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Originally Posted by corvairkeith
Parking garages need to "breathe". If all dozen or so levels of the parking garage were encased in glass there would need to be some way to remove the carbon monoxide. I'm sure it would also require a second HVAC system or it would be unbearable in the summer months. I think the panels they are using look much better than having a fully exposed parking garage taking up half of the height of the building.
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Yeah, that's no excuse. Almost every new building downtown over the last 20 years has an enclosed parking garage. They all have other ways to circulate the air or use much better materials to allow for air flow. There's a dozen or so downtown that do use glass all the way down (including 500 W 2nd right next door), they just get air in and out in a much more aesthetically pleasing fashion.