CHICAGO | NEMA Chicago | 896 FT | 81 FLOORS - Page 97

spyguy · #1 Posted **Mar 9, 2019, 8:24 PM**

DSC_5773 by BartShore, on Flickr

West side looking East..Chicago by BartShore, on Flickr

lakeshoredrive · #2 Posted **Mar 9, 2019, 10:21 PM**

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DSC_5773 by BartShore, on Flickr

West side looking East..Chicago by BartShore, on Flickr

It's going to be so nice to see the 78 land get developed and bring much needed density to that area

pianowizard · #3 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 4:21 PM**

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This is definitely her best angle.

This is also the angle that makes NEMA look the most Sears-like.

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It's going to be so nice to see the 78 land get developed and bring much needed density to that area

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yeah such a weird hole

Indeed this is one of the less flattering views of Chicago, although NEMA is helping a fair amount.

Chicago's skyline looks much more impressive from the east and north, as spyguy's other photos have shown.

gebs · #4 Posted **Mar 8, 2019, 7:03 PM**

March 7th, 2019

So many of these buildings didn't exist just five years ago.

BonoboZill4 · #5 Posted **Mar 9, 2019, 4:39 AM**

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March 7th, 2019

So many of these buildings didn't exist just five years ago.

So far the South Loop is the victor of this cycle if we add up some arbitrary number of points between design, height, number, and skyline impact. Probably will win the next two cycles as well, given how many lots it has and how much more attractive it has grown over the last 20 years to those moving into the city

cozy · #6 Posted **Mar 9, 2019, 8:14 PM**

I love me a woman with nice proportional cubes

maru2501 · #7 Posted **Mar 9, 2019, 11:06 PM**

yeah such a weird hole

Flaccer05 · #8 Posted **Mar 10, 2019, 6:43 PM**

Love this one coming in from the south on LSD.

Mar 10

gebs · #9 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 2:18 PM**

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Love this one coming in from the south on LSD.

This is definitely her best angle. When seen from the McCormick Lakeside Center, it is side by side with Sears, almost exactly the same size if flattened against a 2D plane.

It just goes to remind us how absolutely MASSIVE Sears is when a building like NEMA, which grabs headlines for its contextual height, is diminutive when seen in the greater skyline.

Mr Downtown · #10 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 1:29 PM**

At least The Cube is immortalized on the cover of RTA's most recent downtown transit map.

ChiPlanner · #11 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 7:17 PM**

Not the best pics, but on my lunch hour today I noticed how the Columbus/Fairbanks hole in LSE frames NEMA from Streeterville

gebs · #12 Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 7:54 PM**

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Not the best pics, but on my lunch hour today I noticed how the Columbus/Fairbanks hole in LSE frames NEMA from Streeterville

I'm a huge fan of surprising vistas and vantage points, and this is one of them. Great eye, CP.

spyguy · #13 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 3:06 PM**

Someday...

gebs · #14 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 3:16 PM**

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Someday...

Oh man, I love it. Interesting that they would include a placeholder image for 1000M but not Essex though. Picking nits here.

skysoar · #15 Posted **Mar 12, 2019, 3:21 PM**

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Someday...

Wow, if it turns out as pictured , it will be very impressive. The South Loop has really been transformed these last years, with NEMA being the highlight so far.