My "Dangerous" Windows.

I went to the library today.

Vancouver Building By-Law

9.7.1.3  Bedroom Windows

1.) Except where a bedroom door provides access directly to the exterior or the suite is sprinklered, each bedroom shall have at least one outside window openable from the inside without the use of tools or special knowledge.

2.) Windows referred to in Sentence (1) shall provide unobstructed openings with areas no less than 0.35 m² and with no dimension less than 380 mm.

9.7.1.6 Height of Window Sills above Floors or Ground

2.) Windows need not be protected according to Sentence (1) where

c) the window sill is located more than 450 mm above the finished floor...

Our windowsills are 71 cm above the floor. The bedroom windows, when opened to the last stop of the bar on them now open exactly 38 cm.

Bottom line is, having our bedroom windows open any less than they currently do would violate the building code and our living room windows are, as far as safety is concerned, entirely up to code. The whole premise of the order is "to fix the Window [sic] wich [sic] is vary [sic] Dangerous [sic]..."

Yeah, whatever.

Chicago Metra

Metra station, patterned after Paris Metro, Congress Plaza, Chicago.

Chicago Board of Trade

Looking up from the street:


Looking down from the Sears Tower:

(Larry, you can see that high-rise prison near the top right of this one)