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Art_from_Ark

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15. According to this article in Japanese Wiki,

Reply to mia (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 11:21 PM

Jan 2012

the "windows" on the 5th through 7th floors are "dummy windows" and no one is actually in any of those floors

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ゲートタワービル.

The "highway" that goes through the building is actually a one-lane exit from Expressway #11

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A road runs through it: [View all] mia Jan 2012 OP

I wonder what the noise and vibration are like. tabatha Jan 2012 #1

I dunno, but sounds like the end to a good date. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #3

"Architects surrounded the road with a structure to protect the building from noise and vibration. " mia Jan 2012 #5

According to this article in Japanese Wiki, Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #15

That is freaking awesome! Shankapotomus Jan 2012 #2

Clever, but I wouldn't want to work on the floors above, below, or beside it. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4

The road does not touch the building. RC Jan 2012 #6

The railroad didn't touch my apartment building either, but it was fucking loud. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #7

That's because the rail road and your apartment building shared something ... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2012 #8

Well, technically so does the "non-touching" roadway and the building, BUT!!! HopeHoops Jan 2012 #9

Japan is earthquake prone. RC Jan 2012 #10

The road is actually in Osaka, not Tokyo Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #14

Boston almost looked like that until they took the highways out BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #11

I couldn't do that. Texasgal Jan 2012 #12

If corporations can be people, then roads can be tenants Found in Yonkers Jan 2012 #13

Good luck taking one to court for non-payment of rent. DCKit Jan 2012 #16

Loopholes? No: Found in Yonkers Jan 2012 #17

Q: How do you know when they're fixing the potholes? pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #18