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rience of others requires those who have the experience to share the
knowledge with those who follow.”
WINDOW-SHOPPING?
What to do with more than five thousand undamaged but unusable
windowpanes mea sur ing 41⁄2 by 111⁄2 feet and weighing fi ve hundred
pounds each?
According to Robert Campbell of the Boston Globe, the still-intact
double-pane mirrored windows from the original tower design were sold
for $100 each through bargain outlets in Hingham and Lynn, Massachusetts,
as well as in Maine.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER
Debacle Under Glass
Ingredients
1 historically delicate location
1 towering ego
60 stories of sleek modernist architecture
10,344 defective windows (500 pounds each)
Moderate wind
“Duck!”
Choose delicate location upon which to impose
modernist architecture, combine with ego, and let rise.
Glaze with defective windows. Add moderate wind.
Serve with duck and cover.