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Old 07-13-2009, 08:56 PM
Elendil's Heir Elendil's Heir is offline
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Now at the Sears Tower, if you're REALLY not afraid of heights....

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/13/sea...dge/index.html

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Old 07-14-2009, 03:09 AM
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Ironically, Michael Jackson had plans to bring his children to this exhibit this year, to dangle them over the city skyline. A pity.......
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Old 07-14-2009, 04:49 PM
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One of the photo captions indicated that the Ledge boxes are retractable. Wonder if that's for cleaning, reducing windage in bad weather or for dealing with people who freak out - pull them back in so they're looking at solid floor?
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Old 07-15-2009, 02:47 PM
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Awesome.
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