Duncan Macleod
Terms of use for the notebook
First noted
Editorial purpose, independence, acceptable use, and the practical limits of this personal notebook about a well-known landmark.
This website is an independent editorial notebook maintained by Duncan Macleod, a retired hoistway mechanic. It is not the official website of the operator of the tower, it is not a travel agency, and it does not sell admission, meals, tours, or souvenirs. Nothing on these pages creates a booking, employment, agency, or paid advisory relationship. The editorial purpose is to collect observations from a working life spent on the structure and to make them useful to visitors who are planning or recalling a visit.
Observations about visitor routines, lift behaviour, the outdoor terrace, and the dining floor can become outdated. Operational decisions change with staff, with weather forecasts, and with the maintenance schedule of the lifts. The notebook is written as personal guidance; it is not a guarantee. Official instructions, posted notices, and the directions of on-site staff take priority over any suggestion made here.
A visitor remains responsible for assessing personal mobility, personal medical conditions, weather, and the suitability of any specific part of the visit. The glass floor is not a toy and the outdoor terrace is not an adventure course. Follow the posted rules.
Text and photographs may be quoted briefly with accurate attribution to this notebook. Republishing whole pages, removing the independent status, framing the material to imply endorsement by the operator of the tower, or using it to sell admission, tours, or meals is not permitted. Local photographs and icons must not be sold as stock assets.
Do not attempt to scrape personal data from the site, publish misleading commercial offers through any form of contact described here, or disrupt the operation of the server. There are no payment fields anywhere on the white pages for a reason; please do not attempt to inject any. Any payment information sent voluntarily will be destroyed rather than processed.
Links from these pages to unrelated external websites are intentionally rare. The author does not benefit from any click and no third party has placed sponsorship on the notebook. External brand names appear only when the information they supply is necessary to a factual explanation, such as the name of a station or a public transport line.
These terms may be updated when the operational practice of the site changes. Significant revisions will be noted here and on the privacy notice. The current version supersedes all earlier versions. If a conflict appears between a previous printed copy and the page as served here, the page as served governs.
The notebook is written in English. Translations into other languages prepared by third parties are not endorsed by the author. Please refer to the English page as the governing version.
If the operator of the tower, their counsel, or an interested party believes that any page here is inaccurate or misrepresents the operation of the structure, please write to the postal address on the contact page with a specific description of the concern. Specific, dated concerns are handled seriously and quickly. The author will correct, retract, or clarify a page as appropriate.
— D.M.