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Originally Posted by AdrianXSands
what a wonderful use of precast system. but i wonder how well that custardy yellow is gonna look... i'm not very familiar with precast, is the color an aspect of some kind of process, or is it just a favorite choice? it just seems like the concrete should be gray... isn't the concrete on the bridge gray?
...or is it the fact that people in this city are terrified by the natural color of materials?
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Well... considering that neither the architect nor the developer are from Chicago, I think you should cut the "people in this city" crap. I'm just as disappointed as you, but let's be fair. Could the City be doing more? Yes. Is Chicago this island of bad taste? Hardly.
Anyway, the obnoxious color is probably pleasantly named "ochre" and it's a matter of choice. Seems they're trying to "warm up" the concrete to more pedestrian tastes, but I think it's a mistake, considering that nearly every other building along the river has respected the Burnham plan's Indiana Limestone (or at least its color). I think it's especially jarring with the river bridge.
300 Looks like it wants to somehow "respect" Chicago's traditions, but they didn't take much time at all to understand them. You know: "Oh, we've got a Chicago commission, well, it's just
got to be a box. It's what they're
used to. Oh, it's on the river. How nice. Well, the base just
has to be stone(-ish)."