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The skylights open out onto the present-day sidewalks of Seattle. Our tour guide found it endlessly amusing to yell up at people walking by in the hopes of startling them. What she didn't find endlessly amusing was when David asked her to explain why some of the broken skylights (lying around on the floor, not pictured) had large crystal pieces extending downwards from the circular openings. She dismissed his question by saying that she was going to "get to that later".

But, luckily we figured it out on our own, as the crystals looked like they were positioned to capture the light coming from above and diffuse it out in other directions (other than directly down). Unfortunately we were unable to see any still-installed skylights with the crystals in place, so it was hard to see if this was the correct assessment and, if so, how well it actually worked.

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