Expressions of interest from around the world have been received for the 12 - storey tower on the potomac river .
世界各地的买家都对这幢位于波托马克(potomac)河畔的12层塔楼表示出了兴趣。
One of the doors was locked and the new york fire brigade 's ladders only reached the sixth storey , 30 feet ( 9 metres ) short of the burning floors .
其中一扇门已经锁住了;纽约消防队的消防梯只能到达六楼离发生火灾的楼层还有30英尺(9米)远。
The house is tiny , and cramped inside ; there is barely room for the gun emplacements that face every which way from the second storey , pointing out over sandbags which are being replaced by the concrete blocks .
Built to a height of nine storey each , the ramada plaza dazu and ramada plaza hechuan are expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2010 and by the end of the third quarter of 2009 , respectively .
The phenomenon began in the 1960s , when the hongkong land company , one of the main developers in the region , built an elevated walkway to connect a luxury hotel to the second storey of an adjacent shopping mall .
House prices are bubbling the most where there is a limited supply of choice properties , as with rio de janeiro 's beachfront apartments , mr ambani 's 27 - storey mumbai home or refurbished colonial mansions in colombia 's cartagena .
This is also where 10 storey ocean liners dominate the skyline , disgorging thousands of us tourists for one day visits a symbol of what many see as a downmarket tourist tradition that should be shed .
Escape routes were limited . One of the doors was locked and the new york fire brigade 's ladders only reached the sixth storey , 30 feet ( 9 metres ) short of the burning floors . Half an hour after the alarm , the fire was mostly out , but 146 people were dead .