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Originally Posted by HomrQT
My mind went more to Paris. Or Rome. Or Prague. Or the countless other picturesque cities, towns, and villages that all share an overall uniform style of architecture. And clearly the general uniformity in their architecture makes for an amazing experience.
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Agree, these are all beautiful places with wonderful architecture where the whole is greater than the some of the parts
Chicago has a different approach, where we have a diversity of different types of architecture all mixed together. In
this one spot on the Michigan Avenue bridge you have Beaux-Arts (London Guarantee Building), Art Deco (Carbon & Carbide), International Style (111 E Wacker), Neo-Gothic (Tribune Tower), Postmodern (35 W Wacker), Contemporary (Aqua and Vista), and many others. It's a very cool collective effect and a different way to get a whole greater than the sum of the parts.