Alta at K Station - 417'/41 fl (Com); Cirrus at K Station - 378'/39 fl (Com)

these endless string of p and h "deco towers" make lucien lagrange look like a genius.

wtf, I've never even noticed these two.

Ugly, but I do like infill on the near west side.

They're not the most stunning buildings, but the Echelon at K Station (completed) along with the new grocery store across the street have done absolute wonders to this neighborhood at the street level. I particularly like how they built(building) them up against the street instead of set back. Parking is hidden along the tracks, retail on the sidewalks. A great project for this community that really connects River North, River West and West Loop.

the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

P/H is on a roll with these two-towers-on-a-shared-podium thing: Museum Park East and West, Walton on the Park (if the north tower is ever built), 600 N LSD.

Developers must like them.

Helmet Yawn said:

the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

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^ Nonsense. This and public housing have practically nothing in common.

hno:

Helmet Yawn said:

the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

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As someone who cares deeply both about urban poverty/policy and on architecture, you have just annoyed me on both counts. That comparison is a crass one. One the one hand, it callously discounts the massive social implications of public housing (in the same vein of, say, comparing a building to a concentration camp). On the other, I don't remotely see the aesthetic connection between the stark, low-cost architecture of public housing and the (admittedly boring, but harmless) buildings going up here - please do go through the CHA homes and illustrate to me how they share a common aesthetic origin or voice with these. Or do you just randomly like to take strong and rather disconnected opinions on things for no reason other than to feel elitely superior to everyone here?

Or maybe you're being ironic, and I'm missing the punchline.

sorry. but i wasn't talking sociology, just bad design.

these buildings are brutally ugly and boring

are these two towers rental buildings?

homemania said:

are these two towers rental buildings?

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Yes. The sign in the picture says "Now Leasing".

Not much imagination to these towers, but at least they aren't downright ugly. They're fillers if anything else.

there's no excuse for doing three 400 foot tall "fillers".

Great update from jc5680 at SSP:

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K stuff

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11-02

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Chiman said:

P/H is on a roll with these two-towers-on-a-shared-podium thing: Museum Park East and West, Walton on the Park (if the north tower is ever built), 600 N LSD.

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...and they're all ugly as sin

untitledreality said:

...and they're all ugly as sin

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These are, but not 600 N. LSD!!