crappy camera phone pic. and at night. i'll take a high quality photo tomorrow.
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that AMLI tower is wow bad. (sorry honte, but after revisiting this building the other, i strongly disagree with you stance on this tower.)
the razing of the 1870's building is meaningless to me. that building is of no architectural significance to me.
hopefully this giant empty lot gets something more architectural significant than what's going up across the street and what went up a block south a few years ago. of course this is only a hope, as i expect the typical south loop crap to grace this lot.
dearborn park needs to GO.
^ OK, well, you should try to explain why you don't like it. I never said it was great, but I consider it one of the better painted concrete towers to have gone up lately (as in, in the top 10-15).
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the change from brick is no small change. It makes a world's difference, and is a much more pedestrian friendly.
And translucent glass is more pedestrian friendly than metal panels (they were never brick) because.... there are occasional headlights inside?? Because you can pretend they are windows of townhouses? Please explain.
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^^^ I believe you are correct, it will not be the highest end tower in Chicago, Chicago Spire will be!
I love the architecture in Streeterville, they have really been on a role recently with getting good projects and providing workable criticisms other than "oh no! not enough parking". Other neighborhoods should follow SOAR's example. This will probably be the most pleasant neighborhood in the downtown area once its all built out.
And translucent glass is more pedestrian friendly than metal panels (they were never brick) because.... there are occasional headlights inside?? Because you can pretend they are windows of townhouses? Please explain.
from the old rendering, it looks like brick.
It is just my opinion, but windowless brick facades give the street level a very sterile, cold, jail-like feel. When I walk past a building like this, its like I am walking down a desolate alley. Glass gives much more life to the street and just plain looks better.
I'll try to explain what I mean in pictures one day.
crappy camera phone pic. and at night. i'll take a high quality photo tomorrow.
thoughts:
that AMLI tower is wow bad. (sorry honte, but after revisiting this building the other, i strongly disagree with you stance on this tower.)
My friend, I agree with Honte on this one. I have seena hell of a lot worse painted concrete towers in recent years. I think the colors help tp make to tower pop. The omly real problem is the width of the tower. It's width should have been cut in half while its height doubled.
I like the 900/AMLI building. Attractive high-density rental stock. Not as good as some of the concrete classics of the 60s in Near North and along the lake (I know I'm almost alone in this latter opinion ) but I'd agree with it being one of the better painted concrete towers from this boom.
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No wonder I visit the forums less and less these days....and no wonder Steely bailed from the Boom Rundown upkeep.
The news these days is just plain DEPRESSING... I can't bear to read it.
Goddamn this shit sucks..
It's a rough patch given the financing market. But in the scheme of things, most of our ~60 highrises under construction are chugging along. Our only prominent delays/stoppages are Waterview and now Staybridge.
As days go for going on a photo expedition, yesterday was pretty atrocious. Hazy, hot, humid, thunderstorms, bad shoes, hungry, and the frappuccino machine was broken at the Dominick's Starbucks. Excuses aside, here's my first big shoot for over a year now.
Lexington Park
Taken from 13th and Indiana
Museum Park Place 2
1600 Museum Park
1400 Museum Park
Michigan Avenue Tower 2
Is this how painted concrete gets born?
1401 S State
1555 S Wabash
Glashaus
Astoria / 1 E 8th
AMLI 900
Roosevelt Collection
It's like a big yellow submarine
Burnham Pointe
Library Tower
Dwight Building
Vetro
235 W Van Buren
155 N Wacker
353 N Clark
161 W Kinzie
theWit
MoMo
465 N Park
Parkview West
I love this view down McClurg! Too bad rarely anyone has an excuse to walk to the dead end of Upper Wacker.
I love this view down McClurg! Too bad rarely anyone has an excuse to walk to the dead end of Upper Wacker.
Well that'll be the view of everyone living on the N side of Arquetectonica. Nice tour. The proposals may have slowed down, but there's a lot going on.
^Wow, awesome update (including the photos in the other threads).
Second that - quite extensive.
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Pherek, that phenomenal and comprehensive photo update was just the antedote to the very malaise I had been feeling about development in Chicago lately. You totally rule
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) but I'd agree with it being one of the better painted concrete towers from this boom.
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