They'll see us waving from such great heights
I had to give a website demo at the Hilton Netherland Plaza in front of forty or fifty people today. That was interesting, but just business. The fun part is that I decided to take advantage of the opportunity and visit the observation deck atop the Carew Tower.
The Carew Tower (pictured below) was built in 1929, in a French art deco style, and still maintains many of it's original art deco charms today. It's also Cincinnati's tallest building, but only gets to claim that fame for a few more years. In 2011, the new Great American Insurance building at Queen City Square will be 86 feet taller.
It was cold outside, overcast with snow flurries. I was surprised the deck was open today. Actually, the last time I had been to the top of the Carew Tower was exactly ten years ago, pre-911, so I wasn't sure if people were still allowed to go out there. Cold, but happy, I found that at least some things don't change. Still $2.
To get to the 49th floor is kind of interesting. The main elevator doesn't go that far. It stops at the 45th. You have to get off at the 45th floor and round a corner to a service elevator and take that up the remaining four floors (or take the stairs). The service elevator smells like old grease, or body odor, I couldn't tell which. It's about as large as a porta-potty and you get the feeling that it should have been decommissioned thirty years ago.
The actual observation deck is open-aired (cold air today). No bars, barely a rail, and I was wondering what velocity a penny might drop if you tossed it over the edge and resisted the urge to do so. It takes a minute to get your bearings. Though it's perfectly safe unless you have the actual intention of jumping off, you still get a little vertigo from just being outside that far up.
It's cliche, but the people really do look like ants.
That's my car circled in red. I parked on top of the garage just so I could take a picture. By the way, driving down the corkscrew to leave the garage is fun too.
It's a strange perspective to you find yourself looking down on other tall buildings.
They'll see us waving from such great heights.
'Come down now,' they'll say.
But everything looks perfect from far away.
'Come down now,' but we'll stay...
The Carew Tower (pictured below) was built in 1929, in a French art deco style, and still maintains many of it's original art deco charms today. It's also Cincinnati's tallest building, but only gets to claim that fame for a few more years. In 2011, the new Great American Insurance building at Queen City Square will be 86 feet taller.
It was cold outside, overcast with snow flurries. I was surprised the deck was open today. Actually, the last time I had been to the top of the Carew Tower was exactly ten years ago, pre-911, so I wasn't sure if people were still allowed to go out there. Cold, but happy, I found that at least some things don't change. Still $2.
To get to the 49th floor is kind of interesting. The main elevator doesn't go that far. It stops at the 45th. You have to get off at the 45th floor and round a corner to a service elevator and take that up the remaining four floors (or take the stairs). The service elevator smells like old grease, or body odor, I couldn't tell which. It's about as large as a porta-potty and you get the feeling that it should have been decommissioned thirty years ago.
The actual observation deck is open-aired (cold air today). No bars, barely a rail, and I was wondering what velocity a penny might drop if you tossed it over the edge and resisted the urge to do so. It takes a minute to get your bearings. Though it's perfectly safe unless you have the actual intention of jumping off, you still get a little vertigo from just being outside that far up.
It's cliche, but the people really do look like ants.
That's my car circled in red. I parked on top of the garage just so I could take a picture. By the way, driving down the corkscrew to leave the garage is fun too.
It's a strange perspective to you find yourself looking down on other tall buildings.
They'll see us waving from such great heights.
'Come down now,' they'll say.
But everything looks perfect from far away.
'Come down now,' but we'll stay...
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