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About the first time a seagull piles into the reflective glass, they'll start reconsidering their artistic vision, I suspect. To say nothing of the cost keeping said glass clean of Maine's primary agricultural product, seagull deposits.
Years back, I worked in the 1200 foot tall Bank of America Tower in NYC - three-quarters glass and an army of window washers worked everyday keeping it clean (that can't be cheap). It was jarring and fun as you'd be in a meeting with the shades up and a very high-tech looking scaffold with two guys on its would glide into view and they'd start cleaning the windows - oddly, with very traditional buckets and squeegees (no high-tech, custom cleaning apparatus) - and then glide out of view.
One thing I will say for it, the views were incredible and on the open floorpan floors (no furniture or partitions higher than five feet, offices had all glass walls), when it snowed, you felt like you were in side a snow globe.
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