I work in the Metropolitan Building in downtown St. Louis. The Metropolitan is the tallest building in St. Louis and the second tallest in Missouri. It is 42 stories tall in the tower section of the building. It is listed as 593 feet. The next tallest building in St. Louis is the AT&T Center at 588 feet. For comparison the St. Louis Arch is 630 feet. I once rappelled from 150 meters (492 feet) which is a pretty good drop. I do not work at such lofty heights, but I am on the 7th floor of the non-tower portion of the structure. My cube is right next to the outside walls and thus the large glass windows of the skyscraper.
Once year they clean all the windows on the outside. For part of the building they use the stereotypical platform hung from two points. On my portion of the building the window washers strap on what looks like a Continue reading “Me Too”