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Originally Posted by BrinChi
For me, saving a facade on a building like 300 N Michigan isn't about preserving exemplary architecture, it's about preserving as much pre-automobile pedestrian scale as possible. I love the design of this building other than the blocking of Carbide & Carbon, but I will still vote preservation every time when a solid, human-scaled urban building like this is involved. Demolition is still too common.
Thanks, dan_ryan for the info from SB. It must have been too expensive to salvage.
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The building is pretty mediocre at the pedestrian level though... certainly no better than what is going to replace it, in fact, the new building will be far more inviting and make the sidewalk feel less cramped