Up On The Roof

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Buenos Aires From Above

This city at street level can be oppressive. Especially here in the downtown area, it's like living in a series of concrete canyons; one sees only a narrow strip of sky, hemmed in by towering buildings that shut out the sky. But up on the roof it's a different world.

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You can see things that are completely hidden from street level view.

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Almost every building has a little apartment up on the top level, usually set back from the edge so it's completely invisible from below.

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The pic below shows an extreme example, with three separate levels of little dwellings up on the top, each set back from the one below.

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And above it all towers this obscene glass monstrosity...

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