{"id":22774,"date":"2008-07-14T11:59:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T11:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=22774"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:28:00","slug":"window-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/window-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Window lock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our new apartment has 2 windows in the bedroom: one opens onto the fire escape, and the other has the A\/C unit installed in it. On cooler nights we prefer to sleep with the A\/C off and the windows open, but I&#8217;m hesitant about leaving the window on the fire escape open while we sleep. Having it closed leaves the room pretty stuffy. <\/p>\n<p>Does anyone know of a window lock that would (a) allow the window to remain open, but not too wide, and (b) be easily disengaged from the inside in case of fire? I definitely don&#8217;t want anything requiring a key &#8211; more of a physical barrier that&#8217;s easily removed from inside. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new apartment has 2 windows in the bedroom: one opens onto the fire escape, and the other has the A\/C unit installed in it. On cooler nights we prefer to sleep with the A\/C off and the windows open, but I&#8217;m hesitant about leaving the window on the fire escape open while we sleep&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-22774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/window-lock\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Window lock?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/window-lock\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2008\/07\/window-lock\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Windows","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"hangonsloopy"}],"creator":["hangonsloopy"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2008-07-14T11:59:01Z","datePublished":"2008-07-14T11:59:01Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:28:00Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Window lock?\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2008\\\/07\\\/window-lock\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2008\\\/07\\\/window-lock\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Windows\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"hangonsloopy\"}],\"creator\":[\"hangonsloopy\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2008-07-14T11:59:01Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-07-14T11:59:01Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-28T16:28:00Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22774"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=22774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}