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I like some boxes, just not 1LP |
I like Singer too. And it's a pity it was demolished. But, to me, 1LP is a brute that symbolises what skyscrapers are. Ideally it would have been nice if both buildings could be built.
I wouldn't want all tall buildings to look like this, variety adds to the interest of a skyline. But in my opinion buildings in the style of 1LP, the TD Centre in Toronto etc are all essentials for an overall good-looking skyline. |
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The centerpoint of Los Angeles is really quite embarrassing to anyone who's been to a Chicago or NYC. The final verdict; the tower has an immense lack of imagination (where ARE you Hollywood?). The architect firm, who made a career of making non-serious buildings for non-serious people, were inspired by the shape of a car transmission as the crowning achievement of the most illustrious city in the world. The obviously-late 80's endless-pastel-nightmare color scheme will trap the LA skyline in that decade forever. This is a dreadful building and an eyesore to the gods of the San Andreas fault. I can see why they blew it up in the film Independence Day!
Oh Brother :slob: Another tired rip on the US bank tower. Obviously another east coster hate trip. The US tower is fine and hollywood loves. I've been to Chicago, the buildings are tall but placed in a messy order and New York only has two building of beauty surrounded by architectural noise and clutter. Oh you forgot to add the Freedom tower to that list. That is the most uninspiring square peg shoved in a round hole design I've ever seen, that site deserves better :notacrook: peace out. |
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:yawn: You're allowing yourself to be pigeon-holed as an Angeleno with something to prove to NYC and the other "global cities" of the world. We're all quite aware that L.A. is a huge city with a lot to offer, so calm down. I like the tallest building in L.A. (whatever it's called) because it's right in the middle of the CBD and is taller than the surrounding buildings. Two buildings of beauty? Are you insane? NYC has 100s of awesome buildings, you're clearly being biased. And Chicago is laid out perfectly. It's 1/3 or 2/5ths as big as NYC in terms of combined CBD(s), yet looks more than half as big due to it's arrangement of skyscrapers. Do you look up to Chicago as well as New York like a big brother you have something to prove to? P.S. Hire an editor |
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Anyhew LA is too laid back to give a fart about what NY thinks. Actually it's the NYer who have something to prove when they come to LA, they won't shut up talking about NY. We just kinda stare at them with a blank look on our faces like shut up and enjoy the sun or go the F home. BTW the Empire State building was blown up in Independence day too so it's obvious the film maker thought of the 2 buildings as iconic. |
Boy is this a fun thread. It's hard to say which "modern" boxes are the worst because there are so gosh darned many of them and so many of them look alike.
And I gotta laugh at the idea that Denver's skyline is great. Most of it was developed in the mid-late 70;s and very early 80's...when tarted up boxes and brutal concrete were the rage. My picks? These painted concrete monstrosities in Chicago. They're an insult to this magnificent skyline: http://www.emporis.com/building/gran...chicago-il-usa And then there's this crappy squat box in Cleveland: http://www.emporis.com/building/nati...eveland-oh-usa |
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From certain angles I don't dislike those Chicago towers. They actually make a change from the glass box condos we have going up in Toronto.
That one in Cleveland isn't exactly pretty, but I wouldn't call it ugly either. It's decent density filler in a skyline. |
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It seems as though you are not a fan of 1940s style buildings. |
Wow, who is this guy? Dissing buildings like the Library Tower, BoA Corp. Center, 777 Tower, Sony Building - no, I'm not going to take this seriously! :D
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I think the real winner here (or loser) is the colossal architectural abomination that is the Pima County Legal Services Bldg in Tucson, posted above! :yuck: |
The Texas buildings are kinda bland but then again the big Texas cities had the misfortune of building most of their skylines in the eras of blandness. Not really their fault.
Your Los Angeles picks baffle me though. LA is an ocean of weird, eclectic and often bland architecture and out of all that you choose the Library Tower and 777? You didn't even have the decency to mention that ugly half glass - half parking garage monstrosity on Wilshire. Who does that!? |
The Singer building was a victim of the times. In the late 60's the Singer building was a dirty, tired looking building. If it survived untouched into maybe the 80's that building would have been made historic (if it wasn't already) and renovated into an upscale residential property. They didn't do that in the 60's.
And many of the buildings mentioned as "dreadful" weren't considered ugly when they were built. I think 1818 Market St. in Philly was built just before 1970. It was bare exposed concrete until they finally painted it sometime in the 1990's. I would say at worst 1818 Market St. was a bit of an eyesore but not dreadful. Until Williard Rouse III (a Philly skyscraper pioneer) lobbied to build higher Willian Penn's hat on City Hall, most of the newer skyscrapers at the time were fat, squat boxes. |
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You should see them, in the morning, with the sun rising from the East! Breath-taking! I deplore, detest post-modern architecture!:slob: The worst on the Strip: Adelson's Palazzo tower next door, and Monte Carlo! |
I am very happy that you listed the One HSBC Tower in my hometown of Buffalo as an architectural travesty. This 40 story bland box is not only uninviting but it is now functionally obsolete because the office tower itself is too skinny resulting in square footage per floor being too damned small. It will be almost 90% vacant at the end of this year. It was a poorly designed project from day one. The building complex is horribly outdated and the public plaza is ugly and depressing.
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375 Pearl (Verizon) needs a renovation ASAP.. it completely kills the view from the Brooklyn Bridge area of the WTC and Downtown.. such an eyesore.
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I would sooo love to see all (or at least some) of these skyscrapers live and in person... being from Germany, we only have some in Frankfurt and Berlin, but they can hardly compare to the US ones. I 'd generally love to move to the US but as you now it is very difficult to get a green card. Nevertheless I took part in a green card lottery and tried my luck. Still waiting for results though.
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I'm glad to see the LDS Church Office Building on here. Even the staunchest Mormon can't deny how ugly that building is. What were they thinking with that one? It will be a blight on the Salt Lake skyline until the day the LDS Church decides they need a new tower. Then hopefully they'll demolish that one.
I detest most of the skyscrapers built from the 50s to the 70s. The last 10 years have actually had by far the best and most innovative skyscraper designs, at least since the 20s and 30s! |
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