Gosh, I feel like the minority now, but I'd have to give the building a 9.
Taken yesterday, 2/23/08
I'll also admit that I love Chicago architecture as well. The Trump Tower may not be iconic in many people's eyes, but it just clicked with me. The way the setbacks match the buildings around it and the way it curves to reflect the Chicago River (haha, pretty sexy for a building!). LOL, I'll admit, the "shiny-ness" and how tall it will be also makes me love it even more.
I guess the only bad part of the building for me is how it overwhelms when you look at it close up, and how the IBM building is almost completely covered, but this is a lot better, in my opinion, than the Sun Times building of before.
I'll also agree that this building may be more eye popping to the random pedestrians that cross the bridge on Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River, as I always here people talking about it in their own language (I hear "Trump Tower" even though they are not speaking english) and even taking pictures of it. I'll also never forget waiting for the Michigan Ave. Festival of Lights parade, and people looking back and saying how nice the tower looks, despite it not being finished.
Will visitors and Chicagoans eventually place the Trump Tower with the likes of the John Hancock Center? I guess only time will tell!