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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
Yeah, the angles and sloping tops are reminiscent of One Magnificent Mile in Chicago, but that's actually one of Fazlur Kahn's famous "bundled tube" designs, where as this project appears to be 3 individual towers, likely to afford a phased construction schedule (not sure which phase the tallest tower would be).
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I was gonna suggest Three First National. Either way, it's definitely giving early-80s SOM.
They should be congratulated for thinking big. We don't often see something this ambitious even on a full-block site, in any US city. The 80s had a lot of ambitious plans like this, but most were left unfinished after economic forces cut them short (Fountain Place in Dallas, etc).
I am curious how they will handle parking, though. Obviously Milwaukee doesn't have a rail system, and Uber/Lyft can replace short urban trips easily, but the tourists and suburbanites staying in the hotel, going to the Marcus Center etc will unfortunately still need a big-ass garage somewhere. Unless it's pushed underground, that suggests a big and sterile parking podium.