A $14 million penthouse atop the tilting Millennium Tower is up for sale, again

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Originally published at: A $14 million penthouse atop the tilting Millennium Tower is up for sale, again | Boing Boing

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Should be turned into a casino for REALLY serious gamblers.

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Is there a personal endorsement from that avatar of engineering integrity, Ronald Hamburger?

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Not today law of gravity, not today!

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“The penthouse offers an amazing view of the bay… :sunglasses:… the upper floors of the surrounding buildings… :thinking:… the middle floors of the surrounding buildings… :flushed: the lower floors of the surrounding buildings… :scream: the sidewalk… :dizzy_face: the afterlife… :ghost:”

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I don’t have $14M at the moment… but I’d gladly shell out $2/week in rent for a 24/7 webcam showing the view outside and a tilt angle gauge. The YT site views would really blow-up near the end.

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Built like a penthouse, but she handles like a cliffside bungalow.

(Gravity will win someday…)

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If it comes with a helipad, maybe it’d be safe if you had a dirigible ready to go at a moment’s notice. As long as you only entered and left the building by dirigible. And didn’t really spend any time inside.

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I’m sorry but $14M and there’s no hot tub on the balcony? Hard pass. Side note, I’ve lived in a penthouse before and one thing they never tell you is that every time a fire alarm goes off, and they do, you have to walk down 30-40 flights of stairs and then stand around outside with the plebes /s waiting for the all clear. Nor fun.

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There is, but you are not advised to fill it.

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Yeah dont try playing marbles either

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Pachinko maybe.

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There’s always a buyer.

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I remember seeing advice that you shouldn’t live higher than 12 (or maybe 8 or 6?) stories. Basically with shortages of both parts and people to fix elevators, and all the doomy predictions of pending climate apocalypses, plan for the fact that you’re going to be using the stairs more often. Climbing up 30 flights of stairs with groceries won’t be fun.

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Maybe they could use it for counter-flooding to ease the list to starboard?

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You can try to fill it, but the water starts leaking out the side before it’s full.

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It’s great until the infinity pool starts looking a little finite.

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Counterpoint: stair climbing is associated with less death. (When the stairs are not in a building toppling from a stiff breeze.)

Also, if you can afford penthouses, you should get other standard billionaire accoutrements:
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Benthouse!

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You’re in luck. If it was 30-50 you’d have to contend with wild hogs too.

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