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Originally Posted by blipsman
I live in that building... I'm just disappointed how 2520 blocks our skyline views now
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Sorry bro, but I hope you took the loss with grace instead of being a NIMBY and complaining at a town meeting...
In other news, I think people on this forum (and architecture people in general) are too harsh on LaGrange. I understand that his designs look clownish and overblown at times, but I think that he does precast better than anyone else and I wouldn't want to live in a city that was all Miesian boxes. The precast balances out the glass and steel by adding some weight and permanence to the city that stone would do a better job of if it weren't prohibitively expensive.
I understand that his designs aren't perfect replicas of earlier buildings (like much of what RAMSA does -- not that I mind them either) but I think that this is the point: to REINTERPRET historical themes. I think that this (2520) may be ugly and clownish, but I think that the Park Tower and Elysian are slender and delicate in a very graceful way while the huge tops on both serve to fit with the abnormal height for the design. Again, it is a reinterpretation of historical elements, not a recreation of historical periods, like 15 CPW.
I don't want this to turn into some silly debate, I just wanted to stand up for a guy that gets a lot of unfair flack imo. Besides, people seem to have bought his stuff (at least until it all went belly up).