CHICAGO | The Elysian | 686 FT / 209 M | 60 FLOORS | COM

[wrab]

Originally Posted by viewguysf

.....Whether of not one is a fan of Post Modernism, this is a poor example of it.....

That, I think, is the gist of the criticism. The temptation is to frame the debate as a referendum between historicist PoMo versus Modernism, or as between traditional & modern towers. And this might be a fine debate to have were the Elysian a worthy example of either PoMo or historicist vernacular architecture. But it isn't, IMHO. It sure as heck isn't the Sherry-Netherland.

Many of us - myself, certainly - can't quite get beyond the fact that the precast has been handled so mawkishly, etc., ad nauseum. As though there weren't enough bad precast in River North already.