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Both Chicago and Illinois have bird friendly building ordinances but the building in question was built in 1960 long before they existed. It’s also massive so m

Both Chicago and Illinois have bird friendly building ordinances but the building in question was built in 1960 long before they existed. It’s also massive so mitigations will take a long time to be applied.

hh3k0 3y ago
> It’s also massive so mitigations will take a long time to be applied. Surely it cannot be too hard to slap 2 or 3 anti-collision decals on every window from the outside?
- kasey_junk 3y ago
  There are stickers on the building. It is a nearly 600000 square foot building and the exterior is all windows. 1000 birds don’t hit it _every day_ this was an exceptional even caused by specific conditions. The facility is actively trying new lighting solutions to mitigate bird strikes as that’s the main issue.
  - ethagknight 3y ago
    A crew of window cleaners could hit it in under a week
    - kasey_junk 3y ago
      It has stickers
      - ethagknight 3y ago
        Right... swing down and apply stickers. Yes I read the article.
    - i_love_cookies 3y ago
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  - harywilke 3y ago
    To give a sense of the scale of this building: Part of the convention center empty: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8535338,-87.6124521,3a,75y,62.06h,109.61t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipMg6rGSR7P4oRzhFaRoaYANffM_FlHVhfaOZnWs!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMg6rGSR7P4oRzhFaRoaYANffM_FlHVhfaOZnWs%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya26.203836-ro-0-fo100!7i7680!8i3840!9m2!1b1!2i28?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8535338,-87.6124521,3a,75y,6... From what used to be Meigs Field. You have to back up quite a bit to see the entire building. It's very large, and right on the lake. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538295,-87.6090441,3a,75y,283.22h,90t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipOjZiPpYfoBQdIfKFhgox2McbxSRqVesm74sG1U!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOjZiPpYfoBQdIfKFhgox2McbxSRqVesm74sG1U%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya287.8858-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120!9m2!1b1!2i28?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538295,-87.6090441,3a,75y,2...
- perilunar 3y ago
  You need more than 2 or 3 decals per window — there should be 2" or less of vertical space and 4" or less of horizontal space between markings (the 2" x 4" rule).
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hh3k0 3y ago

> It’s also massive so mitigations will take a long time to be applied. Surely it cannot be too hard to slap 2 or 3 anti-collision decals on every window from the outside?

kasey_junk 3y ago
There are stickers on the building. It is a nearly 600000 square foot building and the exterior is all windows. 1000 birds don’t hit it _every day_ this was an exceptional even caused by specific conditions. The facility is actively trying new lighting solutions to mitigate bird strikes as that’s the main issue.
- ethagknight 3y ago
  A crew of window cleaners could hit it in under a week
  - kasey_junk 3y ago
    It has stickers
    - ethagknight 3y ago
      Right... swing down and apply stickers. Yes I read the article.
  - i_love_cookies 3y ago
    [dead]
- harywilke 3y ago
  To give a sense of the scale of this building: Part of the convention center empty: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8535338,-87.6124521,3a,75y,62.06h,109.61t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipMg6rGSR7P4oRzhFaRoaYANffM_FlHVhfaOZnWs!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMg6rGSR7P4oRzhFaRoaYANffM_FlHVhfaOZnWs%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya26.203836-ro-0-fo100!7i7680!8i3840!9m2!1b1!2i28?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8535338,-87.6124521,3a,75y,6... From what used to be Meigs Field. You have to back up quite a bit to see the entire building. It's very large, and right on the lake. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538295,-87.6090441,3a,75y,283.22h,90t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipOjZiPpYfoBQdIfKFhgox2McbxSRqVesm74sG1U!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOjZiPpYfoBQdIfKFhgox2McbxSRqVesm74sG1U%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya287.8858-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120!9m2!1b1!2i28?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8538295,-87.6090441,3a,75y,2...
perilunar 3y ago
You need more than 2 or 3 decals per window — there should be 2" or less of vertical space and 4" or less of horizontal space between markings (the 2" x 4" rule).
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