Posted Sep 26, 2017, 3:03 PM
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All-American City Boy
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Hinsdale / Uptown, Chicago
Posts: 1,939
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Domer2019
[RIP Spire]
For as much a Chicago loves being a city of boxes and boxy tubes, and combinations of boxy tubes, it seems that much of the constantly talked about eye candy comes from curvy towers - 333 Wacker, Trump, Marina City, Lake Point, 311 Wacker, River Point, Vista and Aqua to an extent, etc... The Bean
but curves aren't always profit maximizing. See: 151 N Franklin's VE edit
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I think it's a mixed bag, Chicago has many, many celebrated buildings, most of them not curvy.
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1. 9 DeKalb Ave - Brooklyn, NYC - SHoP Architects - Photo
2. American Radiator Building - New York City - Hood, Godley, and Fouilhoux - Photo
3. One Chicago Square - Chicago - HPA and Goettsch Partners - Photo
4. Chicago Board of Trade - Chicago - Holabird & Root - Photo
5. Cathedral of Learning - Pittsburgh - Charles Klauder - Photo
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