Posted Jan 17, 2018, 3:50 PM
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Yeah, how silly, there's tons of good architecture from this period. I was thinking of 333 W Wacker as soon as I saw this. But the towers in Philly, Charlotte, and Detroit all make the cut to me as well. Perhaps it's the popularity with the public thing they are looking for and these aren't standout landmarks as much as they would like?
Regardless, it's absurd to suggest there is not one design that makes the cut this year. I could probably come up with 25 buildings in Chicago alone that are worthy. Here's another great one: NBC Tower in Chicago, clad in all real stone, looks exactly like something out of the 1920's except you just can't put your finger on what is off. What is off is that it was built in 1989 and has just a hair of that lovely tongue-in-cheek Pomo attitude. It's clearly deco, but a little too deco which is the only way you can tell it's not actually from that era.
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