Pelalusa: The Chicago Spire

Friday, April 13, 2007

The Chicago Spire

I just learned about an amazing new building that is being built in Chicago and will be completed in 2010. The 150-storey, 610 metre tall tower will be the tallest building in North America.

You can read more about it here, here, and here.

5 comments:

Hillary said...: HA! Chicagoans really ARE bitter about the whole "antenna on the Sears Tower" thing...; 12:05 PM
Hillary said...: You know what? After looknig at those links, that thing is uuuugly. Seriously. It makes the skyline look really... I don't know, unbalanced? (and is it just me, or is that sucker a serious phallic symbol? I try to keep my mind out of the gutter... but come on!)

I guess I just don't get it.; 12:10 PM
Robert W. said...: I actually like it. One could argue that every skyscraper is a phallic symbol!

Remember how people weren't sure about Vancouver's Main Library, when it first opened. I think Chicagoans will grow to love this building too!; 3:33 PM
Anonymous said...: It seems rather underwhelming if not unimpressive compared to what's being built rigtht now in Dubai.; 3:19 AM
Hillary said...: Yeah, but not like that one!; 1:15 PM

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