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Originally Posted by vexxed82
I was on a river cruise a couple weeks ago, and was underwhelmed with the precast facade. The hotel is surpsirsing it impressive from the river, though.
It seems to match the renderings pretty closely, but somehow the material and color is giving "premium parking garage" aesthetic. Granted, I know part of this structure is parking, and it's not done, so a lot can change.
Hoping for an elaborate lighting plan to add some color and accentuate the texture at night. Wonder if they could do some sort of spot coatings with a glossy sealant to create some daytime variations.
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If they follow the renderings (no guarantees on that), there will be deep clip-on mullions in a
bronze tone added to the glass curtainwalls facing the river, and horizontal sunshades added in other parts.
With the right metallic finish or even a faux-wood look, I think that will add a lot of human scale and depth to the glass areas that should offset the skin-deep look of the precast panels above.
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Originally Posted by sentinel
As dumb as BJ is, I’m relieved Kam Buckner isn’t mayor either, because JFC, how does this type of legislation try to get pushed through without communication between city and state officials first??!
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What's your beef with Buckner? The original legislation back in 2019 put a time limit on a temporary casino, Buckner's new bill just extends that time limit so Bally's can keep doing business at Medinah while the permanent casino is finished. It's a wholly separate discussion from the idiotic dispute over slot machines.
The truly asinine part is City Council agreeing to a deal that gave Bally's a near-monopoly on gambling in the city limits, then going back on their word and authorizing every sleazy bar in town to put in slot machines.
I don't like monopolies, but I'd rather have gambling occurring in one controlled location downtown than having it spread like a cancer into every neighborhood. Plus, the city's deal with Bally's did arguably claw back some of that monopoly surplus for the public in the form of usable green space, new infrastructure and much better architecture than any US casino outside of Vegas. To BJ's credit, he has tried to preserve the original deal, but unfortunately he doesn't have the juice to influence City Council at all.
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