tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post7167766217872579024..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Look out any window. Or not.carmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-25881807666505404552008-09-12T19:08:00.000-04:002008-09-12T19:08:00.000-04:00Before their move to Rochester, New York, Kodak go...Before their move to Rochester, New York, Kodak got tired of Eastman's day after day bitching.<BR/> "I don't see this photography idea, process or whatever it is you call it, ever developing."<BR/><BR/>And so was born the world's first darkrooms.davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285911459130664684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-1079308832651358022008-09-11T13:01:00.000-04:002008-09-11T13:01:00.000-04:00I wonder - reminds me I haveseen various buildings...I wonder - reminds me I haveseen various buildings with bricked up windows...might look out information on window taxes....it wouldn't surprise me if we had something here at one point!Rainbow dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831181728077823123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-41264879555997764432008-09-10T18:56:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:56:00.000-04:00Pardon me...I'm a bit dark. Vampires moved in...Pardon me...I'm a bit dark. Vampires moved in...Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031370976246712353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-5556219475589332202008-09-10T18:55:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:55:00.000-04:00My initial reaction was some kind of Dickensian dr...My initial reaction was some kind of Dickensian drone had taken the place over and didn't want his employees wasting time looking out the windows.<BR/><BR/>But more likely, whatever was being manufactured or stored there didn't play well with glass or sunlight or both. Archive libraries for instance never have any windows because they have to maintain very strict environmental control -- including fading UV rays and such. Other activities have the same requirements, or it's possible that there were operations going on that regulations required the brick job for public safety. Maybe if they were using arc welding equipment?<BR/><BR/>Not knowing what kinds of businesses might be/have been housed there, it's hard to say.<BR/><BR/>Could have also been a structural concern since it's an older building... but who knows.Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498213932233245032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-11777821931222605512008-09-10T18:38:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:38:00.000-04:00I think: They boarded up the windows to keep the i...I think: They boarded up the windows to keep the influx (of whoever they were supposed to be) from peering out and wishing they could be elsewhere....Chrisseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480457289334886158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-58479409670579982042008-09-10T18:17:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:17:00.000-04:00well it reminded me that once upon a time long lon...well it reminded me that once upon a time long long ago in Ireland there used to be a window tax, and you can still see the bricked up windows on old houses of those who could'nt afford the light of day!janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02509066082484200314noreply@blogger.com