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frame of the building by means of springs and shock absorbers. When the
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in a steel tower: entire windowpanes, 4 ft × 11 ft (1.2 m × 3.4 m) and 500 lb (230 kg), detached from the building and crashed to the sidewalk hundreds of feet below. Police closed off surrounding streets whenever winds reached 45 mph (72 km/h). Under
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caused by the expansion and contraction of the air between the inner and outer glass panels which formed each window; the resilient bonding between the inner glass, reflective material, and outer glass was so stiff that it was transmitting the force to the outer glass (instead of absorbing it), thus
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to identify the problem. The research raised questions about the structural integrity of the entire building (due to unanticipated twisting of the structure), but did not account for the loss of the glass panels. An independent laboratory eventually confirmed that the failure of the glass was due to
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shape for the tower floor plan. From the most-common views, this design makes the corners of the tower appear very sharp. The highly-reflective window glass is tinted slightly blue, which results in the tower having only a subtle contrast with the sky on a clear day. As a final modernist touch, the
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The building's owners cite security as the reason for the continued closure. They have rented the deck for private functions and have expressed intent to replace it with more office space. Boston city officials contend that security concerns are moot, since most similar attractions have long since
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Two 300-ton weights sit at opposite ends of the 58th floor of the
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1175:"Builder Faced Bigger Crisis Than Falling Windows"
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1537:Tallest Building in Boston
1460:Civil Engineering Practice
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1846:Two International Place
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1145:Why Buildings Fall Down
1026:Why Buildings Fall Down
415:Boston's Trinity Church
276:Design and construction
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1902:101 Clarendon Street
1836:Saltonstall Building
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1666:Avalon North Station
1518:200 Clarendon Street
1443:"Those Window Pains"
830:"John Hancock Tower"
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1651:500 Boylston Street
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3171:Lake Merritt Plaza
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3116:535 Mission Street
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2238:Renaissance Center
2226:John Hancock Tower
2214:Transamerica Tower
1887:111 Federal Street
1860:Under construction
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1786:One Federal Street
1741:McCormack Building
1681:Custom House Tower
1611:100 Federal Street
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1473:John Hancock Tower
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