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Originally Posted by 10023
The flatness of the surrounding area doesn’t really help. The skyline would look so much more dramatic if Illinois had any topography whatsoever. But the lake definitely provides the best setting.
This thing is really going to have amazing, unobstructed views from basically every unit huh?
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I dunno, there's something unique about a perfectly flat surface with a perfect square grid imposed on it with perfectly cubic boxes extruded vertically from that grid. Chicago is so square, lots of people note the lack of view terminating buildings, but that openness I think contributes to the lighting because the sun can freely stream down E-W oriented canyons and provide a shifting lighting effect on all the different elevations over the course of the year.