Next time you're in Chicago.....
CHICAGO – Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest.
The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building's 103rd floor Skydeck. Their transparent walls, floor and ceiling leave visitors with the impression they're floating over the city.
"It's like walking on ice," said Margaret Kemp, of Bishop, Calif., who said her heart was still pounding even after stepping away from the balcony. "That first step you take — 'am I going down?'"
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The balconies can hold five tons, and the glass is an inch-and-a-half thick, officials said. Sears Tower officials have said the inspiration for the balconies came from the hundreds of forehead prints visitors left behind on Skydeck windows every week. Now, staff will have a new glass surface to clean: floors.
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4 comments:
The CN Tower has similar glass floors--very scary even though you try to convince yourself there is no way they'll break.
Oh hell NO.
Oh, c'mon, Tere. Couldn't be any worse than flying. :)
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Can't do heights...that would scare the bejesus out of me. Is that a cuss word on this blog, Rick?
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