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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ Thanks for those detailed shots. It's a nice tower that treats the Chicago Ave side quite well. But there is really nothing positive I can say about that blank wall along LaSalle.
At least in the prewar era blank walls had some interesting ornamentation. But now....blah
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You know, it's a simple, textured, nicely proportioned little box. For what it is, it's not making itself out to be anything other than what it is, and I appreciate that. It allows for a seamless coupling of the building with the sidewalk at Chicago, too. It's not unpleasant to walk by, either (though, the spectre of exhaust fumes as you walk by, whether they're present or not, is unnerving). It blows Flair tower or the Fordham or the new Jones Chicago (or whatever that's called) out of the water. Superseded only by Contemporaine, for my own tastes.