[thistleclub]

Balconies are a nice amenity but in cases like this come with a number of potential asterisks.

Thirty-storey buildings will scoop winds down to street level, funnelling those winds past those balconies on the way down. When winds die down, street noise radiates upward with remarkable clarity. The grimy particulate common to the core arterials needs to be cleaned off glass regularly if you don't want that 70s smoked glass look; likewise for plants and furniture (Main and King throw off a lot of exhaust). Finally, these are glass-skirted balconies, which means that the entire facade of this building will become an cross-section of varied aesthetics and organizational philosophies. Many of the Landmark's balconies, for example, are just treated as storage space. It's only the opaque balconies that prevent the tower from resembling the city's tallest rummage sale.