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Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire
Yeah the UIC towers concrete is really aging horribly, not sure what they can do to fix that though
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No it's not, it just needs to be maintained. That's what happens to 50 year old concrete that has been exposed to the elements. If you actually go up there and grind and patch the spawling it would look just fine. This was one of the same bullshit arguments used to justify destroying Prentice. "Oh there's chips and cracks in the concrete, it's falling down".
A. No it's not, it would take an awful lot to compromise cast in place concrete like this.
B. If you actually performed regular maintenance on the building it wouldn't be an issue. Do you think brick is any different after 50 years without any tuckpointing? No, that shit will be cracking and the mortar falling out.