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Originally Posted by vandelay
Look at that dull as dishwater streetscape and skyline. Pure filler and worse, and people here actually think this new building is lowering the tone. It's already below the barrel.
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Streeterville is pretty dull but it's not because of the architecture itself IMO. It's because of how a lot (but not all) of the commercial/retail space is divided up. SLOWLY getting better by adding more legitimate businesses there, but it's slow. One of my least favorite parts of town is Streeterville, at least a little west of Michigan Ave. Having Northwestern Medical there doesn't help, though they've maybe done a better job than they've been given credit for, for actually having businesses there for the neighborhood (recently Stan's Donuts and Green River, and its new secondary bar, are great additions).
As far as this tower - the top is cool. The rest of the tower is pretty bland. It reminds me of a lot of towers in NYC - cool top, aged and the rest of the tower did not age well and it doesn't look great. The difference is though that in NYC with some of those towers, you get good street level space but this one will not have it. Thumbs way down on that.