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It's like Victorian architecture. We often label anything victorian as if it's some sort of hand crafted masterpiece without realizing that the entire style was made possible by the advent of mass produced building materials in the UK during the 1800s. The relatively plain and geometric craftsman sytle was actually a rejection of these manufactured and overwrought styles. Simplicity isn't an analogue to cheap... |
Took a couple from a boat ride this weekend.
https://i.imgur.com/Rhywv24.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xj9VLWU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FJhpq5g.jpg https://i.imgur.com/W5UR5nG.jpg https://imgur.com/a/SZlNLnh https://i.imgur.com/vJcTRfa.jpg |
Maybe it's because I'm an art student but the glass towers never looked too similar to me. 150 N Riverside has a ginormous cantilever and a distinct purple tint to its glass that clearly sets it apart. Riverpoint has giant parabolas. WPW is different from WPE and WPS and the two latter appear to be getting different shades of glass. Out of all of them, BoA and BMO are the most similar, but they're also 4 blocks apart and BMO isn't even on the river.
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New perspective from the Chicago Brown line - this should look pretty cool when done.
https://i.imgur.com/YESUKYo.jpg The glass hasn't been moving on the river side, but progress seems to be continuing on the entrance side. https://i.imgur.com/U4UVyFP.jpg |
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Just took this one. https://i.imgur.com/YCnLnKU.jpg |
Similar angle from Sunday the 18th
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^ Much as expected, this tower is shaping up to be a an absolute gem and capstone of the Wolf Point development - which as an overall composition is living up to its great promise. No amount of whinging from the height-obsessed fanboys or the anti-blue glass brigade detracts from it. While I don't have a stake in this development, I wish I had.
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^Yep. Classy development for a classy city.
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I'm not a height fetishist or knee-jerk loather of blue glass, but I have to admit to getting a bit tired of blue glass boxes that aren't making much effort. The quality of glass may be nice, the street/river-level engagement isn't bad, but for a PRIME location in Chicago, it strikes me as a wasted opportunity to make a statement other than "I'm not offensive" or "it could have been worse." In 5 years no one is going to be thinking about this building as an architectural accomplishment.
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in that photo the glass looks a lot closer to the green of 300 N. LaSalle anyway... is it blue or green?
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I like this okay, but in hindsight I wonder what it might look like if it were tilted forward, with a cutting bow, as a tip to the bows of ships.
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Given that towers are 'one way in one way out', things get much worse as you go higher. The only way it could have been supertall I think would maybe have been all residential which has a lower elevator ratio, which I think would have been a disappointment given the location. I'm still holding out for finding out the real reasons for the height reduction from a reputable source one of these days. |
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I don't think this is a bellwether for Chicago as much is it simply reflects what the stakeholders in the project want from it. To its credit, each redesign was more tasteful than the last imo, going from amorphous deodorant sticks/sails to this. I don't think anyone here objectively dislikes WP South but it's obviously more impressive in a vacuum than when you put it in context of its more eye-catching neighbors. It's classy but feels overwhelmingly corporate and subdued for the size of the development.
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Is the video on https://www.333wolfpoint.com new or updated? Everything reflects latest plans. It's new to me at least.
Some nice angles https://i.imgur.com/W3CeHYS.png Also views are going to be 11/10. https://i.imgur.com/kmtdyWj.png |
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