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Originally Posted by BrinChi
It is surprising to me that $500 million in upgrades would not include at least some restoration/cleanup of the exterior windows. A reskin would probably cost another $500 mil lol. And how old are the windows now? almost 50 years... what's the max that office windows can last?
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Essentially forever if maintained. Both glass nor aluminum breakdown over a geological timescale. The weak point is the seals which are plastic composites and prone to drying out and cracking. Those seals can be and are replaced regularly which is probably something included in the scope of this project to some degree. But that does nothing to alter the appearance of the building.