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Rooftops are fascinating. Growing up in Mongolia, everyone lived in the Communist high rise apartments which went to about 9 or 12 levels and I remember feeling such a rush of emotions every time I peered over at the very top levels of the apartments. I could never really get my fingers on why I enjoyed looking to these heights, except the fact that I would almost have this out-of-body experience imagining how everything would look from above. Over the years, my obsession has grown and now only specific types of rooftops trigger the sensation for me. For example, heights such as mountains, ladders, or short domestic building don’t do the trick, as the buildings usually have to be tall with a certain eye gripping infrastructure and design, especially above or on its edges, and it cannot be too bare or smooth. I figured out that I don’t really like the views from above as I have a fear of falling, but rather the views from below. So I would like to think that there is a deeper allegory behind the whole thing or just the fact that I’m too caught up in my imagination. But one thing is for sure, there’s something about them that I love. Peering over at rooftops always seem to transcend me into a realm and time specific to the feeling of the structure which allow me to feel as if anything is possible.

On that note, here is a series of rooftop pictures that I took yesterday from a heap of office buildings located at the Denver Tech Center. You can say, they did the trick…