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The 16th Floor and the Terrace’s Glass Parapet: An Update

The 16th Floor and the Terrace’s Glass Parapet: An Update
Putting the terrace into perspective: A closeup view of the upper floors from the north.
An artist rendering of the 16th floor Terrace, the Executive Conference Room, and the helipad. Every week we see exterior changes that moves the project closer to completion.
The parapet wall, which will also serve as the safety wall on the 16th-floor terrace. The image at the bottom center (inset) illustrates, from grade, the area depicted in the larger photo. The parapet is an extension of the 15th-floor window panels. For those who are faint of heart and white-knuckle individual, there will be a railing on top of the parapet to grasp.
Facing East: Another view of the terrace with the north side of a multipurpose room (right) where a glass window will be installed.
Facing West: To the left of the terrace are multipurpose rooms with doors to the terrace. The windows are an approximation.
As the crane operator lowers the window it inches down and moves ever so slowly closer to its placement spot.
The installers steadies the panel as the crane operator lowers the section into its slot.
Meanwhile, the installers on the 15th floor communicate with the 16th floor as they steady the panel as it is lowered into the bottom track.
On the 15th floor, the panel slides into the right side track and the bottom rail and is within a couple of hammer blows from being seated.
Meanwhile, up on the 16th floor one of the installers takes a short handled sledgehammer and with a couple of persuasive blows nudge the panel into place.
A night shot of the north elevation including the terrace on the 16th-floor. At night, from a distance, the structure is beginning to take on the appearance of a functioning hospital.
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Dennis E. Park, MA
After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨

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