Chicago's Worst Buildings Of The Year

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Chicago Tribune   |  Blair Kamin   |   December 29, 2008 06:08 PM

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This rogues gallery of condominium and apartment towers, all either new or completed in the last few years, reveal a trend that Chicago's boosters will find hard to swallow: For every authentic gem produced by the long-running building boom, such as Helmut Jahn's quietly elegant condo tower at 600 N. Fairbanks, there are more gewgaws -- structures that offend not only because they're poorly designed but also because they erode the city's extraordinary sense of place.

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This rogues gallery of condominium and apartment towers, all either new or completed in the last few years, reveal a trend that Chicago's boosters will find hard to swallow: For every authentic gem pr...
This rogues gallery of condominium and apartment towers, all either new or completed in the last few years, reveal a trend that Chicago's boosters will find hard to swallow: For every authentic gem pr...
 
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Kind of annoying to see those glass towers going up at the south end of Grant Park.

It looks like Dallas down there.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:24 PM on 12/29/2008

Kamin's a classic.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:16 PM on 12/29/2008
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