For years, women across America have dealt with glass ceilings. But now, women in Ohio have a new problem - glass floors.
A $105 million courthouse opened in Franklin County, Ohio, on Monday, but the builders seemed to have forgotten one thing - the bottom of the stairs, reports affiliate 10TV. The staircase is made of glass.
Dress wearers need to avoid taking the stairs, according to Franklin County Judge Julie Lynch, who wears dresses under her robes almost every day.
"I wear dresses because that's my personal choice," Lynch told 10TV. "When you stand under the stairwell, you can see right up through them.”
She speculates that men, who didn’t take half the population into account, designed the stairs.
Attorney Lori Johnson was startled by the transparent stairs. She worries not only about stares, but also how many cell phones have cameras attached.
“The next thing you know, you’re on the internet,” Johnson said, according to 10TV. “It sounds like a lawsuit in the making.”
While security guards warn women about taking the stairs, it seems most are just hoping people will be mature about the situation.
"They hope people will be mature? That's not a solution," Lynch said to 10TV. "If we had mature people that didn't violate the law, we wouldn't have this building."
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I guess that it is of little consequence that the architecture firm that did this building is woman-owned. If this is to be the standard of design, all those glass railings need to be shielded or all skirt-weraing persons should be warned to stay away from the edge. This will probably include every shoppping mall in Amaerica. The architect's renderings clearly show these stairs and the clear risers so i guess no one was paying any attention during the presentations. Open risers are not uncommon in older buildings. This is a big deal about nothing.
What about the thousands of stair cases and stair areas in other parts of the USA? Are we supposed to redesign them because of these few who seem to suddenly find this as a flaw? I have to agree with See Thru Builder, a big deal about nothing. I love wearing my skirts to work, about town, everywhere I go. Do these women have so little else to worry about in their lives? Just sayin...
The architect must have forgotten the recliner chairs.
A very simple fix is to use a solid colored vinyl film on the glass. Enough said. Situation is being blown out of proportion.
We used this vinyl film on an office building with the offices on the first floor and it worked and looked great.
Gosh, what was the architect smoking, drinking, snorting when he, or God forbid, she was designing this building? Same question goes to those who approved spending millions on this project! Sure, no one is supposed to be under the stairwell staring up ladies' dresses, but PLEASE! Let's just put clear acrylic doors on bathroom stalls too while we're at it and tell people to close their eyes when they go in. Sheesh!
I don't like open riser or transparent riser stairs. I don't like them because they feel flimsy. They feel dangerous even if they're not. As a professional designer, I know they aren't. I know that structurally they're fine, but psychologically, ***I*** don't like them. However, this is nothing new. The designer wasn't being a bone-head. Did you ever see the old TV show The Brady Bunch? The stair in that house is open riser – from 40 years ago. I can name a dozen more in public buildings, and while, again, I don't LIKE them, please, the designer isn't being a bone-head. S/he might have been told to do it. Cheers! Will
Cover the risers with either opaque vynal or for a sharper look, reflective glass. Is this a problem, yes. With the advent of everyone and his brother having the capability to take photos or video with a phone and posting it to the internet the female lawyer and Judge are correct, a lawsuit in the making.
If they are worried about this, all they need to do is sand blast the under side. That will but a light "frost" on the glass and not spoil the design, light would still go through
Attention all men. Don't wear shorts while walking up the stairs. Women might get a peek up them and see why you actually drive that big truck.
That judge sure has a b * tchy tone of voice. She just sounds like an unhappy feminazi.
Acid etch the glass – same idea as sandblasting, but a faster, easier way to accomplish frosting the glass. It's easy to do, makes the glass frosted so you can't see through it, it would be an inexpensive solution and light will still pass through keeping the integrity of the design; problem solved.
what kind of judge just complains and offers no solutions. just frost the glass
-on a side note her tone makes judges everywhere look bad. the courtroom is not a place for dramatics. come on lady, act with some dignitary
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Yeah, but she has strong legs...I've seen her take two at a time all the way to the top! Boy oh boy!
What is a prud?
George W or his father?