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Old Posted Feb 27, 2011, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker View Post

Engineers: with a concrete building like that would the building be structurally sound enough in a totally high level opinion if they chopped off the back end, either at the back of the core, or half way through the core?

The front side is very well executed for what it is. After all it was a show piece of the original effort to revitalize the east end of down town through urban renewal.
I'm not an Engineer, but, aren't those buildings built with pre-cast concrete panels?
I agree a couple examples should be saved, but crenelations? On a School Board? WTH?
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