Re:Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest
by lianna-vba on Thursday July 14, 2022 @11:44AM
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I was at Case when the Peter B Lewis building opened. I don't recall people getting hit by falling ice but they'd put up warning signs and maybe close the main entrance after snow (which in Cleveland was often).
There was a shooting in the building too. It took 7 hours for the SWAT team to find the gunman and get the hostages out. Apparently the curvy walls and large atrium design are a complete tactical nightmare.
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Re:Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest
by throwaway0a5e on Thursday July 14, 2022 @12:21PM
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>Apparently the curvy walls and large atrium design are a complete tactical nightmare.
A building shouldn't be designed to facilitate giving concealment/cover to people who expect their entrance to be violently opposed. I would argue that if you're going to give design consideration to that it should be in the opposite direction.
Re:Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest
by ssharp on Thursday July 14, 2022 @12:08PM
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I was at Case a few years after PBL opened so I could be misremembering or just hear of people getting hit anecdotally.
I was aware of the shooting nightmare that took place there and specifically remember how odd it was hearing the song "Pumped Up Kicks" playing inside of that building.