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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
There is actually potential here for making the passing of trains underneath part of some sort of kinetic art feature. Think glass floor, special lighting, etc etc. The railbed/ ballast could be some sort of special material or art piece that can only be seen from 30 feet above. ??? Could be really cool.
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I've thought along similar lines and it would indeed be neat to somehow leave some transparent viewing of a below grade rail line from a deck.
Most important tidbit I took from the article,
"Among the other notions they mentioned: That people in Grant Park should be able to look west and immediately know the big complex they see is the Art Institute; that they originally didn’t see much room on the campus to think about new buildings, but that has changed with familiarity; and that more building over the tracks is not likely."
So while they say not likely they don't rule it out. Still, hopefully, they make some sort of deck of the tracks a priority even if they don't add a new wing over the tracks. Giving the Ferguson wing (NE wing facing the IC tracks) a heavy facelift very much sounds like it is in order but you wouldn't give a facelift to a building and not improve the access to the new and improved facelift I'd figure........
Taking a look at Barozzi/Veiga's porfotlio I really like what they did with their school in Zurich, Switerzland. Simple but elegant.
https://barozziveiga.com/projects/tanzhaus
Tanzhaus Zürich, Zürich