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Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (5 comments)

Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 04:53 PM


Via Twitter: RealityAmuck @guigar How did I miss till now that the top of the Evil Inc building looks like the Legion of Doom HQ? I must be blind.

Actually, it isn't. Not directly, at least.

The tower of the Evil Inc skyscraper is based on the building to the right (click on the photo for a larger view) that I found while scouring photo archives of old Philadelphia buildings. This is an undoctored photograph from 1953 taken in the 15th-and-Locust area of Philadelphia. I've yet to learn the name of the building itself, but I decided it would make an excellent model for the Evil Inc headquarters.

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tovias
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Re: Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 07:36 PM (#55906)

I may be wrong, but it looks as if the domed building is not a free-standing building but part of the large building directly behind it. I want to say it is part of the Bellevue-Stratford and the domed part would be one of the famous domed ballrooms on the 18th floor.


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HatMan
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Re: Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 08:08 PM (#55907)
Very cool. But looking at Google Maps, I think that may be the back of the Bellvue-Stratford Hotel: Google aerial view [google.com] The tall white building shown is clearly the Lewis Tower: (Where the Applebee's is) [google.com] Unfortunately, Street View didn't get a clear view of the higher angles that day, and the pics of the hotel that I've found all focus on the front of the building.
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Re: Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 09:16 PM (#55908)
In Response to HatMan (#55907):

You mean I unknowingly chose for my model of the Evil Inc building the place where Legionnaire's Disease erupted [berkeley.edu]?!
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tovias
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Re: Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (Score: 1)
posted Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 09:56 PM (#55909)

I found a couple nice pictures of inside the dome if you ever need them for reference.

When I read the article about Legionaire's I thought it was only fitting, considering the Legion of Justice URL.


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eegah
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Re: Evil Inc headquarters -- secrets origins! (Score: 1)
posted Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 08:49 PM (#55914)

Funny..I always thought the Evil Inc building was based off Camden City Hall. If you look at it, they're almost identical.

check if out...

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/ima ge/camden_city_hall.jpg


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