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Haha, so untrue. Chicago has far more going on it's downtown than DC sans architecture. If NYC is the standard, then Chicago comes much closer to that than DC does. Although DC metro I think is as much or more significant than Chicago.
So........it doesn't have a bunch of skyscrapers?
I just said DC is more unique and that I like it because it looks less like most American cities
I just said DC is more unique and that I like it because it looks less like most American cities
I thought you were referring to amenities... but even so, saying it's just a bunch of skyscrapers is an understatement.
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Originally Posted by MB8abovetherim
As brilliant as downtown Chicago is, it's much more like every other US city: A bunch of skyscrapers....
So I'll argue it's definitely NOT like every other US city.
considering Chicago birthed the skyscraper and is full of architectural gems and a good 700 or so more buildings over 10 stories than anywhere else in the U.S., more skyscrapers over 150m than Tokyo, Japan...
Chicago's "bunch of skyscrapers" has also a bunch of "true" skyscrapers, having 341 of them over 100m... There is only one other city with over 100 outside NYC and that's Miami, which mostly look like crap and often barely eclipse this.
San Francisco, in comparison, a city often touted for it's Downtown only has 37 over 100m...Boston has 27. Chicago has ~10x this many at 341.
NYC is basically a double or even a triple Chicago, about 2-3x as many skyscrapers, 2-3x the metro population, 2-3x the density, etc.
So no, I wouldn't say it's like anywhere else and very much in it's own league with nobody else even close in the U.S.
No but really it looks like it will be a pretty cool complex, Yay DC
Downtown DC needs this really bad!! The retail is the most important aspect of this with the whole development with all phases together including over 400,000 square feet of retail. Also, the type of retail they are signing will change downtown DC forever. The developers released a few tidbits and only exclusive signature stores and concept expansion stores from all over the world looking to get into the DC market are being signed. Its going to be a game changer. And it won't hurt to have 674 more apartments/condo's above this.
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DC reminds what would happen if you combined the other NE cities with say, Atlanta. It's kind of hybrid but obviously reaches a level in it's core that Atlanta doesn't really have.
DC city wise looks nothing, and I repeat nothing like Atlanta. The far southside of Chicago looks more like Atlanta than DC. Wide streets, strip malls, gas stations, open fields, etc.
DC city wise looks nothing, and I repeat nothing like Atlanta. The far southside of Chicago looks more like Atlanta than DC. Wide streets, strip malls, gas stations, open fields, etc.
The DC edge neighborhood of Friendship Heights which borders Bethesda looks nothing like Atlanta. Shepard Park which borders Silver Spring looks nothing like Atlanta. Some of DC's suburbs look like Atlanta.
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