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    The Safety of Glass

    The Quarter Mile

    Sears Tower Or Bust: My Algae-Powered Car Adventure
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Wait...


    103'rd Floor. The "Windy City."


    Not only is this a see-thru box up in the sky...


    It sways a few meters in each direction???

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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Wonder Woman thinks you are all pussies.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    I can't be the only one around here whose first thought upon seeing this is: Damn, I want to have sex inside that!
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    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    An all glass building does not meet the Energy Code.
    Or the practicality code.
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    At least Microsoft didn't make it.
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    Image of irishflyesq irishflyesq
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Am I the only one who wants in on this?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    07/07/09

    @irishflyesq: Based on the comments above, that would be "yes."
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    07/07/09

    @irishflyesq: my brother went on the 5th. said it was awesome.


    and there are some pretty hilarious videos on youtube already (though it's only been open 5 days) of grown men chickening out while kids rush past them onto the ledge.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    "Ultimately what we're all striving for is an all-glass structure."


    No, thanks, I enjoy throwing stones far too much.

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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: We all do. That's why we're here.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    From a caption in the Times story: "Builders are experimenting with new materials and methods to expand the use of glass in construction."


    The word "experimenting" there frightens the shit out of me. No thanks.

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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    @Kid Twist: Marble, people. Schlepped over from Italy. What is the problem?
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    Image of NYCRockStar NYCRockStar
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Yeah, I don't like all those glass stairs in the Apple Stores so much... Feels like I'm going to be swallowed by a Jobsian nightmare at the downstairs midtown Manhattan one. It's also hotter than hell, 'cause it creates a greenhouse effect.


    That said, the Sears Tower (isn't it called something else now?) looks neato.

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    Image of laikapants laikapants
    07/07/09

    @NYCRockStar: "In March 2009 London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, Ltd., agreed to lease a large portion of the building and as part of the agreement obtained the building's naming rights. In summer 2009 the building will be renamed Willis Tower."
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    @laikapants: Whatchoo talkin' about?
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Muzak choices?

    "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" -- Yes.

    "Shattered" -- No.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    07/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: "Free Fallin'" -- also an emphatic no.
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    Image of blix blix
    07/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: "River Deep Mountain Hiiiiigh".
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    07/07/09

    @Kid Twist:

    "Sittin' on Top of the world" -- Yes.

    "Walking on Sunshine" -- Upbeat, but not so much.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight:


    I Can See Clearly Now--yepper

    Walking on Broken Glass--nyet


    Etc.

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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    07/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: "Brick House" is ok when feeling nostalgic.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    @kneetoe: Ooh, I just felt a little buzzing sensation in my...did someone...?

    Oh, hello, kneetoe.
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    Image of kneetoe kneetoe
    07/07/09

    @BookishLookish: Hold on, BL, I'm still trying to fill in your myserious ellipses.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    07/07/09

    @kneetoe: Need any help with that? My afternoon is free, hurry over!
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    07/07/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: As sung by Glass Tiger.
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    Image of Miss Anita Manbadly Miss Anita Manbadly
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    And advertising will be painted on Chicago office building rooftops in 3...2...1...
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    07/07/09

    @Miss Anita Manbadly: I know it's too much to ask, but wouldn't more jokes like this one atop 77 Water St. be great?


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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Ohh...it is so much worse without the clouds in the picture this time. So, do they have a full-time vomit mopper on staff there or what?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    07/07/09

    @VoxPopuli:


    Vomit Mopper. Hehe -- Vomit Mopper.


    Pukey Pug Hugging. Vomit Mopping. The guttural poetry of projection.

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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    It's OK, little girl in pink, I would've pooped my pants, too.
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    Image of Private Hangnail Private Hangnail
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    Looking down from a great height like that gives me the feeling that my intestines want to escape my body via my genitals.
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    Image of kimsama kimsama
    07/07/09

    @Private Hangnail: Nicely put. I always describe it as phantom testicles trying to shrink the hell up into my abdomen. (I'm a girl, so I can only imagine that's what it would feel like).
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    07/07/09

    In reply to The Safety of Glass
    I'm surprised we're not seeing more proposals on there.
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    Image of xhack xhack
    07/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: "Marry me and I promise I will get you out of this glass overhang. Now stop screaming and say yes."
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    07/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: Probably every would-be proprosal goes "Will you mar....OH MY GOD, WE'RE GOING TO DIE AND THEN FALL DOWN MORE AND DIE ALL OVER AGAIN!1!!"


    One day, some guy with balls of steel (or lady with ovaries of steel) will finish the thought.

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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    07/07/09

    @xhack: Exactly.
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    07/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: I can imagine Suge Knight making a business proposal there.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    07/07/09

    @Trulymadlyme: it's only been open 5 days - give it time.

    ;)
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