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sentinel · #**141** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 6:50 PM**

uh, beautiful pictures of the model, but the model and those previous renderings posted a few days before don't match. It seems like the model pictures show the building to be a bit bulkier...am I just seeing things?

Steely Dan · #**142** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 6:51 PM**

^ you're just used to the slim profile offerd by the front "edge" renderings released so far. the tower is wedged-shaped so it will certianly look a bit chunkier form the backside.

it's still a beautiful design.

rgolch · #**143** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by sentinel

uh, beautiful pictures of the model, but the model and those previous renderings posted a few days before don't match. It seems like the model pictures show the building to be a bit bulkier...am I just seeing things?

Yes, I would have to agree.

BVictor1 · #**144** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by SevenSevenThree

You mustve been setting it up while I was posting. Thanks. Is it me or does this building model look chunky? Granted we havent seen these angles of it but still... Maybe my eyes arent looking at it correctly. Im not sure I like it as much anymore. I guess I still do. I dont know. Shit. Maybe I do. Yeah I like it. I think. Whatever...

I think that it looks chunky because you are used to seeing renderings that show the eastern face which overlooks Grant Park. I didn't a photo from that angle because there was too much glare off the plexi-glass. Think of a trapazoid, and you basically have the shape of this tower.

trvlr70 · #**145** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 7:03 PM**

I love it....and also agree that it looks thicker than I imagined. Even the website photos make the building look incredibly slender.

I think it is a winner.

ItsConanOBrien · #**146** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 7:21 PM**

This is one kick-ass skyscraper! I love the skygardens.

the urban politician · #**147** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 7:26 PM**

Great investigational journalism, Victor.

We need to get you an office

GuitarAce · #**148** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 8:31 PM**

Very unique design. Depending on what direction you view it from, it looks like 4 different buildings. It's very... uh... interesting indeed. I'm not really diggin' the way it rises out of the middle of the restored facades though. Maybe they should call it Soldier Tower.

Steely Dan · #**149** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 8:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by GuitarAce

I'm not really diggin' the way it rises out of the middle of the restored facades though. Maybe they should call it Soldier Tower.

that's actually my single favorite part of this whole scheme.

then again, i'm also a HUGE fan of the soldier field renovation. i love the marriage of new and old.

colemonkee · #**150** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 8:50 PM**

Wow. I like this building even more now. It's classic Chicago: tall, masculine, with alternating setbacks and clear horizontal delination. Man, you guys are lucky.

dvidler · #**151** Posted **Jan 31, 2006, 8:56 PM**

Its a definite go for me. If the facades are done as well as the Hertitage facades then its a homerun. I cant wait to see the model in person.

HK Chicago · #**152** Posted **Feb 1, 2006, 2:01 AM**

This view shows all kinds of greatness... this is a class tower based on it's contextual relationships - alot like TTC in this regard.

Marvel 33 · #**153** Posted **Feb 1, 2006, 2:36 AM**

It's definitely a keeper!

Chicago2020 · #**154** Posted **Feb 1, 2006, 4:55 AM**

Its the Sears Tower's little blue brother

gvpeto · #**155** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 6:08 PM**

So, assuming that over 100 units, possibly close to 200, have already been reserved on the first day, this one should be a no brainer. I mean the opposition group(s) that were whining about saving the facades of those old buildings don't have much clout anymore when you get that level of interest. Looking at that, I would say that it's not *if* Legacy will break ground, it's *when*. Anyone agree??

spyguy · #**156** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 6:47 PM**

Yes!

rgolch · #**157** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by gvpeto

So, assuming that over 100 units, possibly close to 200, have already been reserved on the first day, this one should be a no brainer. I mean the opposition group(s) that were whining about saving the facades of those old buildings don't have much clout anymore when you get that level of interest. Looking at that, I would say that it's not *if* Legacy will break ground, it's *when*. Anyone agree??

Given how well it's done on opening day, I think the correct answer would be YES.

soleri · #**158** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 9:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by gvpeto

So, assuming that over 100 units, possibly close to 200, have already been reserved on the first day, this one should be a no brainer. I mean the opposition group(s) that were whining about saving the facades of those old buildings don't have much clout anymore when you get that level of interest. Looking at that, I would say that it's not *if* Legacy will break ground, it's *when*. Anyone agree??

I think the "whiners" succeeded, no? And for good reason. A city without old buildings is hostile to streetlife. Even if they're only facades, the diversity at street level keeps Chicago interesting.

gvpeto · #**159** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 10:28 PM**

Soleri, I agree with you about their need to be saved. I am happy they are being incorporated w/ the building, like the Heritage. But I seem to remember the groups did not want the building built period.

soleri · #**160** Posted **Feb 4, 2006, 11:23 PM**

^I see these kind of battles everywhere and they seem to have the same rhetorical pitch: all or nothing. In a sense, it's the wisdom of the hardball negotiator. Start high and slowly whittle the differences down to manageable size. I'm not suggesting NIMBYs are completely cynical, just that their concerns get juiced up as a necessary precursor to eventual compromise.