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Originally Posted by r18tdi
Ignoring the height chop and loss of terracotta, this rendering also reminds me how much I miss the way the setbacks cascaded down the sides of the original design scheme and ended closer to the ground. There are a lot more setbacks now, but they are less dramatic and concentrated at the top. The new scheme loses that pleasing elongated wedding cake look.
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Certainly a 'First Chicago School' inspired duo of towers with the Bay Windows and Terracotta; traditional used in the Windy City. The Art Deco setbacks (wedding cake) relate more to New York laws circa 1930s which used more limestone with decorative accents + spandrels using stainless steel, aluminum and bronze.
Davis Childs designed this project as a personal gift to SOM's hometown of Chicago. Wish Related Midwest would wait for a better market to build the first iteration but with the loan for public housing and their bottom-line at play it appears they are pressing forward with development of the second iteration.
https://youtu.be/KJ-J1IWBYNQ?si=rqvD5lndiIzJ0VF_
