Finally stopped by the Essesx project today after a client meeting. This is going to look great once trees start popping buds.

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Agreed. . . this is turning out to be quite nice. . .

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I love it.

March 21

Slick. it’s so strange to see density behind the monument from the famous DNC riot.

Major General John A Logan

Looks like they’re only 4 floors above the first column setback, which means about 24 floors remaining. Still a lot of building left to go!

Yes, this is a photo of a tv, but Essex is about to block Sears in one of the traditional skyline shots.
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I much prefer her covered in hippies tbh

That Ebony Jet building needs an update really bad... it's hideous, I'm sorry!

Im not a fan of it either but I think its landmarked in some way, but I could be wrong. Careful, I think the brutalism fans like this one. I dont know if thats the right terminology but I think that one is in the same ballpark as 55 wacker? I'm probably wrong but I enjoy learning more each time I read here. Hilton has got to build a tower behind it. Pretty please?

Yeah it’s brutalism, and even if you don’t like it it’s worth preserving bc it throws this new glass tower into stark relief. And even on its own, it’s a handsome little design.

It's modernist for sure, but I don't see how it's brutalist. I thought it was covered in stone paneling, not exposed concrete.

The view of both Parks (One Grant and Essex on the) from a little farther north:

https://i.imgur.com/hGwMWJ9h.jpg

I definitely see modernism here too but then again brutalism is its descendant. Now i'm sort of on the fence. I don't think brutalism actually requires exposed concrete though. For me it's enough to look bunker like and have the exposed structure massively expressive. And we definitely see that here. It would be really cool if this were proto-brutalism, like the patty smith of that genre.

The green tint is much needed down there

^ Ahhhh yeah, I'm no expert on brutalism so I could totally be wrong. I had just been under the impression that exposed concrete was the default material usage. If anyone knows exactly I'd love to know so I don't sound like a moron in the future. I'm not trusting wikipedia with this

The Chazen Museum and Humanities Building by Harry Weese in Madison Wisconsin are mainline Brutalism and clad mostly in stone and metal:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/...92f16b42_o.jpg

http://www.peterpatau.com/2009_04_05_archive.html

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http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...2709f1d86.html

http://www.chazen.wisc.edu/images/up...ties-image.jpg
chazen.wisc.edu

Always loved this building - so futuristic - and you can just walk/climb up the side.

Brutalism....It's simular to the old pornography/obscenity lawsuit when Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said " I know it when I see it"