Let me know what you think! Chicago's worst buildings are....
Comment here to let me know which buildings you feel truly mar the Chicago landscape-from the obscure to the renowned and infamous....I am curious to see what others think of Chicago's architectural blight! C'mon, it's fun! Join in the conversation! All are welcome.
Love, Mr. Archibleckture
Love, Mr. Archibleckture
posted by Sunnysider at 12:38 PM
4 Comments:
I am a sucker for city scenes unchanged for 100 years. There are several blocks in Lincoln Park that would be close to this, except a single family home or three flat was just demolished-ruining the harmony of the street. It is heartbreaking to me that these buildings all survived the down times, when LP was not as desirable a place to live, only to be demolished when times are good. Do you have any way to take photos of these blocks? if not, I will try and get out there soon with my camera to check out the carnage!
mr. a-
i have a particular loathing for the new trend in turning rows of townhomes on their side and presenting an unfriendly barracks style wall to the street. the 2 new ones in our immediate area are on the 1800 block of estes and just west of the turn into evanston on sheridan road. brutal.
i share the gag reflex towards the limestone disneyland castles. equally brutal if not more so. these folks obviosly have the budget to do better.
I have no idea how to do this either; you can be liberal, attend art museums all the time, be educated and aware of all things sophisticated-but when it comes to old buildings, all you see is the old and decrepid side of them. Most people here ask: why bother renovating/preserving when you can start anew? And landowners rights here are strong. If its their building, they can do as they please with it? I don't think so...
i'm just curious to know if architects and architecture enthusiasts shared these same sentiments when the buildings we now love were built. did the community as a collective at that time have higher standards than we do now? were the buildings built at the turn of the century viewed the same way we view our mcmansions? what will people one hundred years from now, or fifty years for that matter, say about these buildings? i don't know either way, but i'm sure as technology, construction and economy change we will see our common building in another light.
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