sureshot Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 More goodies released yesterday.... http://thechicagospire.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 JENGA!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 couple more new ones... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 So ugly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tellya Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I like it a lot! Some arguments say that they don't like it cause it won't fit in. If all new buildings fit in with their surrondings that would be just plain boring. I mean look at the Louvre. You think that pyramid thing fits in? No but it sure is interesting and gives character. And I agree with Edie. Its not gonna be a big surprise to go up and change the lives of many for years. Its gonna take a while and the people that are really set in there ways will have some time to adjust. I would love to live in that building Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 "Steely Dan" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elixir Sue Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 It looks like a drill bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 The Milwaukee Art Museum is interesting, but I doubt this will ever be built. Who's going to buy condos in something like this...?? (famous last words....) Louieb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikol Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I'm all for weird-looking buildings, but I draw the line at unicorn horns. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tweedling Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 "Steely Dan"Ah-Ha! I love it I don't care, just as long as it's the tallest in the world! I hate it when other countries beat us in anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I think it's pretty hideous I couldn't agree more. It looks like a giant martial aid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 The Milwaukee Art Museum is interesting, but I doubt this will ever be built. Who's going to buy condos in something like this...?? (famous last words....) Louieb hate to break it to you, but its been officially under construction since june... I just dont see how people can call this ugly. Its architecture as art at its finest. I think people don't "get" it because its not the typical "Miesan" boxy office building thats been built ad nauseum here for the past 40 years. This is organic architecture breaking from the mold and setting a precedent for the future: what Chicago has always done. And people calling it phallic....first off, by their very nature, ALL skyscrapers are phallic if you want to go down that route. Secondly, get your mind out of the gutter. As organic architecture, its inspired by the repetition in nature (and also looks like a seashell from above: And come on, Bill Kurtis narated the marketing documentary on the website. This thing is money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenbobblehead Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 "ribbed for her enjoyment" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I like it. It looks like DNA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Double helix. I will be fascinated. Should be complete just before the Olympics hit town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Did Chicago get the Olympics? If so, I am so there. I love that stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 No; but Chicago is the representative for the US. Rio and Madrid are believed to be the competition. $10K a week for my apt. Any takers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 What year are they bidding for? There is an outside chance I could be working there by then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 2016. You have a bit of time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 2016. You have a bit of time Jeebus. I'm serious about the Chicago thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 It's endlessly fascinating, though I wish I spent more time downtown As a someone who pays city taxes I spend way too much time in the 'burbs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 And as if theres not enough going on in the Chicago architecture world right now... Developer Tries Comeback With New Chicago WaldorfBy JENNIFER S. FORSYTHSeptember 27, 2007; Page B1.....The Waldorf-Astoria is being built in a partnership with Fordham Co., a Chicago-based high-end residential developer. Preliminary plans call for a 100-floor tower that in no way resembles its Art Deco-style Manhattan namesake. Instead, the project is more akin in style to the Chicago Spire, the 2,000-foot-tall condominium project being built by architect Santiago Calatrava on Lake Shore Drive. "It's a little bit of a tip of the hat to the Spire just down the street, as they are both slender, tall and elegant, but it's different," says Christopher Carley, chairman of Fordham......http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119085473819840797.html Its an exciting time, no two ways about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zebra Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I think that tower looks freaking stupid among our beautiful skyline. What a shame I'll have to look at that crap when I ride downtown. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sureshot Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 I think that tower looks freaking stupid among our beautiful skyline. What a shame I'll have to look at that crap when I ride downtown. "Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together. If the city was unhappy with itself yesterday-and invariably it was-it will reinvent itself today." -Pat Colander "A Metropolis of No Little Plans" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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