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Why the naked band? It messes up the whole flow. Who cares if it's a machine floor or whatever the case may be?
Functionality. Machines don't need balconies.
I think the "band" is a wonderful aesthetic touch. that adds to the dynamic of the building and keeps it form being a blobular mass. It reemphasizes the underlying box in the building and provides a natural functional break both in concrete and glass for the change in floor plans.
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Harry C - Urbanize Chicago- My Flickr stream HRC_OakPark
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. B Franklin.
This tower looks better to me in photographs than it does in person. Maybe it's the lack of immediate context with multiple other works of architecture, maybe it's the paint (sorry to bring this up again but the raw concrete really gave the form some adding meaning and depth), or maybe it's none of the above; something about it just looks kind of contrived. At any rate, the proportions are only going to improve more with additional height.
secret service visited the site yesterday.....there's possibility we might work 1/2 day or even not work at all next tues....id imagine BCBS is def going to be affected
secret service visited the site yesterday.....there's possibility we might work 1/2 day or even not work at all next tues....id imagine BCBS is def going to be affected
nice info Aqua Plumber, probably Legacy will be visited also.
Hey Harry, what's the filter you use to give it that dark, contrasty look? Or is it a case of selecting the buildings, expanding, feathering, inversing and adjusting levels or something?
Or yet, is it the opposite... selecting the sky with the wand, contracting, feathering and levels/curves/saturation?
Hey Harry, what's the filter you use to give it that dark, contrasty look? Or is it a case of selecting the buildings, expanding, feathering, inversing and adjusting levels or something?
Or yet, is it the opposite... selecting the sky with the wand, contracting, feathering and levels/curves/saturation?
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Harry C - Urbanize Chicago- My Flickr stream HRC_OakPark
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. B Franklin.
secret service visited the site yesterday.....there's possibility we might work 1/2 day or even not work at all next tues....id imagine BCBS is def going to be affected
i don't live in chicago, so i'm not aware, where is the obama rally or whatever it's called going to be? i'm trying to figure out the relation between the rally and aqua.
i don't live in chicago, so i'm not aware, where is the obama rally or whatever it's called going to be? i'm trying to figure out the relation between the rally and aqua.
Ha - it is all those groovy balconies that are such a selling point. Never thought of it from a security standpoint. Rember the computer mockups that show what great sightlines the balconies give the building.
The rally is at the extreme other end of GP (south) so this is probably Secret Service being cautious - as they should.
secret service visited the site yesterday.....there's possibility we might work 1/2 day or even not work at all next tues....id imagine BCBS is def going to be affected
Yeah we got notification about traffic disruptions and bus route changes here at Aon Center. . . also mentioned they're going to be coming 'round the offices to black out windows in order to shamelessly plug 2016. . . there's also a moratorium for early next week that's basically shutting down everything that has to do with utility street work etc. - which has been blamed for the Trump spire lift as well. . .
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great shots again Harry
Just about 20 floors left to the top now
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