[chicubs111]

^ I still feel Chicago has underperformed with regards to quality architecture and height overall. Yes we do have some highlights but we had so many downsizing and canceled projects that didn't live up to expectations. I know many hate comparing to NYC but it really is a good benchmark because Chicago used to pretty much do half or a third of what NYC was doing relative to buildings over 500ft. I feel like the city needs to have an architectural renaissance because the idea that high-end groundbreaking architecture the city was known for in the early 20th century really no longer resonates. I understand the big corporations are all about efficient building costs and residential developers are all about bottom line obviously but seems like just so many designs are overall so safe and redundant without any outside the box thinking. I mean how many version of a blue glass box can we have. I find it hard to believe that NYC is pretty much only city in the country that can have such variation and use quality materials and we cant make the economics works in any possibly way.