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Originally Posted by Zapatan
Part of me also finds it odd that a near 1500' building has existed since the 70's and people are still excited over buildings half or even a third of that height. They do add to the skyline but it would be nice to see Chi town step it up a little.
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people aren't excited about the height of this one. people are excited for this one because yet another goddamn west loop surface parking lot is biting the dust! praise jeebus!
that part of town has been mercilessly swiss-cheesed by parking lots for my entire freaking life (born in '76) and things are now finally coming together to stitch the urban fabric back together to make it a cohesive extension of downtown. it doesn't matter if the buildings are 200' tall, 500' tall, or 1,000' tall. it's about rebuilding a forlorn and bombed-out section of the city with activity-generating development. a nearly 600' tall mixed-use building like this
MORE than fits the bill.