Privacy glass reduces brightness by around 40%. They couldn't possibly compromise their 7-figure apartments like that!Mine has some kind of tint that only affects those looking in.
I find it wierd that the developers for these didn't do the same, considering they're probably with a a lot more expensive.
Privacy glass reduces brightness by around 40%. They couldn't possibly compromise their 7-figure apartments like that!
*avatar quote*I rather have a nice view than privacy. People in these buildings have seen me naked pretty sure:
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If they can afford those condo's, they can afford to move. Problem solved.
I rather have a nice view than privacy. People in these buildings have seen me naked pretty sure:
I'm not aware of anything else like this in other big cities actually - yes it's common for a building to look across at another building, but it's less common for a very popular museum and tourist attraction (let alone in a major world capital) to put up a viewing platform which is situated right next to a block of flats. Yes, the people should have known that it was getting built when they bought their flats, but you can't argue that the result is exactly the same as if you can look into your neighbours' windows from your flat. This is specifically designed for thousands of tourists a day to come and look out from, and there's nothing on that side of the building worth looking at other than directly into those people's flats.Meh. This is so unbelievably common in apartment and condo blocks in big cities, all having huge views of the other buildings, that I can't muster any sympathy.
Like, do they also think the people in other condos that see that building should look away or something? it's nonsense.
Underated post.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/12/how...es-and-streaming-gained-a-cult-following.htmlI don't get this at all. Is there a meaning of peloton I'm not aware of?
More specifically:I don't get this at all. Is there a meaning of peloton I'm not aware of?
It's not weird to not care about or even hate rich people. What made you think that it was. They have solutions to their problem, but they'd rather bother other people instead.This is my thought too. Does seem to be a high degree of hate in this thread due to them having money though, which is a bit weird. I'm sure having a viewing platform built across the road from you isn't something most people would want, regardless of how much money they have.
It's not weird to not care about or even hate rich people. What made you think that it was. They have solutions to their problem, but they'd rather bother other people instead.
Prove it.It is weird to hate anyone based on their financial status. Very weird.
So you can't say why you defend people who can easily solve their own problems but chose not to? I don't think its weird to be condescending and dismissive towards people who could put up some blinds but instead would rather pursue a legal challenge through to the high court against a public institution.That's such a strange request, lol. If you're happy hating then you go right ahead and carry on I guess. It's not a normal reaction though. Maybe ask yourself why you'd hate someone just in the basis of their being rich?
It's more that the OP's phrasing implies it's residents of a specific nationality causing the issues, not wealthy, entitled people in general.
It's a bad design. But that's what curtains are for. I'm glad the court ruled against it.
Mine has some kind of tint that only affects those looking in.
I find it wierd that the developers for these didn't do the same, considering they're probably with a a lot more expensive.
It's like complaining of loud noise after buying a house next to a pub, just why?
I think the viewing platform was opened some time after this building went up and people moved in.
I agree the museum is important, but the viewing platform isn't necessary for the museum to function. I'm not arguing that the platform be closed down, but it's not hard to understand being annoyed if you lived in those apartments and then someone built a viewing platform right next to it so people would be staring into your flats all day every day. It's arguably one of the features of the platform, as there's nothing in that direction to look at other than flats and offices. The pictures don't do justice to how close you are to those flats too.
I rather have a nice view than privacy. People in these buildings have seen me naked pretty sure:
No, it's actually on the buyers/renters to do their due diligence before closing on a property. My apartment has floor to ceiling windows with a good view of Manhattan, but me and my girlfriend literally researched the DOB database to see if there would be any future construction that could potentially block it before we signed the lease.That's pretty bad actually. When the people bought their condos did they know the Tate was going to have an observation deck right across the street? Just because the plan was public doesn't mean the buyers knew. I mean who even checks for something like that? The onus would be on the realtors to fully disclose that beforehand.
If I bought one of those places without realizing this then I would be fucking pissed too. Not to the point of demanding they close the observation deck, but someone needs to pay for privacy screens.
So you can't say why you defend people who can easily solve their own problems but chose not to? I don't think its weird to be condescending and dismissive towards people who could put up some blinds but instead would rather pursue a legal challenge through to the high court against a public institution.
Why not? They have simple solutions to their problems that most regular people could manage easily.I didn't defend them though...
I just find it strange to just dismiss people because they happen to be rich. Post number 5 sums it up.
Why not? They have simple solutions to their problems that most regular people could manage easily.
I didn't defend them though...
I just find it strange to just dismiss people because they happen to be rich. Post number 5 sums it up.
Here's the view from the Tate gallery:
While this is a really petty thing to complain about (especially demanding Tate to rectify a problem they didn't even cause), whoever designed those apartment buildings probably should have paid more attention to the area since I'm pretty sure these apartments were built around the time the Tate Modern was drawing up plans for the extension. Actually, I really don't understand why you would build apartments with such revealing windows anyway, especially in an area with a number of active developments under construction.
I didn't defend them though...
I just find it strange to just dismiss people because they happen to be rich. Post number 5 sums it up.
Those areas are not even meant to be living space, they were meant to be "winter gardens". The actual living areas of those flats isn't visible.
LOL! Dismissing people because they are rich. We are dismissing people because they chose not to buy a blind. FUCK ALL OF THEM. Wasting our courts time and resources when they could have solve it themselves, but hey, let's try and close a whole public gallery, because we don't want poor people looking in our floor to ceiling windows.
Just cover it up with highly flammable cladding, problem solved.
Fucking rich people...
Poor people looking in? Shot gets more like a Dickens novel.
If someone is able to afford an expensive home, good for them. But these people are throwing their money around hoping to close a free, public installation at a renowned gallery that had planning permission before they bought their homes.This is my thought too. Does seem to be a high degree of hate in this thread due to them having money though, which is a bit weird. I'm sure having a viewing platform built across the road from you isn't something most people would want, regardless of how much money they have.
I rather have a nice view than privacy. People in these buildings have seen me naked pretty sure:
If I were one of those rich people, I'd blast hardcore porn 24/7 from that window. Your move, Tate museum.
Lmao, this too.I'm no architect, but may be when they drew up the concept art for the building, they might have chosen a large flat plain as the background.
If I were one of those rich people, I'd blast hardcore porn 24/7 from that window. Your move, Tate museum.
I rather have a nice view than privacy. People in these buildings have seen me naked pretty sure: