Realtors say that rooms with a view command higher rents, but a recent study showed that those who end up occupying them tend to pull the blinds on their pricey vistas.
Realtors say that rooms with a view command higher rents, but a recent study showed that those who end up occupying them tend to pull the blinds on their pricey vistas.
The organization Urban Green Council surveyed 55 of New York City’s tall, glass-clad buildings and found that nearly 60 percent of the window space in each was covered.
In 75 percent of the buildings monitored, over half of the windows were covered.
Their first thought was that the glare and heat of the sun was the reason behind the blocked views, but further exploration proved that to not be the case.
Numbers of drawn shades remained steady regardless of exposure and time of day.
Learning and factoring in whether the building was filled with offices or apartments didn’t seem to offer much clarity about the numbers either.
Privacy could well be a greater factor, as often times if a person can look out, that means that somebody else can look in.
Figuring out how to block the gazes of outsiders while giving occupants access to their views has been a problem architects have struggled with for quite some time.
