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A beam, or a part of a building supported by such beams, which is supported at one end only, the other end hovering in the air. (Roth, 1979, 1980) Photo from Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2018.

Photo of High Line Headquarters in New York City, New York, 2018.
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