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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by willcipriano on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:35AM (#35989496)
Windows aren't for aesthetic reasons. They are required in bedrooms by most codes for fire egress purposes.
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:42AM (#35989591)
> Windows aren't for aesthetic reasons. They are required in bedrooms by most codes for fire egress purposes

Commented on this elsewhere [1], but egress into a fireproofed stairwell is a safety-neutral compromise. It's against code, however.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35989503

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by TuringNYC on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:25PM (#35995035)
Egress is also insane for high-rises, but it is still code.
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @06:47PM (#35995308)
> Egress is also insane for high-rises, but it is still code

That's the point. It's vestigial code that could be loosened to promote housing supply.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by yuppie_scum on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:43AM (#35989619)
Pretty hard to egress from the window of the 30th floor of a skyscraper anyway innit
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by willcipriano on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:57AM (#35989859)
Have you ever pondered what the big ladders on firetrucks are for?
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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:04PM (#35989983)
> Have you ever pondered what the big ladders on firetrucks are for

The tallest ladders in the FDNY's inventory go up to 100'. (They were testing a 300' rig, but I don't know if it was deployed.) They aren't designed to recover people from burning skyscrapers.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by willcipriano on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:40PM (#35990546)
Most buildings in NY are less than ten stories tall.

Say you have a fire on floor 8. The floor is full of smoke and residents can't reach floor 7 from 9. Pull up a ladder truck to a window on floor 9 and they can escape from there.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 18, 2023 @03:08PM (#35992634)
> You don't have to exit from the floor you live on

Which means you don’t have to have a window in the apartment you’re in.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by diversionfactor on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:18PM (#35990243)
Let me know how that works from the 43rd floor.
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