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The Truth About Building With Glass
- ChuckMcM 12y agoI admit it would freak me out to have the glass start cracking as I was standing on it. It really is an awesome view though, we stopped by on our last Chicago visit and you can't really help but clinch up a bit. Recommended if you're travelling.
- jamesbritt 12y agoWhen I was in Toronto some years ago I visited the CN Tower, which has a glass-floor observation area. http://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/plan-your-visit/attractions/glass-floor.html http://www.cntower.ca/en-ca/plan-your-visit/attractions/glas... The conflict between what my eyes were telling my brain and what I otherwise believed to be true was quite enlightening. I guess it's the neocortex arguing with the reptilian brain.
- iancarroll 12y agoI was with a tour group right before this happened. The group of people is blaming me as I made a show of jumping on it to prove its integrity. Hopefully I didn't, uh, encourage the breaking... (Here's me jumping on it an hour before: http://imgur.com/kk1DTht http://imgur.com/kk1DTht)
- zacinbusiness 12y agoActually, you may have proved exactly how safe it is by damaging the protective layer and leaving the main glass unharmed.
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- tieistoowhite 12y agoAn article about what sounds like a very cool thing. Its architect describes it "as a peaceful, meditative place." I found the cover photo inappropriate, though.
- pekk 12y agoInappropriate how?
- agapos 12y agoThe only thing I find to be strange: why there isn't a small metal plate with this written on it, just to make sure people won't panic when this happens? edit: something like this "The top layer of glass is used to protect the rest from scratches and wear of use. The covering glass is designed to crack at it's end-of-life, but this will not effect the integrity of the structure."
- webhat 12y agoI was fooled this would be an article about building apps for Google Glass. :)