From an architectural aspect, I'm fairly unimpressed with these two towers.
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Nothing more than filler.... Boring; short and completely unremarkable. This is the front door to the city. Instead of something really beautiful we got something off the shelf at home depot. IMO.
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Look pretty good to me, much better than some of their neighbors in LSE. Also we gain the connection to the lakefront with this also.
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I think the proportions are off, they appear short and stubby. For such a prominent site, Magellan probably could have done better. Lets hope Site I dazzles us and draws the eye away from these ;)
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Came across this virtual tour that the CBC did back in December:
https://www.chicagobuildingcongress.org/media/ |
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Yes...both these are not very graceful by any means in there dimensions. The bigger building might be the shortest looking 550ft building I have seen. The glass might be there saving grace though because at least they strayed away from the repetitive variations of blue.
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they both could use one more setback culminating in some sort of crown, but that still might not solve how squat these look.
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I mean i don't know about background towers... the smaller one yes but the larger one is straight on center unobstructed views of the lake and nothing will be in front of it so its kind of a hard tower to fade in the background...If this building could of been a little more interesting in design and had some height closer to 700ft range would of done a world of difference.
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That said, if I had to say something nice about these towers, I do like the glass. Nice to see something that isn't a plain sky blue. The contrasting gold/brown glass gives them an interesting 80's vibe, in a good way. |
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Shame it isn't taller OR more importantly, doesn't have a higher unit count. I suppose it adds a bit of symmetry to the area (from this angle) but IMO, seems a little blunted by the surroundings. You also have that sore thumb tower sticking out on the left.
Like some said in the past, nothing but a filler. Which is a shame when you consider the location, ya know? I mean prime waterfront (lake) views, and they squander it with underwhelming towers. https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/busin...535625b32.jpeg Credit: Nenad Spasojevic |
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I guess there could've been several very tall buildings in such a prime location though, like Hudson Yards. |
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