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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
by 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 agoA crew of window cleaners could hit it in under a week
- kasey_junk 3y agoIt has stickers
- ethagknight 3y agoRight... swing down and apply stickers. Yes I read the article.
- i_love_cookies 3y ago[dead]
- harywilke 3y agoTo 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...