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Rizzo · #**541** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 5:54 AM**

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tyler1 · #**542** Posted **Jan 9, 2012, 2:09 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by South Side

Tommy Bahama will be the first retail tenant taking 4000 square ft

Seems fitting.

Busy Bee · #**543** Posted **Jan 10, 2012, 12:20 AM**

Perhaps followed by Jos. A. Bank?

harryc · #**544** Posted **Jan 14, 2012, 4:59 PM**

Jan 2012

1999

george · #**545** Posted **Jan 21, 2012, 8:25 PM**

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iPhone pic

george · #**546** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 4:27 AM**

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Rizzo · #**547** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 6:48 PM**

Was the original roof asphalt shingle or slate

george · #**548** Posted **Jan 23, 2012, 10:39 PM**

Slate

http://www.prismcompany.com/farwell.htm

george · #**549** Posted **Jan 25, 2012, 10:55 PM**

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J_M_Tungsten · #**550** Posted **Jan 26, 2012, 12:15 AM**

It sickens me to say that the Farwell building is the nicest looking parking garage in Chicago...

Buckman821 · #**551** Posted **Jan 26, 2012, 1:32 AM**

Is this parking garage of the elevator variety?

Rizzo · #**552** Posted **Jan 26, 2012, 1:50 AM**

^ It has two vehicle elevators I think. Not sure if it's automated, valet, or self park.

I believe only slightly more than half of the floors are parking, while the bottom two commercial and the top two are common spaces for the residents.

Still, it's a shame a good piece of architecture ends up being parking. The tower is really more fitting.

I know we've beaten the precast vs limestone issue to death, but it's almost depressing to look at these reconstruction photos. You see such care taken in the assembly of the facade and thoughtfulness of the original architect behind the Farwell's details. Behind it stands a garish interpretation where lines and patterns over-emphasize.....attempting to jar your attention from the Farwell's fine craftsmanship and also capitalize on the limitations of mass produced concrete walls.

i_am_hydrogen · #**553** Posted **Feb 2, 2012, 1:23 AM**

Taken on 1/28:

Nowhereman1280 · #**554** Posted **Feb 2, 2012, 3:30 PM**

^ At least from that angle this POS kinda blends in. The Farwell also looks much more independent of this building in that picture.

sbarn · #**555** Posted **Feb 2, 2012, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Buckman821

Is this parking garage of the elevator variety?

Apologies if I missed it, but what part of the building is a parking garage?

Overall I think this looks pretty good, however it seems that they could have taken steps to make the new tower match the existing building better (i.e. using black trim rather than green trim, sizing of the rustication on the precast panels, etc). However this looks to be a good addition to the skyline.

colemonkee · #**556** Posted **Feb 2, 2012, 5:31 PM**

Wow, i_am_hydrogen, you have achieved the impossible: you made this building look almost halfway decent. And oddly contextual.

Rizzo · #**557** Posted **Feb 14, 2012, 3:22 AM**

So I guess we could afford to pave our alleys with gold
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news...rlton-20120213

spyguy · #**558** Posted **Feb 14, 2012, 6:27 PM**

I'll choose a few of the better ones. The bad news is that he apparently loves precast (not surprising given the publication) and is designing two new rental buildings in Chicago.

http://www.pci.org/pdf/publications/.../AS-12WI-5.pdf

Updating the Past for Today
Craig A. Shutt

...Deciding on the style for each project creates aesthetic and functional
challenges, he notes, but the ultimate
designs are driven by the building’s
need. But make no mistake: he is not
designing “historic” buildings. “All are
very modern designs, with historic
appearances. They have large windows and use modern materials.”

At the Ritz Carlton Residences, for
instance, owners wanted balconies
in each corner. “You don’t do a classical building and put balconies in each
corner, so we chose a concept that
was inspired by an Art Deco style,” he
explains. “But no matter the look, all
of the projects are designed for living.
That is the ultimate purpose and their
need.

....Whatever projects are coming, they
will invoke the richness of the past in a
current vocabulary. “I have been pretty
disappointed by the design work I see
today that tries to produce modern images,” he says. “Compared to the 1900
to 1930 period, today’s work is very
confusing. I don’t really know what is
happening with it. I much prefer to go
back to the older times and move the
designs forward.”

That doesn’t mean the new designs
are old-fashioned, he stresses. “There
is a lot to learn from past designers in
Chicago especially, and there is a lot of
value there. We should not lose that.
We need to take the quality of the experience that is available to us and reinterpret it for the twenty-first century.
I’m not sure that is happening to the
best of its ability right now.”

Nowhereman1280 · #**559** Posted **Feb 14, 2012, 7:15 PM**

FUCK FUCK FUCK, I thought we were rid of his tripe a few years back when his firm folded, but apparently he's back to haunt us again.

Seriously, what a fucking moron. Does he even listen to himself talk? "a lot to learn from past designers in Chicago"??? What, you mean past designers like Sullivan, Wright, and Mies? Those three would probably all projectile vomit everywhere if they were alive to see the abominations LaGrange is shitting out all over the city.

Apparently the village won't be safe until this dragon is dead and buried.

Swicago Swi Sox · #**560** Posted **Feb 14, 2012, 7:37 PM**

^Why so much hate for LaGrange? In my opinion, many of his best buildings are some of my favorite in Chicago. I really like the Elysian/W-A, the Park Hyatt, and Lincoln Park 2520...also Ritz has turned out to be better than expected, save some of the design elements at the top. What am I missing?