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Originally Posted by ardecila
The upper level parking garage was always going to rise above street level, but it will be buried in a new landform so it should look like a hill.
I really hope the FFE of the museum ground floor is not higher than Stony Island sidewalk, though. It will be very uninviting if the building looms over the street with a raised plaza. The rendering on the OPC website shows an essentially flat plaza, although I'm sure there is subtle slope for drainage.
https://www.obama.org/wp-content/upl...1-1-scaled.jpg |
It seems like it will be elevated a little, but the height of the garage surprised me and I probably overreacted. I’m still confused about the wall going up right next to Cornell Drive East of the biggest crane. What is that wall? It seems too far out to be the museum. Or am I misjudging the size of the building? I had just jumped to the conclusion that it was another “underground” wall and the ground level was going to be raised to that height. If not, I’m at a loss as to what that is.