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Re: New York Times London Fire: At Least 6 Dead After Blaze Engulfs Apartment Tower |
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Posted by Joe V on Thu Jun 15 18:26:19 2017, in response to Re: New York Times London Fire: At Least 6 Dead After Blaze Engulfs Apartment Tower, posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jun 15 18:04:26 2017. I don't really care what they think. Monocoque was the structural choice. Had nothing to do with being "green". The concept didn't exist then and that predated the 1973 Arab oil embargo as well.That building was anything but "green". Blocks of 10 or 40 floors either had their lights all on or all off, and it was programmed. I was at a rail advocacy meeting there on a Saturday in 1979. When 6pm witching hour hit, the lights went off and people lit up cigarette lighters so as to see and get out. They were also exempt from NYC Fire Code. Some of that may have changed some time later. |
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