tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8169400500671596968.post8167134452337298754..comments2023-06-14T05:01:27.831-04:00Comments on glassblog: Defenestrating in Prague leads to warGuest glassbloggershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107796913020063629noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8169400500671596968.post-68940770556276787552008-03-21T09:41:00.000-04:002008-03-21T09:41:00.000-04:00Very interesting article. Prague is a very popular...Very interesting article. Prague is a very popular tourist destination receiving over 3 million visitors per year. It offers the contrasts of the past with bridges, cathedrals, gold-tipped towers and church domes, and that of a modern metropolis full of energy, music, and art. The architecture of <A HREF="http://pragueproperty.co.uk/" REL="nofollow">Prague property</A> includes Romanesque, GothicUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342985264387363465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8169400500671596968.post-44718059654993227672008-01-08T14:28:00.000-05:002008-01-08T14:28:00.000-05:00Here is a "self-defenestration" story from 1996 la...Here is a "self-defenestration" story from 1996 laden with irony; how could the "brightest" take a run at a window so high up????<BR/><BR/>"LEGAL EAGLE FALLS TO EARTH <BR/><BR/>1996, Toronto <BR/><BR/>A lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane of glass when he charged it with his shoulder and plunged 24 floors to his death. A police spokesman said Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590512265647986148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8169400500671596968.post-67015938577771033232008-01-08T13:30:00.000-05:002008-01-08T13:30:00.000-05:00Dennis,Thanks for the addition! A third high-profi...Dennis,<BR/>Thanks for the addition! A third high-profile Prague defenestration, it seems. After some quick Google searching I found this 2006 Radio Praha article about the Masaryk murder mystery: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/86404. <BR/>- KatyKaty Devlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912896735414095188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8169400500671596968.post-22694567026556716532008-01-08T13:23:00.000-05:002008-01-08T13:23:00.000-05:00Katy:Prague's a beautiful city, isn't it? There's...Katy:<BR/>Prague's a beautiful city, isn't it? There's one more defenestration you missed. Ironically, I knew about this one, but not about the first two.<BR/><BR/>Jan Masaryk, a non-communist Czech political figure, was probably thrown from a window in Prague by communist agents seeking to remove him from the polical scene after WW II.<BR/><BR/>Dennis Ragan<BR/>Gorell Windows & DoorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com