tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post7795183035986295395..comments2023-06-18T06:22:32.696-05:00Comments on A Chicago Sojourn: Gold Coast International Style - Twin TowersRobert Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639365590964995479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-13559456892812475942011-11-17T09:06:56.597-06:002011-11-17T09:06:56.597-06:00I'm sure you didn't forget the twins on th...I'm sure you didn't forget the twins on the south side and are saving those for a future post... aren't you? *grin* Hyde Park has three, well, no, four and there are a few in South Shore too. One set, Regents Park (where the POTUS used to work out) was just in the news - it's still a rental building - the new owners foolishly ticked off the tenants, who have been active before, by firing the entire building staff! <br /><br />You did a nice job documenting them too. I'd love to see old photos of 3550's original lobby furniture and lighting as well as Imperial Towers full on Mock Ming Dynasty decor (the units also featured worm wood paneling and crazy screens to hide the kitchens). <br /><br />I have to say I like a lot of New York's white brick buildings, but Chicago was really big on blond brick in that era too. I hadn't quite realized that, really, we have quite a lot of them too (and probably with better floor plans). There seems to be a hygienic background to the use of white brick on facades initially (it would've been used mainly in lightwells and enclosed courts to lighten them).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521087926470872928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-84114763811883945002011-11-14T11:45:56.098-06:002011-11-14T11:45:56.098-06:00Ah, all my neighborhood twin towers! I've most...Ah, all my neighborhood twin towers! I've mostly thought of them as ugly behemoths (I'm partial to vintage brick and stone) but your write-ups of mid-century modern buildings always make me see them in a new light.<br /><br />I once toured a condo in the 3600 building. I believe the lake-view bedroom windows are for one end apartment, with the second bathroom window the only eastern exposure for the other end unit. I had to stand on the toilet and crane my head into a veritable tunnel to see out that bathroom window!Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com