tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post7069461657238348849..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Really bad photos of the renderings the Chicago Children's Museum doesn't want you to see.Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-75719637925010813682007-11-13T15:48:00.000-06:002007-11-13T15:48:00.000-06:00Please tell me this new attempt by Emperor, I mea...Please tell me this new attempt by Emperor, I mean Mayor Daley has been foiled by the far more reasonable citizens of Chicago?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-84225211612089828262007-09-25T19:37:00.000-05:002007-09-25T19:37:00.000-05:00MMH - those are the pictures that were displayed a...MMH - those are the pictures that were displayed at the meeting. they are accurate. oh, by the way, Could it be possible that the reason most people are against the project is because it is totally illegal to build a building in grant park? the building depicted here, just to critique it, is designed to garner accolades for the pritzkers' ego from the international architectural community. this design has nothing to do with children and appears to be incompatible with the surrounding environment. perhaps it was inspired by the emerald city of the land of oz. CORALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-84293087213793868582007-09-25T19:29:00.000-05:002007-09-25T19:29:00.000-05:00They'll have to do because K&S and Museum refuse t...They'll have to do because K&S and Museum refuse the release the originals. Hardly a vote of confidence in their own designs. And I think they're quite clear enough to indicate how beyond human scale those skylights are.<BR/><BR/>Even if you lop off the ne corner and draw a straight line due north from Monroe and LSD, the Daley Bicentennial site is still almost as wide as Millennium's footprint.<BR/><BR/>Propaganda: Anything that confronts spin with an unwanted element of truth.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-72312319796495447492007-09-25T18:50:00.000-05:002007-09-25T18:50:00.000-05:00Those pictures are not legible enough to warrant a...Those pictures are not legible enough to warrant an article on K&Sexton's design!?!<BR/><BR/>It is obvious that you are against having the CCM replace the parking decks. Thank you for fabricating more propaganda as you did with your 'Portrait" article. <BR/><BR/>Your comment mentioning that the BiCenn Park is as wide as Millenium Park is not true either. The Cancer garden and the land east of it was not in the original BiCenn plan, it was merely attached thanks to the construction of the new LSD 'S' curve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-51121528243406989522007-09-25T10:11:00.000-05:002007-09-25T10:11:00.000-05:00The new renderings make the buildings seem more "H...The new renderings make the buildings seem more "HERE I AM"! than the other building (that looked like ice cubes poking out of the ground). To be perfectly honest I liked the ice cubes better, but I hated the idea of a building in the original Grant Park area, (since Grant Park had been expanded to include Millennium, since of course no one would consider having an area of railroads be a park) the ice cubes would be great somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-24765531253134871292007-09-24T22:38:00.000-05:002007-09-24T22:38:00.000-05:00Coral DiverThanks for your comments. I should ment...Coral Diver<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments. I should mention, however, that there are trees and grass on other parts of the site. These renderings depict only the constructed part, and how visitors to the park would relate to them.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-46201833094578883092007-09-24T22:33:00.000-05:002007-09-24T22:33:00.000-05:00Whoaaaa! This blog is awesome. just fantastic jo...Whoaaaa! This blog is awesome. just fantastic journalism work. great detective work! oh my gosh. the CCM building looks like a massive sunken temple, no doubt inspired by the emerald city from the land of oz. Which is probably the theme for their first big gala fundraiser. NOTE: there is no park or grass, or gardens covering it over at all! (as CCM supporters have falsely claimed.) what a horrible monstrosity. it's way over the top. how awful. totally inappropriate for the site in grant park. this design most surely is a violation of montgomery wards edict. <BR/><BR/>thank you again for publishing this. these pictures make for a powerful argument to squash this project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-63231465103179170172007-09-24T22:21:00.000-05:002007-09-24T22:21:00.000-05:00I cannot picture it, but I think I have seen these...I cannot picture it, but I think I have seen these renderings before:<BR/><BR/>➢ Rejected set designs for the Logan’s Run film remake<BR/>➢ The 911 Memorial in New York, sponsored by Disney<BR/>➢ Krueck and Sexton’s spec submission for a Woodfield Mall atrium makeover<BR/>➢ Krueck and Sexton’s design for either a Casino or a Museum…whichever Daley thought he could push through firstAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com