Ruth:  A glass floor that's maybe a little closer to you is in the CSB Tower
in Toronto -- a sort of space needle thing, the observation deck has windows
that offer a marvelous view of the city.  The more enervating view is had
through the  transparent (glass block?) panels in the floor.  The tower is
the tallest free-standing structure in the world -- imagine standing on
glass inside it.  It made my knees weak, absolutely nauseating.

Maura

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From: Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: GLASS BLOCK FLOORS


>Hi All,  I have never seen a glass floor and can't fathom what one would be
>like.  I can see how some would be reluctant to walk on one, especially
>wearing a skirt.  I went to NYC once, it was during the "garbage strike."
>I remember driving around saying "look at all the garbage."  Most likely
>they had that much garbage anyway but to us it looked like a HUGE amount.
>There were piles of garbage that would take the whole of Windham Co. a
>month to make, outside just one building!!!!  We went to eat at this
>Italian place that must think one person is a whole family the way they
>piled on the food.  After that we went out into the street and looked up,
>boy are city people weird--pretty soon whole bunches of people were looking
>up to see what we were looking at.  Lucky it was at night or them filthy,
>nasty, boyds would have got us good.
>
>BTW: Not sure I belong on this list, I love Ivy and Pigeons.
>
>PS:  Are there any glass floors in VT or NH?  I don't do NYC or Boston.
>Thanks,  Ruth
>
>
>
>At 1:08 AM 01/05/2000, Hilary L. Hopper wrote:
>>I think that a lot of the old early public Carnegie type libraries have
em.
>>And hey Ken ol bud, doesn't the old Cornell library have them?
>>HLH
>
>Ruth (HOUGHTON) BARTON
>Westminster,Vermont, USA
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