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[Elliphant]

Originally Posted by Barrelfish

Great photo! Is it just me though, or is the larger version slightly squished vertically? Either that or the "shrink the buildings" theory from the OCS thread may have some merit after all...

No.. that's just how it looks in higher resolution.

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by Barrelfish

Great photo! Is it just me though, or is the larger version slightly squished vertically? Either that or the "shrink the buildings" theory from the OCS thread may have some merit after all...

No this is a plan to shorten the entire skyline so that Sears Tower tops out at 999.9'...

[Elliphant]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

No this is a plan to shorten the entire skyline so that Sears Tower tops out at 999.9'...

Still a supertall if you're a mathematician.

[gandalf612]

Full size

[harryc]

Originally Posted by Elliphant

Still a supertall if you're an Engineer.

Fixed it for you.

[pianowizard]

Originally Posted by Elliphant

Still a supertall if you're a mathematician.

Or a scientist.

Originally Posted by cozy

gandlaf's pic should totally replace the current wikipedia photo. too bad nobody here has the wiki clout to edit the chicago page

It would be nice to have both, to show how much Chicago's skyline has changed in about 10 years. (The current Wikipedia photo shows Legacy at Millennium Park under construction, so it's probably from 2009.) Vista is obviously enhancing the skyline a lot, but I would say the addition of One Museum Park in 2009 was even more impactful since there had been so few tall buildings in that area. NEMA is reinforcing the "southern wall" even further.

[donnie]

Stop screwing with my chubby mind!

[KWillChicago]

One bennett park filled in that gap very nicely from that vantage point.

[UPChicago]

One Bennett Park looks great in that picture.

[donnie]

Originally Posted by UPChicago

One Bennett Park looks great in that picture.

OBP is like the girl in bar that looks good from far away in the dark, but once the lights turn on and it's last call you see all the flaws!

[pianowizard]

OBP looks so short in that photo, compared with Vista (which of course is a bit closer to the camera).

Originally Posted by donnie

OBP is like the girl in bar that looks good from far away in the dark, but once the lights turn on and it's last call you see all the flaws!

There are no girls in a bar. They are called women.

[gandalf612]

The only good thing about OBP is that it pierces the Streeterville plateau

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by KWillChicago

One bennett park filled in that gap very nicely from that vantage point.

First thing I noticed when I looked at the photo.

[cozy]

gandlaf's pic should totally replace the current wikipedia photo. too bad nobody here has the wiki clout to edit the chicago page

edit: no it does need to be in front of the street lights but wiki photo needs updating nonetheless

[aaron38]

From the renderings it always looked like the color gradients wrap all the way around. Did that change?

[gandalf612]

Originally Posted by aaron38

From the renderings it always looked like the color gradients wrap all the way around. Did that change?

No, they wrap all the way around, but because the sun hits the two sides differently, they appear different.

[cozy]

OBP discussion can be moved to that thread so I can tell you all how crazy you are!!

In the meantime, check out these vista ads from instagram. Lol, wasting marketing dollars on me. If I could, I would have a long time ago.

[harryc]

Feb 22

[PittsburghPA]

2/28

[cozy]

Thanks PA, great to see they are pouring concrete on the what, 3rd-to-last floor?