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Date Posted: 16:46:40 08/14/07 Tue
Author: Jonathan E. Wright (Class of 1971)
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Subject: The huge plate-glass windows at Paul G. Blazer High School

Back in the early 60s, when Paul G. Blazer Sr. High School was constructed to replace the old Lexington Avenue Ashland High School facilities, the most "modern" buildings often included large plate-glass windows. Office buildings, motels, houses---you name it---included them as a futuristic look to contrast with more traditional buildings with smaller windows. However, only 10-15 years later, when energy costs soared to crisis proportions, architechts quickly saw the disadvantages of large windows. Namely, they're poor on insulation qualities, letting in too much cold in the winter and too much heat in the summer. So--newer buildings soon adjusted to include smaller, often "slit-like" windows to counter these effects and hold energy costs down.
This gets me to thinking about the large windwos at Paul Blazer High School, which exist to this day. Do any of you know if there's ever been any real concern expressed about them and if any effort has ever been made to modify them into smaller windows?
I sincerely hope not. I hope these large windows remain until whatever time in the future that the Paul Blazer campus is replaced. They're a symbol of an incredibly breathtaking campus that capitalizes on the beauty of the wooded area that's incorporated into it. These enormous windows provide a daily look for hundreds of students and staff members into the incomparable handiwork of God himself. That's well worth losing a few dollars on energy loss, I feel.
It would be great to hear other opinions on this. Thanks!

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Re: The huge plate-glass windows at Paul G. Blazer High School -- No name, 20:58:38 11/20/07 Tue