The city orders the Shangri-La Hotel to protect all of us from its falling balcony glass
The city orders the Shangri-La Hotel to protect all of us from its falling balcony glass
After five separate cases of balcony glass shattering and falling from the side of the Shangri-La Hotel, the Star reports that the city has taken some decisive action. Following an August 5 “unsafe building” order, the fancy hotel/condo building (which also happens to be home to Momofuku’s restaurant complex) has to ban guests and residents from balconies until the glass is deemed safe. It’s also required to set up overhead protection on sidewalks below the property, so innocent pedestrians aren’t lacerated by razor-sharp pieces of someone’s $800,000 abode.
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This is crazy… they couldn’t see a problem back in 2012? I’ve always thought that glass balconies in general were dangerous, especially on high rise buildings. There is a severe hazard to broken glass (whatever the cause of it).
It looks nice for the sake of selling luxury condo units… but who cares how your condo looks, if there is someone who is hurt at the bottom of your building?
If it costs nearly, or more than a million dollars to buy a condo here, I shouldn’t have to worry about my condo falling apart, or my HOA having to pay up on a personal injury lawsuit, bringing my condo fees right up. It’s very unfair to the residents of the building.
So, despite all you knew you still decided to buy a unit in that building? Now you know why developers like glass balconies.