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Originally Posted by ardecila
Yeah, woof on that bridge truss. I really, really liked the parabolic arches although they were somewhat controversial... now this detail just kills it. They should have just used more of those horizontal members with moment connections to avoid those seriously weird diagonals.
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The diagonals are pretty straight as well, but because it is now a compound angle at the central arch,
the junction is displaced up and down as well as fore and aft.
This is a shot from underneath. the short straight ones are the diagonal members. The long angled one with the zig-zag is the main spar.
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Originally Posted by ardecila
Pritzker is seriously considering the use of limestone on those townhouses... and he/she is one of the few people who care enough about authenticity to actually push hard for real stone. In the end it may just be too expensive, but I don't think the decision's been made yet. What gets me is the detailing around the front porch... more of the same dumbed-down junk you see on nouveau traditional rowhouses all over the North Side. A slab front door? WTF?
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Except for the goiter on the roof (if it is set back enough to shade it from the street view it could be OK),
they got a lot of things right. Ratios, sizes of the masonry openings, height of the cornice band, all spot on.
Some one down there actually read Ascher Benjamin.
However, it looks like they have protruding stone casing all around the windows.
This is something we never did in Chicago until the advent of Terra Cotta
This is the sort of fake historic accent that drives me crazy.
Also, I would think that the cornice on the 2nd floor should be at least as elaborate as the one on the goiter,
and its architrave band should be a cyma reversa or at least rebated. A band of protruding brick looks kind of cheap