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The Pimp · #**481** Posted **Sep 20, 2018, 7:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by west-town-brad

urban farming would be cool - maybe more for a stand alone parking garage than a condo towner parking garage

We are NOT Detroit. Plenty of urban farmers in MoTown.

Zerton · #**482** Posted **Sep 20, 2018, 8:41 PM**

^ There are a lot here too. I think they're kind of cool.

TR Devlin · #**483** Posted **Sep 20, 2018, 9:54 PM**

I completely agree with all the criticism of this and many other parking podiums. But I really like the podium at Heritage at Millenium Park.

Click here to see the Randolph side

Click here for the parking entrance/exits on Garland

(I tried to paste the Google map images directly into this post but couldn't figure out how to do it.)

Barrelfish · #**484** Posted **Sep 20, 2018, 10:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by TR Devlin

I completely agree with all the complaints about this and many other highrise podiums. But I really like the podium at Heritage at Millenium Park.

Click here to see the Randolph side

Click here for the parking entrance/exits on Garland

(I tried to paste the Google map images directly into this post but couldn't figure out how to do it.)

Based on the number of times I've walked past that without noticing that it was a parking podium, I'd say you are on to something.

Kumdogmillionaire · #**485** Posted **Sep 22, 2018, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Barrelfish

Based on the number of times I've walked past that without noticing that it was a parking podium, I'd say you are on to something.

Yeah, the building itself isn't pretty, but it respects the street level quite nicely. They are also largely benefited by having the old public library in front of them to block their loading docks from view

SolarWind · #**486** Posted **Sep 26, 2018, 2:51 AM**

September 25, 2018

Chi-Sky21 · #**487** Posted **Sep 26, 2018, 3:13 PM**

The glass does not look so horrible when done. I still have no idea what they are thinking with that black grating.

jc5680 · #**488** Posted **Sep 26, 2018, 3:31 PM**

I don't have the issue with this that most do, but it is strange that the concrete behind the glass panels on the north side of the garage has been painted. Its color matched pretty well, but it sure doesn't look like they are going back to paint the other sides

PittsburghPA · #**489** Posted **Sep 28, 2018, 4:06 AM**

Some new renderings by Curbed. Nothing ground breaking but what I found most interesting is that the project was first announced in 2009. With a completion target of 2019 let's hope some of these proposals out right now don't take as long to come to fruition.

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/9/27...rings-interior

SolarWind · #**490** Posted **Oct 6, 2018, 10:26 AM**

October 4, 2018

BonoboZill4 · #**491** Posted **Oct 6, 2018, 3:06 PM**

That is one busy base...

Anyway, does anyone know if they are still doing the mechanical screening up top to cover the protruding elevator core?

left of center · #**492** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 1:14 AM**

Christ that's ugly...

harryc · #**493** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 1:20 AM**

Sept 26

RedCorsair87 · #**494** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 2:20 PM**

Someone should have lost their job over that podium

PittsburghPA · #**495** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 1:51 AM**

This has been driving me nuts..Hopefully someone more in the know has the answer.

Did they VE the crown/mechanical screen on top? I sure hope they didn't but unfortunately it appears they removed it all together from the design.

BonoboZill4 · #**496** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by PittsburghPA

This has been driving me nuts..Hopefully someone more in the know has the answer.

Did they VE the crown/mechanical screen on top? I sure hope they didn't but unfortunately it appears they removed it all together from the design.

I was wondering that earlier... It's like they hate us and want us to be mad forever about the base and top. I'll hold out another few weeks before I give up on this tower

rgarri4 · #**497** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 2:42 PM**

I really liked the slanted crown design but that obviously isn't happening.

Fvn · #**498** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 9:26 PM**

To me no slanted crown is a bigger deal then the podium is because it leaves more of an impact from further away

Zerton · #**499** Posted **Oct 12, 2018, 9:37 PM**

I loathe those afterthought mechanical boxes. Architects should know what's going on the roof, know the size, and design a way to incorporate it into the design.

As for the base, what's crazy is the glass isn't that bad. It's just totally the wrong color. Did a colorblind person choose it? And the brackets look horrible.

BonoboZill4 · #**500** Posted **Oct 13, 2018, 4:00 PM**

Shameful