CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 787

SolarWind · #**15721** Posted **Sep 29, 2019, 9:49 AM**

September 20, 2019

September 25, 2019

SolarWind · #**15722** Posted **Sep 29, 2019, 9:49 AM**

September 25, 2019

BonoboZill4 · #**15723** Posted **Sep 29, 2019, 3:57 PM**

Nice update Solar! Really starting to get the vibe that the West Loop might become recession-proof (knocks on wood nervously)

IMBY · #**15724** Posted **Sep 29, 2019, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4

The vast majority of buildings in Chicago could be subjectively classified as "basic ass towers"...

Not everything is going to be a Hancock, Manodnock, or Vista...

I've always liked the masculine architecture of Chicago, why feminize it!!!

BonoboZill4 · #**15725** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 12:25 AM**

BonoboZill4 · #**15726** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 12:27 AM**

353 W Grand's crane:

PittsburghPA · #**15727** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 3:36 PM**

Here is a little Fulton Market Update from yesterday 9-29

167 N Green

800 W Fulton

Gr333n

Fulton East

Various Projects

BonoboZill4 · #**15728** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 3:52 PM**

Gr333n turned out really nicely

Tom In Chicago · #**15729** Posted **Sep 30, 2019, 10:57 PM**

Wasn't sure where to put this pic I took from my friend's apartment rooftop earlier this month. . . here seems as good as any. . . Vista and NEMA in the shot. . . enjoy. . .

original

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SolarWind · #**15730** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:24 AM**

September 30, 2019

SolarWind · #**15731** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:25 AM**

September 30, 2019

RedCorsair87 · #**15732** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 3:10 AM**

I'm happy how Gr333n turned out too. For a minute, I was worried.

The West Loop is jaw dropping at the moment even without the several DOZEN projects waiting to get off the ground.

Someone is going to kill me for saying this, but I love 801-811 Fulton. I would happily take one of these every few blocks with slightly different brick colors and individualized detailing.

pip · #**15733** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 3:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by RedCorsair87

I'm happy how Gr333n turned out too. For a minute, I was worried.

The West Loop is jaw dropping at the moment even without the several DOZEN projects waiting to get off the ground.

Someone is going to kill me for saying this, but I love 801-811 Fulton. I would happily take one of these every few blocks with slightly different brick colors and individualized detailing.

I agree completely. Looks good, human scaled and is pleasant to walk by.

Not sure I agree about Gr333n though

BuildThemTaller · #**15734** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 1:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by IMBY

I've always liked the masculine architecture of Chicago, why feminize it!!!

LouisVanDerWright · #**15735** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:15 PM**

Here's a hot take: Thomson Center is the most vaginal building ever constructed. The atrium is like a womb and the pastel blue and pink clearly references colors associated with babies. It also faces directly the masculine phallic Daley Center, home of the court system in charge of doling out justice while itself housing nurturing state services. It's clearly meant to be a maternal building.

Change my mind.

Freefall · #**15736** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Here's a hot take: Thomson Center is the most vaginal building ever constructed. The atrium is like a womb and the pastel blue and pink clearly references colors associated with babies. It also faces directly the masculine phallic Daley Center, home of the court system in charge of doling out justice while itself housing nurturing state services. It's clearly meant to be a maternal building.

Change my mind.

So is it misogynistic that a bunch of men are trying to tear her down?

IrishIllini · #**15737** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

haha...

Also nice pics, Solar.

Busy Bee · #**15738** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 2:24 PM**

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Here's a hot take: Thomson Center is the most vaginal building ever constructed. The atrium is like a womb and the pastel blue and pink clearly references colors associated with babies. It also faces directly the masculine phallic Daley Center, home of the court system in charge of doling out justice while itself housing nurturing state services. It's clearly meant to be a maternal building

^My god

As for Container Corp, never in a million years would I have thought there was anything sexual being broadcasted in its' design. The only thing I can think of when looking at it is Adventures in Babysitting, and by extenstion Elizabeth Shue.

HomrQT · #**15739** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by RedCorsair87

I love 801-811 Fulton. I would happily take one of these every few blocks with slightly different brick colors and individualized detailing.

I couldn't agree more. A surge of this style of architecture and implementation would be fantastic. It satisfies pretty much all areas of the urban architectural spectrum.

Chi-Sky21 · #**15740** Posted **Oct 1, 2019, 3:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Here's a hot take: Thomson Center is the most vaginal building ever constructed. The atrium is like a womb and the pastel blue and pink clearly references colors associated with babies. It also faces directly the masculine phallic Daley Center, home of the court system in charge of doling out justice while itself housing nurturing state services. It's clearly meant to be a maternal building.

Change my mind.

Explains why it is cold and heartless on the inside too......