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Which basement? There are two. I assume they mean the sub-basement. -- belg4mit 2007-02-08
I think there are actually more than 3 elevators in the Green Building. There are the 3 obvious ones, but I believe that 18 is the highest floor button in the 3 elevators. Since the building clearly has more than 18 floors, there must be another elevator, restricted to certain personnel, that accesses the floors above 18.
Also, how many floors does the building really have? This article says 21, but I've often read 23. Maybe it has 23 if you count the ground floor and the basement?
Also, why was this building basically built on stilts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.64.197 ( talk) 01:53, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
In reading this article by way of general exploration I came across the sentence, "Although a scale model was put through wind-tunnel tests, MIT administrators vehemently deny these rumors, insisting that the tests were only to ensure that the sculpture would hold up on the windiest days." The sentence does have a supporting and available reference, but the citation only tangentially addresses some of the elements in this interesting but confusing sentence. Specifically, the citation doesn't appear to support the term, "vehemently." And additionally, the sentence is self-referentially contradictory as currently written. What is it that you are actually trying to say?
FeatherPluma (
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Even when I expand the framework to include the previous sentence, "It follows that Calder was commissioned to create an artwork that would both deflect the winds and be aesthetically pleasing" I still find the message to be imprecise in that it is capable of many interpretations.
FeatherPluma (
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The Green Building was the tallest building in metro Boston when it was built. To give the weather radar clear line-of-sight to the horizon. Find citations before you add these facts. Lentower ( talk) 23:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
I just removed a lot of trivial non-encyclopaedic text, some false text, and added citation neededs. I'm an MIT grad, Class of '71, and prefer that all articles here meet Wikipedia's high standards. Lentower ( talk) 23:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
So this: "When it was built, there was a limit on the number of floors.[citation needed] Thus, it was designed to be on stilts with the first occupied floor approximately 30 feet above grade in order to "circumvent" this law.[citation needed]" Seems to be contradicted by this: http://books.google.com/books?id=w5PU8Bu3trAC&lpg=PA159&ots=WwhHv5796d&dq=green+building+mit+construction&pg=PA152#v=snippet&q=ordinance&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.223.0.160 ( talk) 06:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Is this still held every Halloween? It was an annual feature when I attended in 80-85. -- SpareSimian ( talk) 05:41, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
The Green Building was built to house two different departments: Meteorology & Earth Sciences. They moved from Building 24 (whose roof had meteorological instruments on it in those days). and perhaps elsewhere. Much later, the two departments were merged into the present single department in the building. Be good to add as much of this, as citations can be found for. Lentower ( talk) 02:06, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
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Which basement? There are two. I assume they mean the sub-basement. -- belg4mit 2007-02-08
I think there are actually more than 3 elevators in the Green Building. There are the 3 obvious ones, but I believe that 18 is the highest floor button in the 3 elevators. Since the building clearly has more than 18 floors, there must be another elevator, restricted to certain personnel, that accesses the floors above 18.
Also, how many floors does the building really have? This article says 21, but I've often read 23. Maybe it has 23 if you count the ground floor and the basement?
Also, why was this building basically built on stilts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.184.64.197 ( talk) 01:53, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
In reading this article by way of general exploration I came across the sentence, "Although a scale model was put through wind-tunnel tests, MIT administrators vehemently deny these rumors, insisting that the tests were only to ensure that the sculpture would hold up on the windiest days." The sentence does have a supporting and available reference, but the citation only tangentially addresses some of the elements in this interesting but confusing sentence. Specifically, the citation doesn't appear to support the term, "vehemently." And additionally, the sentence is self-referentially contradictory as currently written. What is it that you are actually trying to say?
FeatherPluma (
talk) 20:47, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Even when I expand the framework to include the previous sentence, "It follows that Calder was commissioned to create an artwork that would both deflect the winds and be aesthetically pleasing" I still find the message to be imprecise in that it is capable of many interpretations.
FeatherPluma (
talk) 18:36, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
The Green Building was the tallest building in metro Boston when it was built. To give the weather radar clear line-of-sight to the horizon. Find citations before you add these facts. Lentower ( talk) 23:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
I just removed a lot of trivial non-encyclopaedic text, some false text, and added citation neededs. I'm an MIT grad, Class of '71, and prefer that all articles here meet Wikipedia's high standards. Lentower ( talk) 23:59, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
So this: "When it was built, there was a limit on the number of floors.[citation needed] Thus, it was designed to be on stilts with the first occupied floor approximately 30 feet above grade in order to "circumvent" this law.[citation needed]" Seems to be contradicted by this: http://books.google.com/books?id=w5PU8Bu3trAC&lpg=PA159&ots=WwhHv5796d&dq=green+building+mit+construction&pg=PA152#v=snippet&q=ordinance&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.223.0.160 ( talk) 06:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Is this still held every Halloween? It was an annual feature when I attended in 80-85. -- SpareSimian ( talk) 05:41, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
The Green Building was built to house two different departments: Meteorology & Earth Sciences. They moved from Building 24 (whose roof had meteorological instruments on it in those days). and perhaps elsewhere. Much later, the two departments were merged into the present single department in the building. Be good to add as much of this, as citations can be found for. Lentower ( talk) 02:06, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
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