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The 9th floor thing is a red herring. I'm in academia and have seen this dynamic play out all the time with papers and theses. Reviewers feel like unless they "do" something and add some suggestions, they're useless. So inevitably, there will always be revisions which, no matter how pointless, get suggested. So too with the 9th floor. If the HPRB went along with the building as-is, they would have felt worthless... but getting rid of a 9th floor not visible from the street? That makes them feel like their existence is justified.

The church should have had a 10th floor or maybe a big phallic beam sticking out into the street, so the HPRB could have nixed something and made themselves feel like they were "doing" something.

by Tyro on May 27, 2012 1:24 pm • link • report

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