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That is a interesting ceiling. I wonder what the purpose for it was
Ben
Thu 10-14-2010
Yeah the ceiling caught my eye right away too. This room looks lonely.
TootUncommon
Thu 10-14-2010
It sort of looks like it had an acoustic purpose to it.
Like a sound dampening ceiling?
A D Nilsen
Thu 10-14-2010
I think poured concrete ,strength without the weight?
Ferdy
Thu 10-14-2010
my middle school had celings like this, it was for sound blocking due to jets flying over the school
denise
Thu 10-14-2010
Looks like waffles.
mammabear
Mon 10-18-2010
The ceiling was for sound kept things quite!
cortieflash
Tue 10-19-2010
It looks like the room's dissolving.
redinkreign
Fri 10-22-2010
It looks like the decay is slowly working its way from one side of the room to another.
CoyoteSolar
Fri 11-05-2010
Makes me want waffles dang it!
MamaToFiveInPA
Sun 12-12-2010
the material is concrete, the pattern results from waffle formwork. it is relatively structurally efficient and was considered fashionable in the sixties and seventies. This is the only place I have seen it in a retrofit as the photo titled desintegrate shows floor joist framing and floor joist pockets in the masonry wall.
rafster
Sat 02-11-2012

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