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Elliphant Mar 4, 2019 9:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BoostedChicago (Post 8493875)
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 :haha::haha:


https://i.imgur.com/z6IFprf.jpg

gandalf612 Mar 5, 2019 10:40 PM

March 5
 
Some more solicited cube shots
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7843/...3ef9411b_b.jpgMarch 5, 2019

ardecila Mar 6, 2019 2:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright (Post 8490322)
There's going to be a water damper on top of this right? What if this two story cube is designed to hold a cube full of water and they still end up erecting a steel cube on top of this cube???

Cubeception!

Yeah, my concern is that this is merely a double height space to hold the slosh tank and it will be enclosed with spandrel panels.

One Bennett Park had something similar, tall mechanical spaces at the top that were eventually enclosed. We probably won't know for awhile.

r18tdi Mar 6, 2019 3:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ardecila (Post 8496002)
Yeah, my concern is that this is merely a double height space to hold the slosh tank and it will be enclosed with spandrel panels.

One Bennett Park had something similar, tall mechanical spaces at the top that were eventually enclosed. We probably won't know for awhile.

Good point.

cozy Mar 6, 2019 4:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ardecila (Post 8496002)
it will be enclosed with spandrel panels.

I share this concern

BVictor1 Mar 6, 2019 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardecila (Post 8496002)
Yeah, my concern is that this is merely a double height space to hold the slosh tank and it will be enclosed with spandrel panels.

One Bennett Park had something similar, tall mechanical spaces at the top that were eventually enclosed. We probably won't know for awhile.

The tank is below the cube. The cube is purely "ornamental".

None of the renderings have it enclosed, so why the fear?

cozy Mar 6, 2019 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BVictor1 (Post 8497164)

None of the renderings have it enclosed, so why the fear?

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...z4WjJ7ezW3QbsF
https://i.imgur.com/G6X4VtS.jpg

NYguy Mar 7, 2019 1:34 AM

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuqwFbJn0dI/

https://scontent-lht6-1.cdninstagram...NTEyOA%3D%3D.2

Skyguy_7 Mar 7, 2019 2:07 PM

^ That's her best angle, by far. :slob:

intrepidDesign Mar 7, 2019 3:35 PM

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 Mar 7, 2019 5:28 PM

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Originally Posted by intrepidDesign (Post 8497767)
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).

donnie Mar 7, 2019 6:01 PM

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 Mar 7, 2019 6:19 PM

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 Mar 7, 2019 6:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright (Post 8498015)
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 Mar 7, 2019 10:39 PM

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 Mar 8, 2019 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by intrepidDesign (Post 8497767)
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 Mar 8, 2019 1:50 AM

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

Busy Bee Mar 8, 2019 3:08 AM

Me make a joke haha

bullsfan7210 Mar 8, 2019 3:49 AM

RIP cube
http://i.imgur.com/uqehtKi.jpg

cozy Mar 8, 2019 4:19 AM

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


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