Trump International Hotel & Tower: Your Thoughts?

[Placebo]

www.trumpchicago.com

Will be the 4th tallest building in the city upon completion. I kind of like it. :)

[puddycat]

1. when are men going to stop building these giant penises?

Humanity has to find a better way to live.

[Placebo]

4. Oh my god, what a SILLY thing to say!

Normally, I would probably agree with you, but this building is tall for reasons of practicality in the city where real estate is hard to come by, extremely expensive, and has to be used to its greatest utility.

[DrGonzoLives]

8. Would you prefer urban sprawl?

:shrug:

[Inland]

12. Take the building; turn it on its side; break it into four parts;

surround it with two hundred acres of parking, access roads; and move it forty miles west and call it a development.

That's the way of sprawl.

[Inland]

10. Chicago IS the better way to live. nt

[Sannum]

2. Ugh.

If there is anything I hate more than Trump, it is soul-less archetecture. Those seem to walk hand in hand. What a vulgarian.

[Tweed]

3. That's pretty cool looking

I like how it somewhat evens out the Chicago skyline. I think it will be a good addition.

Now for Trump himself... He's an ass.

[Placebo]

5. Yea, I agree...

wish it was someone else behind the project x(

[DS1]

6. Building is okay. Website sucks.

Freakin hacks, I could have charged half, done it in a 1/4th the time, and probably bought myself a nice shiny car :eyes:

:argh:

[andyhappy]

7. I dont think its that bad...

do you design websites?

show me sumthin cool!

[DrGonzoLives]

9. Looks pretty neat to me

A nice addition to the skyline.

[Inland]

11. Well, the bottom stack is going to be parking

which ensures that there is going to be a large blank face to look at from the river and across the river.

Aside from that, it looks fine to me.

[Tweed]

18. Hey Inland

I'm not sure if we have you down on the Illinois County by County thread. Thanks for stopping by!

[cubschicago]

13. It makes the skyline more interesting

Though I agree that Trump may be kind of arrogant, but its a good sign that he is investing in Chicago. It means he (and his people) believe there is a fiscal future here. And that puts some comfort into my worries of the future of this city/State.

[Nailzberg]

14. Spire ain't big enough.

We gotta get that sucker up about a half mile, reclaim the title!

[DrGonzoLives]

15. Damn straight

Teach those uppity Taiwanese who's boss.


MEMO TO THE EASILY OFFENDED: That was a joke.

[Padraig18]

16. I find it rather attractive.

:)

[CubsFan1982]

17. I'm reminded of a quote in The Onion

We could do a whole lot worse, you know, like we always do.

I like it. Very sleek, very modern.

[Placebo]

19. A little bit of trivia for those interested...

When the Trump International Hotel & Tower is completed, Chicago will officially be the only city in the world with 5 buildings over 1,000 feet in height. :)