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Originally Posted by pianowizard
On this forum we are often reminded that most developers don't care about height, but the current design has a fair amount of vanity height, suggesting this is one of those minority of developers who do care. I find it hard to believe that 1422 ft is economically justifiable but 1451 ft (i.e. 1 ft taller than Sears) is not. So my hunch is that the developer does want tall, but feels that exceeding Sears would be "too tall", as if the latter were something sacred. I agree with MAC123 that such misguided reverence is a shame.
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Exactly, everybody's afraid to eclipse the Sears in height. Make's absolutely no sense, having the new tallest building in the city would instantly make it a landmark and an attraction. Other cities are constantly breaking their previous highest (NY, LA, Toronto, Philly, etc.) yet Chicago keeps downsizing smh.