock spires and sweeping canyons. Oak Flat: a tract in Arizona sacred to some Native Americans but proposed as a giant copper mine 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Through the verses, Gioia’s gaze deflects the light of our “August sky” and “human eye” to a “crystal spire/ built in a land/ of quake and fire.” Review: The refurbished Christ Cathedral, and its humongous organ, find unexpected magnificence 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z They're at the entryway, their binoculars trained on the spire atop its Gothic Revival arches. Parrots Are Taking Over the World 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The resulting facade ranges from iron ore at the bottom to a light tan at the top, finished with lighter-toned terra-cotta caps that recall snow-capped rock masses and spires. Art Deco Seattle skyscrapers inspired by the nature of the Pacific NW 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z “From this summer, we will see the spire …gradually rising into the sky of Paris,” the general said in a statement marking the fire’s fourth anniversary. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The village itself is built on land that is subsiding down towards the valley, causing the church spire to lean and large cracks to appear in buildings. Swiss village of Brienz told to flee imminent monster rockslide 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Moscow’s famed Red Square military parade will go ahead following Russia’s claim of an attempted Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin, whose spires loom next to the parade venue. War shadows Victory Day, Russia’s integral holiday 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The neighborhood lies between the river and downtown Petersburg, whose spires and crooked rooflines are little changed from the Civil War era. Richard Stewart kept history alive. His death leaves it in jeopardy. 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Suddenly the livestream, which had been showing the idyllic vista, cut to a man in his 30s, wearing a Mongolian hat with a pointed golden spire. The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of China’s Live Shopping Craze 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z In the pink glow of dawn, she gazed at the familiar silhouette of Notre Dame’s twin bell towers — and the gaping void left by the missing spire. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z In the ground, it sends up two-foot spires of glistening, burnished yellow blossoms above the dome. The home garden is going bigger, wilder and more dramatic 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z In addition to the spire, work is proceeding on the sections of elevated masonry that fell in. Notre-Dame: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z “Luckily, I didn’t see the spire fall,” he said. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The skyline of Walt Disney World’s Tomorrowland has long been marked by the circular dome and star-reaching spires of Space Mountain, a cylindrical building whose decorative lines are constantly pointing skyward. Walt Disney World's new Tron ride: Gorgeous, but not the next Space Mountain 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z As Notre Dame burned, the spire was both a casualty of the flames and a weapon of destruction that threatened the entire edifice. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The team’s concept of two spires, encased in latticework like steel skeletons, was deemed by some as too somber and reminiscent of the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Rafael Viñoly, architect of global landmarks and civic spaces, dies at 78 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Today, in a sign of the burgeoning optimism, a replacement spire is being completed at an industrial site in eastern France. Notre-Dame: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Macron, who had been elected on a platform of a renewal two years before the fire, suggested a “contemporary architectural gesture” in the new spire design. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z “The return of the spire in Paris’ sky will in my opinion be the symbol that we are winning the battle of Notre Dame,” he told the Associated Press. Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen to public next December 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Even before the inferno, the spire was in disrepair, its degraded state a major impetus behind a restoration project launched three years earlier. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It’s the even taller spire at the southern edge of the complex. Perspective | Radar love: Tracing the changes atop Dulles Airport’s iconic tower 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z "In the coming months Parisians will see the spire beginning to rise. First it will be surrounded by scaffolding, but at the end of the year they will see it unveiled," says Gen Georgelin. Notre-Dame: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z Other parts — including the spire, decoration, vault and furniture — remain works in progress. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z In autumn 1941, a few German units in Hitler’s drive toward Moscow reached the city’s outer suburbs, close enough to see the Kremlin’s spires. Opinion | Putin can win only if Josh Hawley-esque isolationists multiply 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z When statues of the 12 apostles and four evangelists were commissioned to decorate the spire, he had the face of St. Thomas, the patron saint of architects, modeled on his own. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z With its haunting rock spires and salt-crusted shores, Mono Lake is a Hollywood vision of the apocalypse. Los Angeles DWP battles to keep spigot open at Mono Lake 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The spire may have been a much-loved part of the Paris skyline, but - as Parisians have been reminded over and again - it was not actually part of the medieval building. Notre-Dame: Renovators rush to complete refit by 2024 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z And about 200 miles away, at an industrial wood workshop in rural eastern France, carpenters are assembling what will become the cathedral’s new spire. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The leading painter of German Romanticism, he is best known for his paintings of figures seen from behind looking out at landscapes, seascapes, ruins, forests and church spires. Perspective | The moon and its lovely lies While the other figures are depicted with a downward gaze, as if watching over the cathedral and the people of Paris, St. Thomas’ likeness looks upward, as if contemplating the spire itself. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z It was a delightful prank, harmonizing with the Emerald City-like spires of the temple just beyond. Perspective | The ‘Surrender Dorothy’ bridge sports a conspiratorial new message 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Nevermore Academy is a beautifully ghoulish place replete with gargoyles and spires, while the small historic town of Jericho outside draws tourists in with a cheesy re-creation of a Pilgrim village. Netflix's 'Wednesday' is the 'Addams Family' spinoff we deserve 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Workers on Thursday were climbing up ladders and carefully assembling the spire’s future base, an X-shaped structure made of thick oak beams, measuring 50 feet on its longest side. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z A plethora of city landmarks usually proudly spotlighted — the golden spires of centuries-old cathedrals, the soaring column commemorating Ukraine’s 1991 independence — are ghostly silhouettes, dark outlines against a darker sky. In Ukraine’s power-starved capital, glimmers of light amid the darkness 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “Instead of being high on the spire, they are right here, where people can see them,” she said. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Unusual hikes include Edgar Rock’s spires and the circa-1930s Civilian Conservation Corps-built trail to Boulder Cave, created by ancient lava flows and habitat for the Pacific western big-eared bat. Chinook Scenic Byway: Beautiful backroad to a foodie destination | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The San Juans are wild and remote mountains that form a thunderous collection of crags, spires, jagged ridges and verdant meadows. In Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, hut-to-hut hiking gets high marks 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The spire itself, cone-shaped and lead-covered, will reach a height of more than 300 feet once all the elements have been assembled at the cathedral in Paris. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z “Up from the meadows rich with corn, / Clear in the cool September morn, / The clustered spires of Frederick stand,” begins John Greenleaf Whittier’s famous poem “Barbara Frietchie.” Column: September is the cruelest month — at least in L.A. 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z To Poirier, the author, there is a certain poignancy in the notion of the spire again becoming visible in coming months, bit by bit. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z She posited on social media that Russia could send “professionals who want to admire the spires in the vicinity of Tallinn,” Estonia’s capital. Russia Accuses Ukraine of a Murder, and Hawks Demand Vengeance 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The spires are about 80 to 100 meters tall. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z As the spire collapsed, bystanders watching from the banks of the Seine river cried in silence. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Michael Johnson of HC Site Construction told WTXF-TV that the work to dismantle the 150-foot spires is being done by hand, with material dropped through chutes to the basement to prevent vibrations from truck activity. Demolition of shuttered church begins after long battle 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Sanchez, the priest, understands well the theological underpinnings of all church spires and steeples — a pointing toward heaven, a rising up of prayers. Notre Dame cathedral’s iconic spire fell in flames. Now it is set to rise again 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z After two Russian intelligence operatives were identified as suspects in Mr. Skripal’s poisoning, they told Ms. Simonyan in a televised interview that they had been mere tourists visiting Salisbury, England, to admire its cathedral spire. Russia Accuses Ukraine of a Murder, and Hawks Demand Vengeance 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The church spire was originally left intact as a memorial but was demolished in 1947 because of safety concerns. Ruins of 'lost church' exposed at Ladybower Reservoir 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z After an old spire was removed over safety concerns in the 18th century, the cathedral went decades without its now most iconic feature. Notre Dame’s new spire is underway, with hopes of late 2024 reopening 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z But as we’d soon learn, greater Fernie has no shortage of first-rate trout streams, all set against the dramatic spires of the Canadian Rockies. Trout abound around Fernie, British Columbia 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Monthoux began this year's project with modest ambitions six weeks ago but the drought allowed him to build an entire city of spires. Swiss artist sculpts sprawling model castle on dried river bank 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Views: In the heart of Blagden Alley, you’re looking at a cluttered mix of historic old houses, renovated condos, old apartment buildings and spiky church spires. These new rooftop bars feature killer cocktails, happy hours and views 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z After completion of the safety phase in 2021 and work to clean up the interior of the cathedral, reconstruction notably involves rebuilding the wooden roof structure, the vaults and the spire. Notre-Dame on track to re-open in 2024 - French culture minister 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Look out on the spires, peaks and passes. Road Trip: North Cascades Scenic Byway to Winthrop | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z He passes through another door into an area where the horizon twists into a spiral hallway dotted by cathedral spires. Nier: Automata community is in shambles after player finds a secret church 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Weathering and erosion of Canyonlands National Park have created a unique landscape, including arches, cliffs, and spires. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The other, which weirdly doesn’t have any tables, faces east toward downtown Silver Spring, with a lovely view of the gleaming white spires of the Mormon Temple rising from a sea of trees. These new rooftop bars feature killer cocktails, happy hours and views 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z At its center are a saucerlike dome and a gold spire rising into the sky. Visiting the Marin County Civic Center, Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Monet omitted the cathedral’s most famous feature, the massive spire that, for a brief period in the late 1870s, had made it the world’s tallest building. Perspective | Monet’s towering obsession Molten metal, flaming beams and the spire fell into the cathedral’s interior, doing further damage. Redesign Around Notre-Dame to Keep Tourists Moving and Lower Temperatures 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The Navajo forms the dramatic cliffs and spires in Zion National Park and covers a large part of the Colorado Plateau. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Alkhudr, 42, became so fascinated by the famous landmark on the Rhine River with its twin spires and elaborate ornaments that he spent hours looking at it. Syrian refugee spends 5,000 hours carving model of German cathedral 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Alkhudr, 42, became so fascinated by the famous Gothic landmark on the Rhine river with its twin spires and elaborate ornaments that he spent hours looking at it. ‘A dear friend’: Syrian carves model of Cologne cathedral 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The trip easily included the Vermont fare of covered bridges, village greens, white church spires and maple syrup. In Barre, Vt., granite is a way of life — and beyond 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The cathedral’s organ is being cleaned, and 1,000 oak trees have been felled around the country to rebuild the spire and the attic. Redesign Around Notre-Dame to Keep Tourists Moving and Lower Temperatures 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Built in the 1940s by Kenneth Kitchen, the estate is a mash-up of Turkish and South Asian influences, with recurring arches, towering spires and loads of abalone and tile inlay. Leaning into the mystery on a weekend getaway to Santa Cruz, Calif. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z After Secret Oath’s victory in the Oaks, Lukas was swarmed beneath the twin spires by former assistants ecstatic for their Hall of Fame boss. This Time, D. Wayne Lukas Is Riding Into the Preakness on a Filly 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to be gobsmacked by the cathedral-like beauty, the spires pointing up to the heavens, the falling layers of red rock dusted with snow. A Writer Returns to the Grand Canyon, This Time With His Mother’s Ashes 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z As we drove up the steep hillside above the Carenage, I noticed how the skyline of St George's is punctuated by the spires of Anglican and Catholic churches. Grenada: Confronting my family’s slave-owning past 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Macron had dropped the idea of replacing the cathedral’s 19th-century spire with a contemporary one, but plans to modernize the inside of the building were given a green light in December. Redesign Around Notre-Dame to Keep Tourists Moving and Lower Temperatures 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The excavation was to help prepare a section of the floor for scaffolding to support the planned replacement of the iconic cathedral’s spire, which toppled in a catastrophic 2019 fire. News at a glance: A nyet to Russia, oyster restoration, and harassment at field sites 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The white and gold spires of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in Kensington, Md., are a recognizable sight for many Capital Beltway drivers. What to expect when the Mormons’ D.C. temple opens to the public 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The temple’s spires tower over landscape and are visible from the Capital Beltway, earning it the nickname Emerald City a la “The Wizard of Oz.” Md. governor, media get first tour of D.C. Mormon Temple in 48 years 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z There is now a gaping hole in the church spire. Ukraine war: Donbas tourist town braces for Russian assault 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z The faithful were not allowed inside the Paris cathedral, since it is still under reconstruction after a 2019 blaze collapsed its spire and destroyed its roof. Ukraine war weighs on pope’s Good Friday Colosseum ritual 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z A view shows a giant crane near the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as work continues to rebuild the roof and the spire destroyed by fire, in Paris, France, December 8, 2021. Catholics mark Good Friday outside Notre-Dame three years after fire 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z He has a spectacular view of the east end of the bay with the spires of Manhattan in the distance. Is This the Last Generation to Live on New York City’s Wild Fringes? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z Some of the artworks evoke more rustic vistas: The thrusting “Precipice” combines urban and alpine spires, and “New Mexico Daydream” places a Georgia O’Keeffe homage, complete with simulated animal skull, inside a Joseph Cornell-inspired box. Review | In the galleries: Sculptures as statements of architecture’s past and present 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The golden spires of a landmark Orthodox cathedral are scarred by shrapnel. Hungry and terrorized, Ukraine's second-biggest city suffers relentless bombardment 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z A view shows a giant crane near the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as work continues to rebuild the roof and the spire destroyed by fire, in Paris, France, February 9, 2022. Ancient sarcophagus found under Notre Dame cathedral in Paris 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Motivating this multinational scrum was the chance to capture an iconic photograph of the monument’s spires mirrored on the surface of a nearby pond. At Angkor Wat, ‘You Have One of the World’s Wonders to Yourself’ 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Browne creates entire rainbows out of slight gradations, from charcoal to cement to dull pewter, which together conjure the variegated spire of 1930’s Chrysler Building, glinting in monochrome. How Thom Browne Turned the Gray Flannel Suit Into Something Subversive 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z With binoculars, she can spot a spire of the Golden Gate Bridge 30 miles away. Even freeways that don't get built leave a scar. How one Bay Area city is healing 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Winds toppled the spire of a church in Wells, southwest England, ripped off parts of the domed roof of London’s O2 Arena and left a trail of felled trees and damaged buildings across several countries. Western Europe cleans up after storm leaves at least 12 dead 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z St Thomas's Church spire, in Wells, Somerset, fell on Friday morning as people watched from neighbouring houses. Church spire brought down by Storm Eunice winds 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It was the first LDS temple to feature six spires since the construction of the Salt Lake Temple, the website said, adding that with a height of 288 feet, it is the church’s tallest temple. D.C. Mormon Temple extends ‘open house’ period, moves rededication to August 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z On the ascent, the classic Ford-Stettner route is a highly exposed ice and snow climb, with satellite ridges, steps and spires leading to the summit. On an Iconic Wyoming Peak, Ski Mountaineers See a Test 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z It used to be famous for its Wild West-style clapboard shops and its white painted church with its elegant wooden spire. California's fires threaten to ravage mighty sequoia forests 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The plant's distinctive spires of white flowers appeared in the thousands at some grasslands and sand dunes in southern England and Wales. Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The project grew to include three spires, two walls, a gazebo, several small towers and a patio. Watts Towers at 100: Junk turned into art still casts a spell 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Use this Google Docs form to find the 8 locations and vote for your favorite gingerhome, whether the humorous Nightmare on Snowflake Lane entry or the spires of St. Basil’s Cathedral. Head to the Eastside for the holidays | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z That spire, now called Nichols Tower, got a new lease on life as a community center and hub of nonprofit groups focused on housing and education. Sears, Struggling to Sell Goods, Markets a Valuable Asset: Real Estate 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A few blocks away, the spire was ripped away from the town’s grand courthouse, its roof caved in. “Y’all pray for Mayfield”: Town grieves in tornado aftermath 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Notre-Dame has already gone through more than two years of careful restoration efforts, after a blaze tore through it in April 2019, destroying the spire and most of the roof. Modernization of Notre-Dame Interior Gets Green Light 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Daniel and Jacob scramble up a nearby spire, burning off their youthful energy. Seattle family checks off life goal with 4-day, rim-to-rim trek of Grand Canyon 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Over the course of several months, the insects produced a glittering suite of knobby spires in electric shades of blue, violet, yellow, orange and green. An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z BAPS, which has strong ties with Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has built temples around the world that draw visitors with impressive spires and arches, intricate stone carvings, gurgling fountains and wandering peacocks. Hindu Sect Accused of Using Forced Labor at More Temples Across U.S. 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z To the east, the needle spire of the Empire State Building. Do look down: Scaling one of NYC’s tallest skyscrapers 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Heritage experts eventually recommended that the monument be restored to its prior state and, last year, President Emmanuel Macron dropped the idea to replace the 19th-century spire with something more contemporary. Modernization of Notre-Dame Interior Gets Green Light 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The Chrysler's spire, secretly assembled inside the building, emerged in a legendary coup, winning the tower the coveted title of "world's tallest" in 1930. 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