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Kumdogmillionaire · #**421** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 1:46 AM**

I think I'm even more lost now lol

BorisMolotov · #**422** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 4:48 AM**

Regarding the Humanities building, take it in while you can because that suckers coming down soon.

LanvinHomme · #**423** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 4:58 AM**

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Im not a fan of it either but I think its landmarked in some way, but I could be wrong. Careful, I think the brutalism fans like this one. I dont know if thats the right terminology but I think that one is in the same ballpark as 55 wacker? I'm probably wrong but I enjoy learning more each time I read here. Hilton has got to build a tower behind it. Pretty please?

I like brutalist architecture but this one doesn't look it. The main thing that bothers me about it is that sign at the top... it is so dull! A big neon sign like the New Yorker magazine sign could help it look better. Does the Ebony sign have any lighting at night?

10023 · #**424** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 7:25 AM**

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Regarding the Humanities building, take it in while you can because that suckers coming down soon.

Not surprising. It might be iconic, but it doesn’t work. The layout is confusing (what Wisconsin student hasn’t been late for an exam because they couldn’t find the damn room in that place?), and on very cold or hot days you would freeze or pass out from heat because the HVAC didn’t work.

Kumdogmillionaire · #**425** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 5:11 PM**

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Not surprising. It might be iconic, but it doesn’t work. The layout is confusing (what Wisconsin student hasn’t been late for an exam because they couldn’t find the damn room in that place?), and on very cold or hot days you would freeze or pass out from heat because the HVAC didn’t work.

That's how I felt when I took a few courses over at UIC some years ago. I love brutalism personally, but those corridors and floorplans in the Behavioral Sciences building were so strange

harryc · #**426** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 5:23 PM**

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That's how I felt when I took a few courses over at UIC some years ago. I love brutalism personally, but those corridors and floorplans in the Behavioral Sciences building were so strange

As a kid I LOVED BSB - so freaking cool - as a student ......

left of center · #**427** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 11:15 PM**

BSB is literally only building on the UIC East Campus that I would fight tooth and nail from being demo'd (...well, maybe UH and SEL). I absolutely loved it, both as a student and non student. The crazy stairways, the weird hallways, and the massive, cavernous lecture halls. BSB 250 was my favorite. You could get away with having a full volume conversation near the top rows and the professor wouldn't hear you.

Ahh, memories

Flaccer05 · #**428** Posted **Mar 31, 2018, 2:40 PM**

Essex turning out to be quite the gem.

left of center · #**429** Posted **Mar 31, 2018, 7:55 PM**

^ Gorgeous shots of a gorgeous building. Thanks!

Notyrview · #**430** Posted **Mar 31, 2018, 8:02 PM**

Yeah this one's a real treat. It's the perfect spot for some green.

spyguy · #**431** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 5:44 PM**

This could be added to multiple threads, but Essex sticks out for me

Chicago Skyline by Manish Khatri, on Flickr

KWillChicago · #**432** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 7:07 PM**

Beautiful. Thanks spyguy. If the columbian was doubled in height I think i might not complain as much about the south lacking height. But from this view I would love for a tower around halsted/roosevelt at uic softball diomend. Not going to happen, but if this recent greek town boom can travel farther south, development would make that photo look so extraordinary. And I know, its all uic property but that area could use a boost instead of the overpriced dorms i was living in at maxwell and Halsted.

Rooster slayer · #**433** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 8:48 PM**

I always considered this one a quiet beauty, and one of my favorites in this cycle.

The Lurker · #**434** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 9:45 PM**

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If the columbian was doubled in height

That's another strike. You've had some strange ideas lately

KWillChicago · #**435** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 11:44 PM**

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That's another strike. You've had some strange ideas lately

How so? Wouldn't you love that to be more of a park tower?

Kumdogmillionaire · #**436** Posted **Apr 1, 2018, 11:53 PM**

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How so? Wouldn't you love that to be more of a park tower?

The problem is that the building has shit materials and is just ugly looking in general. No change in height would affect that

LouisVanDerWright · #**437** Posted **Apr 2, 2018, 12:00 AM**

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How so? Wouldn't you love that to be more of a park tower?

The only thing that would be better as more of a park tower would be the Elysian which is basically a cut rate park tower already...

KWillChicago · #**438** Posted **Apr 2, 2018, 12:00 AM**

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The problem is that the building has shit materials and is just ugly looking in general. No change in height would affect that

I agree. But, I guess my thinking is if your going to build a tower of shit, build ... a taller tower of shit.

left of center · #**439** Posted **Apr 2, 2018, 12:41 AM**

Eh, short sh*t towers are less noticeable

That said, I don't think the Columbian is too bad, considering. I remember back in '05 most posters commending it for using actual brick for the exterior. I forgot if they stuck with that, or ended up VE-ing that idea and switching to a veneer. The brick color is nice as well, and differentiates it from the usual red brick we ended up seeing a lot of in the 00's.

I wouldn't mind if it was 100-150 ft taller, but doubling its height might be a bit too much.

ChiHi · #**440** Posted **Apr 4, 2018, 4:40 PM**

The 18th street bridge over the river makes for a pretty cool vantage point for this tower and the other projects on the western side of the South Loop. I've never really figured out how to post pictures to this thing but if anyone else is on a picture expedition, that would be a great spot.