Posted Jan 6, 2021, 4:01 PM
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Drove past this on Cesar Chavez yesterday and it's hard to overstate how huge this thing feels. Very bulky, not very sail like -- but obv we're nowhere near done so I'm not making any firm pronouncements.
The glass facade on the lake-facing portion is interesting -- not just individual panes, but also small overhead shelves/shades over each one. Lots of texture. It really pushes against the idea that the facade is a single sheet of glass. That doesn't describe what we might see on the "billowing" west-facing side of the sail -- that may still be a more uniform surface. But worth noting that other sides aren't going that route.
Even though the height isn't anything special, the size and shape of this is really going to dominate the first tier of our skyline.
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