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Originally Posted by ardecila
The old design was unified from top to bottom, and the cantilevers were integrated with the design. It was extremely Chicago, muscular and sleek
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Agreed.
That's one thing I really loved about the old design that I find the new one really lacks: the same bold, big-shouldered structural expression that Sears, Standard Oil, and Hancock all brought to the scene when they were new.
Subjective "elegance" is over-rated.