When Worldwide Plaza was constructed on the west side of Manhattan in the late 1980s, the developer (I think) wanted the building to be clad in a light peach color. If my memory is correct, neighbors balked, complaining that they didn't want "a giant pink penis" rising from their neighborhood. Ah, well... the developer won out.



P.S. If I am misremembering any of the salient details about this story, someone else please correct me. I am telling the story from a memory of reading the book about the construction of the building.

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that is the difference between Philly and cities like Chicago,NYC and LA. they progress because the residents there are not bitchy about every fricking thing. They want progress and they show it by letting it happen.
by the time Philadelphia River city and other projects in philly get built, other cities like Chicago, NYC and LA will have passed the city by. to answer the op's original question, no, it does not ruin the skyline in chicago.

Chicago has always been a leader in skyscrapers. They ought to build it so it spins.

Counterclockwise, of course.

Dubai has beaten Chicago to it, sort of. Read here.

(Of course, it would be pretty wild if the whole thing spun as a single structure. Can you imagine the motor on that?)

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Interesting, but that Dubai thing is just plain weird. Dubai risks becoming another Houston -- a city where the city's builders had more money than taste in architecture.

I prefer the image of a giant drill bit or screw rising from the Lake Michigan shore.

NY, LA, and Chicago have already passed Philadelphia, but that has to do with their economic strengths, not the height of their buildings. Also, it's not like other cities don't have neighborhood/community opposition to various projects. NIMBYism is hardly unique to Philadelphia.

Also, please note that Detroit's tallest building (758 ft) is only a couple feet shorter than London's (771 ft), so skyline alone is a very poor indicator of "overall quality" of a city.

Ewww. Chicago has some of the best skyscrapers in the country but damn. I can't think of a single 1000+ footer they have which isn't totally tasteless. So this will keep in the tradition.

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Because people are too busy in those cities deciding if they should run for mayor or be a pimp/drug lord.

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They ought to add three more towers flanking it and a small hill to act as a thumb. Then Chicago could give the world the finger endlessly.

I think you are a bunch of idiots. It looks fine. Philadelphia's skyline sucks. You should worry about your own skyline vs Chicago.