The JHB was known as the “Plywood Skyscraper” after having faulty glass windows that would pop out during it’s construction in the 1970s.
Police were left closing off surrounding streets whenever winds reached 45 mph
Also interesting description of two 300-ton weights that sit on the 58th floor to damp swaying motions.
via wikipedia. Researched due to an article today about MIT suing Frank Gehry over the Stata Center.
Wrote this a while back and it’s been floating around my drafts pile. The story is a little light, but mostly I wrote it to remember all the arcane details my landlord’s handyman told me when he came to rehang our doors.
Monday morning; my girl was out of town on business. Her business. I was watching the Price is Right: dolts with nothing better to do with their time either. One knocked at my door.
I wiped the spent food refuse and old files towards the far end of my desk. The desk is a large one and sometimes that’s needed. Today it wasn’t.
I called it, her, in. …read more
