Everything old is new again

I ran across this thread on a Chicago skyscraper discussion board (I quote it here, because it's remarkably similar to multiple conversations I've had over the years):

Whatever happens, that space needs to be filled in, just as long as they don't drop another "55 West Wacker" in there. What a waste that building is.

are you insane? 55 west wacker is one of the most handsome buildings in the whole friggin city.
a waste of a building? good lord!

We are talking about the same building, right? The brown pile of junk across the street from Burnett? Come on.

55 west wacker is across the street from leo burnett, but it is not a "brown pile of junk", it is a brutalist masterpiece and one of the best buildings on wacker. we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.

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