11/28/2021
Water damage strikes hi-rises and skyscrapers just like anywhere else.
In February, after one round of drink service, three men were denied further service at Terrace Sixteen due to their apparent intoxication; as a payback, the three pulled what was intended to be a prank.
They set off alarms and opened a fifth-floor stairwell Chicago Fire Department Firefighters Union - Local 2 standpipe valve and flooded elevator shafts with thousands of gallons of , damaging woodwork, electrical circuitry and marble.
The resulting damage was estimated at $700,000 and the three faced felony criminal damage to property charges.
On June 26, a pipe burst near the west public parking entrance, causing the first floor of the tower to .
