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Nail housesJun 15 2009

Inspired by Carl Fredricksen's house in Up, which was holding up construction of a massive building complex, deputydog uncovers some more such houses, which are actually called nail houses.

Another nail house is actually a nail church. Citicorp Center was built without corner columns to accommodate St. Peter's Church, which occupied one corner of the block on which the skyscraper was built. The engineer who built Citicorp Center made a mistake related to the church's accommodation and famously corrected it after the building was built.

Trailer for Pixar's UpNov 10 2008

New trailer for Pixar's Up. I hope I'm wrong, but this seems like the first Pixar movie that won't appeal to adults and kids at the same time.

A look at the available details ofJun 19 2007

A look at the available details of Pixar's next few films. We know about Ratatouille and Wall-E but there's details about Up, Toy Story 3, and Pixar's first live-action film (???).

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