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lu9 Mar 8, 2019 4:44 AM

Say it aint so

PopulusRomanus Mar 8, 2019 5:26 AM

Nooooooo

donnie Mar 8, 2019 5:46 AM

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

:shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm::shitstorm:

The Pimp Mar 8, 2019 1:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Busy Bee (Post 8498565)
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.

Skyguy_7 Mar 8, 2019 1:15 PM

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!

gebs Mar 8, 2019 7:03 PM

March 7th, 2019

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

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

r18tdi Mar 8, 2019 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skyguy_7 (Post 8498989)
PLEASE just give us a cube on top of this cube!

Yo dawg, I heard you like cubes... :haha:

BonoboZill4 Mar 9, 2019 4:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gebs (Post 8499455)
March 7th, 2019

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

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

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

Skyguy_7 Mar 9, 2019 6:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r18tdi (Post 8499746)
Yo dawg, I heard you like cubes... :haha:

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

cozy Mar 9, 2019 8:14 PM

I love me a woman with nice proportional cubes

spyguy Mar 9, 2019 8:24 PM

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7811/...6273b404_b.jpgDSC_5773 by BartShore, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7926/...72be2214_b.jpgWest side looking East..Chicago by BartShore, on Flickr

lakeshoredrive Mar 9, 2019 10:21 PM

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

maru2501 Mar 9, 2019 11:06 PM

yeah such a weird hole

Flaccer05 Mar 10, 2019 6:43 PM

Love this one coming in from the south on LSD.

Mar 10

https://i.imgur.com/i7l4gvkl.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/Q5o88ZZh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/j4TUcXch.jpg

Mr Downtown Mar 11, 2019 1:29 PM

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

https://i.imgur.com/uTr7x9l.jpg

gebs Mar 11, 2019 2:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flaccer05 (Post 8501094)
Love this one coming in from the south on LSD.
https://i.imgur.com/Q5o88ZZh.jpg

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.

pianowizard Mar 11, 2019 4:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gebs (Post 8501681)
This is definitely her best angle.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by spyguy (Post 8500550)

Quote:

Originally Posted by lakeshoredrive (Post 8500630)
It's going to be so nice to see the 78 land get developed and bring much needed density to that area

Quote:

Originally Posted by maru2501 (Post 8500661)
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.

ChiPlanner 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

https://i.ibb.co/t8K32TL/IMG-5582.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/jfkpV6G/IMG-5581.jpg

gebs Mar 11, 2019 7:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiPlanner (Post 8502056)
Not the best pics, but on my lunch hour today I noticed how the Columbus/Fairbanks hole in LSE frames NEMA from Streeterville

https://i.ibb.co/jfkpV6G/IMG-5581.jpg

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

BonoboZill4 Mar 12, 2019 4:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pianowizard (Post 8501809)

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.

This angle will be aided greatly by the 78 plus two more cycles filling in the south loop. We just need patience :(


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