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Old Posted Mar 23, 2017, 4:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie View Post
I watched this building go up from my office near Humboldt park. Yesterday, for the first time (must be the time of the year and the angle of the sun) the top concave portion of the building created the most intense concentrated glare I have ever seen. It was so bright if you looked towards downtown it looked like the sun was setting in the east. I was seeing spots for an hour after looking directly at it. Everyone in my office had to pull their blinds down or risk doing damage to their eyes... no joke. Has anyone else seen this? I hope the stars aligned just right to produce this unbelievably bright phenomena, otherwise i'm going to be very disappointed I will no longer be able to look at the beautiful skyline during the sunset anymore.
It's the building's way of saying "Avert your eyes peasants!" Bust seriously if that portion of the building were solar panels, thing of the energy it would generate.
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