tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post314453308042811033..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: The Raw and the Cooked: The Peshtigo is dead. Long live 500 North Lake Shore?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-27508674819378833322011-03-16T17:04:02.954-05:002011-03-16T17:04:02.954-05:00From an outsiders point of view, I don't like ...From an outsiders point of view, I don't like either. The first is awkward looking, the second is okay, pretty but boring and predictable. Not something you would imagine in an up and coming modern area. Looks like something from the 90's that was cool then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-4868174013382780272011-03-01T12:07:03.730-06:002011-03-01T12:07:03.730-06:00I usually agree with you Lynn, but not this time. ...I usually agree with you Lynn, but not this time. As a Streeterville resident who looks out over the very ugly Lakeshore East development--with its multitple podium garages-- I think the "new & improved" Peshtigo design is a major fail. Granted the original was not much better, but to go from a not-so-good design to a really bad design only heightens Streeterville's reputation as one ugly high-rise after the other-- with 'ever present barnacle-like podium garage parking. Frankly, Lakeshore East was a missed opportunity for a really forward looking modern crisp cohesive community design. They should have let Studio Gang do the whole Lakeshore development, instead of just Aqua. But, sadly, even she had to compromise with the as-built designs that detract from her original renderings. Bottom-line: Streeterville is fast becoming the 21st century equivolent of the Gold Coast's Sandberg Village, which is, architecturally speaking, ugly to look at today. IMHO, the new Peshtigo is ugly today and it will be even uglier tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com