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Structural Integrity

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The City Group Center

The City Corp Center could very well have blown over in the wind. It's propped up on stilts, which join the building at the midpoint of each side. Most of the credit for this building is given to the Chief Structural Engineer William LeMezure. He conceived it on an napkin at a Greek restaurant in Cambridge.

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