View Single Post
  #624  
Old Posted Mar 25, 2012, 3:10 AM
Kippis's Avatar
Kippis Kippis is offline
Chicagoland Runaway
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Winfield, IL
Posts: 238
Quote:
Originally Posted by ih8spires View Post
Is there any info about how this building will be lit at night? Will the glass pannels on the top light up? or will we just have to wait and see?
We have to play the waiting game.

I don't recall ever seeing/hearing anything about the panels being back-lit...however, they VE'd the hell out of the crown as it is, so if there ever was a plan in place to light it, that probably got flushed down the toilet as well. I do know that the colored glass panels were taken out of the final design. And for anyone that needs a refresher, this was what the original rendering from way back when showed -- from page 4 of this thread:

Quote:
Originally Posted by denizen467 View Post
Amazing that the focal point of praise (and images) of this development is entirely focused on the preservation of the Farwell. Kind of makes me wonder if our friend Lucien ever trolls the internet to seek out others' opinions of his buildings. If so, he probably wouldn't like SSP that much. lol