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Originally Posted by marothisu
Just saw it for the first time IRL tonight. Maybe it's because Bridgford was torn down across the street, but this thing is going to feel huge in the area. At least for the time being.
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Raw concrete structure always looks more imposing and massive than a finished building, to me; I think it will visually settle in more once all the cladding and windows are up. I felt the same way about the Optima project in Lakeview -- now that that building is complete, it slots into the streetscape wonderfully, IMO (looked gargantuan when going up).
I still think this development might heavily disturb the dynamic of the area (with its sheer mass). At least the tower is thin-ish. NIMBYs are correct in that it has already served as a precedent for what heights in the area are now conveyed as too tall or not. Oh, well; plenty of other parts of town in which a burgeoning culture can plant roots into a quaintly scaled area, I guess. (Fulton and Carroll W of Ashland? Continuing locations onto W Grand?)