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They could have put some fake windows to make it look normal. They do this with data center buildings in my city.
by dexzod 5y ago
They could have put some fake windows to make it look normal. They do this with data center buildings in my city.
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- kingcharles 5y agoA jail I was held in has tinted glass windows all the way around it to make it look like a modern office building, but behind the glass... 99% wall.
- IAmGraydon 5y agoUsername checks out.
- dylan604 5y agoThat's probably more to help limit the NIMBYism. Otherwise, why bother with the expense?
- kingcharles 5y agoYep - it was absolutely for the NIMBYs. It was built, like many pretrial facilities, in the centre of a town, surrounded by housing.
- bobthepanda 5y agoThis was built during modernism, when architects developed an allergic reaction to what they considered excessive frivolity in ornamentation. They did this to the Verizon tower in Lower Manhattan, and arguably I think it looks worse than the old design. https://www.6sqft.com/skyline-blights-ugly-verizon-building-finally-gets-its-glassy-update/ https://www.6sqft.com/skyline-blights-ugly-verizon-building-...