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Old Posted Nov 8, 2021, 1:21 AM
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At least 5-7 prominent, newer highrises in that photo above can attributed to one person: Jim Loewenberg. I try very hard to never speak ill of the dead, but considering I worked on one of his projects many years ago and actually knew him, that man was a cheap, greedy, apathetic monster.
Low-end-berg absolutely sucked. Thank god he allowed other architects to design buildings in LSE. The first few that were done in house by Loewenberg + Associates (The Lancaster, the Shoreham, etc) are by far the least inspired, and honestly, they are some of the better examples of the man's overall subpar work.

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Gosh, developers from before really did a number on River North didn't they?
And the worst culprit of the infamous River North Beige club has got to be Grand Plaza. Just so unbelievably ugly. Designed, of course, by our friend Mr. Loewenberg.
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