CHICAGO | NEMA Chicago | 896 FT | 81 FLOORS

[Elliphant]

Originally Posted by BoostedChicago

Looks like I am going to get a "cube view" from my apartment window.

Same actually, I just noticed! By the very narrowest of margins

[gandalf612]

Some more solicited cube shots
March 5, 2019

[intrepidDesign]

NEMA really takes the focus off of OMP which is very much a welcome thing. It's like you acknowledge that OMP is there then your eye immediately moves to NEMA. OMPW is officially filler at this point, which it always should have been with that design.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by intrepidDesign

NEMA really takes the focus off of OMP which is very much a welcome thing.

indeed!

that's my single favorite aspect of NEMA.

the south wall was like a bad cartoon when OMP ruled the skies.

now, thanks to vinoly, some chicago reality has been injected into it and we no longer have to look away in embarrassment.

we can only hope that OMP's former prominence will be further reduced by NEMA II (whatever it might look like).

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by intrepidDesign

NEMA really takes the focus off of OMP which is very much a welcome thing. It's like you acknowledge that OMP is there then your eye immediately moves to NEMA. OMPW is officially filler at this point, which it always should have been with that design.

100%

If people are photoshopping OMP out of skyline shots, I couldn't hold it against them.

[The Lurker]

Who in the world would photoshop a building out of a skyline shot?

[The Pimp]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

100%

If people are photoshopping OMP out of skyline shots, I couldn't hold it against them.

Better get used to OMP since it will be here long after we're all gone. Besides, I've grown to like it. To me it looks like a retired ship looking back longingly at the Lake.

[donnie]

After much deliberation i am now of the opinion that Nema can stand on her own, and if Nema 2 is redesigned i can live with it!

[LouisVanDerWright]

I don't agree with all the OMP hate, sure it's tacky, but it's the epitome of 2000's era design. Just another layer of styles within our skyline, our own little Burj.

This building has certainly turned out to be far sexier than OMP, but that doesn't mean OMP is without its merits.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

I don't agree with all the OMP hate, sure it's tacky, but it's the epitome of 2000's era design. Just another layer of styles within our skyline, our own little Burj.

This building has certainly turned out to be far sexier than OMP, but that doesn't mean OMP is without its merits.

^ OMP isn't the worst tower in the world, it just doesn't belong in chicago, and certainly not in a such a prominent spot.

[maru2501]

nema and OMP have a bit of a conversation there..

OMP is like you hit nema with a potato peeler and chopped and rounded it... or something

[Busy Bee]

Me make a joke haha

[bullsfan7210]

RIP cube

[cozy]

Today is a sad day.

Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please join me in this moment of remembrance, open up this video in another tab and gaze at all the cube pictures, one last goodbye, before i see my cube in heaven

[lu9]

Say it aint so

[PopulusRomanus]

Nooooooo

[donnie]

I guess you could say this subject has been squared away!

[Skyguy_7]

It took them under a week to form and pour the Cube, and couldn't have cost more than $50k. Crescent Heights Group PLEASE just give us a cube on top of this cube!

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

PLEASE just give us a cube on top of this cube!

Yo dawg, I heard you like cubes...

[Skyguy_7]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

Yo dawg, I heard you like cubes...

I used to be a boob guy. Then I got married and now I guess I’m a cube guy