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Originally Posted by ChiTownCity
I guess I'll go ahead and be the first to say that all though the tower portion is nice, I really hate that oversized base. The design of it is nice, but I really dislike all of these new towers making these humongous podiums mostly for no other reason than to protect views which completely kills the potential for other low to midrise structures to neighbor it....
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The hotel maintains a slender base on Michigan Ave which is in scale (in width) with its neighbors. The back portion which faces the side of McCormick is mostly a celebrated service drive. It appears they've gone way above and beyond to improve that street, especially since it was supposed to be a faceless data center.