Posted on 11/17/2016 6:08:46 PM PST by BenLurkin
Construction of the tallest building west of the Mississippi is scheduled to be completed in downtown Los Angeles in four months, but a neighbor of the new Wilshire Grand Hotel is calling for a halt to the project because of glare from the tower’s glass exterior.
EYP Realty, a real estate management firm next to the $1-billion project, has filed a protest with the city of Los Angeles, asking that the project’s building permit be revoked and that the glass exterior of the 1,100-foot structure be replaced.
“The installation of the very reflective glass is a clear violation of the conditions of approval for the Wilshire Grand project,” Ryan Leaderman, an attorney representing EYP Realty, wrote to the city’s Department of Building and Safety this summer.
The department studied the complaint and issued a report last week saying it did not violate city environmental rules in approving the original building permit. Leaderman said EYP will appeal the decision to the city’s planning department.
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The fight over the glare shines a light on an increasing problem with modern buildings encased in reflective material.
Workers had to use hand sanders on parts of the stainless steel facade of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles in 2005 after neighbors in nearby condominiums complained about a reflective glare from the building.
In London, a glass-sheathed office building named 20 Fenchurch Street garnered the nickname “the fryscraper” a few years ago because the building was reflecting so much glare onto the streets that pedestrians were able to fry eggs on the sidewalk...
The Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas installed a thin film on 3,000 glass panes on the building’s exterior and erected giant poolside umbrellas in 2010 to cut down on the intense reflection of sunlight off the curved, glass-coated structure.
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i’m not going to laugh, it could be a legitimate issue
When the sun angle is just right I have seen a reflection off a highrise that is painful to look at. It is over ten miles away.
Near sundown, a gold-metallized (excellent infrared reflector) glass sheathed building on the east side of the highway reflected back a concentrated strip of heat that would almost roast you inside a stopped vehicle.
But..but..but...does this mean that the Sun actually does play some part, however small, in global warming?
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