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Originally Posted by munda
you know how they constructed the inner tube thingy first and that tube thingy shows on the top like 5 stories higher than the last floor... was wondering if they were planning to go higher when building it?
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no, they were not planning to go higher when building it. as adrian said, the reason the core extends above the main roof line is for the mechanical penthouse which houses all of the elevator machinery and other building systems equipment. the exposed mechanical penthouse is very common feature of residential highrises of that era, and it's still a feature you see on some highrises today.