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>the architect made the windows specifically like that so people didn't feel like they could just fall out
lol where'd you hear that?
it spread some of the weight to the walls (a concept from masonry buildings that had been abandoned by interior-column-and-glass-curtain-wall construction) allowing the interior to have more offices and not just be 80% columns to support the ridiculous number of floors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Yamasaki