Interesting article from Aaron Renn. Read more from Renn at http://www.urbanophile.com
To give you a sense of this, here’s a photo of the existing station.
This sort of combination is reminiscent of the much-maligned renovation of Soldier Field, in which a contemporary “space saucer” bowl of seating was added on top of the neoclassical colonnades.
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Is Chicago Union Station Redevelopment Soldier Field 2.0?
The company redeveloping the headhouse of Chicago Union Station just unveiled renderings of the project that are not exactly earning rave reviews from the critics. The proposal involves plopping a modernist box addition top of the existing station. Here’s the rendering.
To give you a sense of this, here’s a photo of the existing station.
Photo Credit: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0
This sort of combination is reminiscent of the much-maligned renovation of Soldier Field, in which a contemporary “space saucer” bowl of seating was added on top of the neoclassical colonnades.
Photo Credit: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0
Click to read the article and to view on web site to post comments at:
http://www.urbanophile.com/
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