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Old Posted Aug 30, 2019, 1:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheap_Shot View Post
My girlfriend's mom visited last weekend and commented how "tall" WPE was. Clearly, it's not THAT tall, but perhaps there's a little bit of an illusion with it being right next to the relatively short Merch Mart?

Anyone else notice this?
Absolutely. It's all about context. One Museum Park looks enormous when you're next to it (smaller now that NEMA is next door), but put it in the Loop and it would disappear. WPE (and later WPS) are going to absolutely jut skyward more than most buildings because of their comparatively shorter surroundings.