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No I mean the fact that they neutered the spire. The original design called for a tapered spire. It ended up being built as simple antenna, seemingly with platf
by krschultz 12y ago
No I mean the fact that they neutered the spire. The original design called for a tapered spire. It ended up being built as simple antenna, seemingly with platforms every few stories. It looks unfinished. For a long time I was hoping it was simply unfinished. Turns out it was changed to save $20 million.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304543904577394473619775032 http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527023045439045773...
- kevin_thibedeau 12y agoThere was an engineering issue with wind loading on the clad version of the spire so they left it off.