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Originally Posted by jmmwayman
Looking at the building model,the roof portion below and to the right of the tower contained the HVAC cooling tower which will apparently be enclosed in the area replacing the original tower with the stone work. This equipment needs to be open to ventilation. A closed tank tower would not allow this.
It's commendable the way the designer has dealt with this necessary function keeping the general building lines with minimal sacrifice.
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Unless you have inside information, I don't know how you can tell whether they moved the HVAC to the parapet portion or kept it on the main building (which is more logical). Just going by the model, neither seems to contain living space at the top. I agree they did a decent job on the main building. But the parapet's style is a dramatic departure from the original. That deco top was the crowning detail of this building. Maybe the architects offered a design that was more in line with Walker's original, even an outline would do, instead of a flat box with spires and fins.