JW
If you were part of a tour group I came across what looks like one, in a level 2 corridor!
https://goo.gl/maps/41o2panNA63k2v2bA
Good spot! That was outside the weather centre. The screens next to the guide are showing a quad split of the weather studios - but there was a switch (on a standard domestic lighting pull cord) which would change them to the output of a camera concealed behind a glass panel on the wall, chromakeyed to the blue noticeboard opposite, to let the visitors have a try at presenting.
You can go inside too - in the (very) dim and distant past, some forecasts were done from a desk in the office, and you can still see lighting mounted on the ceiling for this purpose.
What are the stairs to the window for? Some sort of emergency exit where a ladder truck could evacuate people? If it is I’ve never seen stairs for that before.
I guess so. The green “escape exit” sign above would seem to indicate the very situation you mention, Ryan.
Probably over the years, with legislation changing, buildings with a certain number of occupants needed to have “x” number of fire exits for the population inside. This looks like it may have been such a retrofit.
Unless it was an original quirky design feature of TVC.
If you were part of a tour group I came across what looks like one, in a level 2 corridor!
https://goo.gl/maps/41o2panNA63k2v2bA
Good spot! That was outside the weather centre. The screens next to the guide are showing a quad split of the weather studios - but there was a switch (on a standard domestic lighting pull cord) which would change them to the output of a camera concealed behind a glass panel on the wall, chromakeyed to the blue noticeboard opposite, to let the visitors have a try at presenting.
You can go inside too - in the (very) dim and distant past, some forecasts were done from a desk in the office, and you can still see lighting mounted on the ceiling for this purpose.
What are the stairs to the window for? Some sort of emergency exit where a ladder truck could evacuate people? If it is I’ve never seen stairs for that before.
I guess so. The green “escape exit” sign above would seem to indicate the very situation you mention, Ryan.
Probably over the years, with legislation changing, buildings with a certain number of occupants needed to have “x” number of fire exits for the population inside. This looks like it may have been such a retrofit.
Unless it was an original quirky design feature of TVC.
