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Originally Posted by Mopacs
Its intriguing to speculate what might occupy the former control tower. I'd love to see the top floor opened to the public in some form... as an observation deck or a restaurant. The lower floors were occupied by FAA offices as I recall.. there's possibilities there too.
I'm also curious about the base of the tower, where the terminal building used to be. Perhaps a new structure will surround the bare concrete base? The project maps seem to indicate the tower will be situated within a park setting. I guess we'll see. Lots of opportunities there.
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Even though it's not "officially" open to the public as an observation deck, an adventuresome couple made their way to the tower, went inside and up through it to the top and posted the video on Youtube.
It was added in January, 2008 and looks to be taken right around then as the "Noel" Christmas decoration is visible on the outside of the tower.
It's filthy inside, there's a turd and a dead bird and other crap in the stairwells near the top and lots of old paperwork in boxes and binders just scattered around. The whole thing is 7:53 and they don't get to the top until the last minute or so.
You also get occasional glimpses of Mueller construction on the way up and just before they make it into the top of the tower, they're on the outside part just below and you get a couple of quick looks at the skyline far off in the distance.
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