It's better than what was there, but wow, that Atrium Village base is awful.
actually its gives off a very dense city vibe when you're walking past it... I was walking past it the other day and was like OH YEAH! This is here now... looked up and massive skyscraper... very cool
It's better than what was there, but wow, that Atrium Village base is awful.
I've seen worse - much worse
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I've seen worse too, but my benchmark isn't comparing against the worst out there...The massing is fine on the podium (or as good as can be expected) but it's ugly. The brick looks cartoonish and what's with the horizontal brick ribbon? And the windows seem out of scale for the building. And it looks worse in person than in pictures. Disappointing.
The municipal device can be used either way but it has different meaning. I believe a "Y" signifies Chicagos Civic or commercial achievement and an upside down Y signifies engineering dominance or the taming of nature for man's use. So you saw upside down Y punched on the old Division bridge but would see a regular Y on a commercial building or a city building. So in theory I guess that means they put it in upside down?
Orlando-based ZOM Living will break ground this month on a 357-unit apartment community in the swiftly expanding, highly sought area directly west of Chicago’s Loop downtown district. Union West will be situated in the West Loop-Fulton Market enclave, at the intersection of West Washington Blvd. and North Sangamon St. It will consist of two Class AA, Green Globes-Certified residential towers atop a three-story podium.
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The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. B Franklin.
Now this looks like a quality development. Very European.
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It would be great to see buildings like this incorporated into the base of new towers. Of course, with no parking podiums.
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I found an article stating that the third building was also a midrise but got chopped down to 1 story. And the NIMBY dipshit squad got the parking ratio increased.
But it’s still a very good, relatively parking-lite devopment.
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