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Re: A large yellow building
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Date: 
Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:56:50 GMT
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Benjamin Medinets wrote:

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If you really wanted to analyze about it....how much work could you do if
trains (especially commuter trains) ran one floor below you....even if it
didn't blare its horn.

On the other hand, if the train was totally electric, it might reduce the
noise coming from the train, even so, having the train pass by, might be
distracting for the employees in the building.  I know if I worked over a
passing train, I might stop what I was doing and watch it go by.

Benjamin Medinets

Benjamin - I can give you some data...

(Iain - brace yourself)

For about 1.5 years I worked in a building just S of Summerhill station,
on Price St.  This building is remarkably not only for its awful 1950s
exterior, but because it lies directly over the subway line.  In fact,
it is the first building over the subway as it dives underground between
Rosedale and Summerhill.  The opposite sidewalk is sort of a bridge
railing, and then there're tracks.  We were on the 2nd floor.  So
basically, I could look out of my office window and see at least to the
Canadian Tire store, looking straight through Rosedale station.  We even
had a web 'subway cam' for a short time.

The noise and vibration are quite noticeable... until you've been
working there for about 3 weeks, by which time you tune them out.

Jeff Elliott



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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3C03FE12.B3BB53...res.com... (...) ::bracing:: (...) ****wimper**** I know that section of track!!! Why can't I find an appartment with a view like that? For what it's worth, Summerhill is my (...) (23 years ago, 28-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) I think it is a lot better than the blue building...definitely. My (first) thought though is that it has a look of the buildings around union station. An older-type building which has had to be accommodating to rail traffic. If you really (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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