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The Curious Anonymity of Architecture
United Kingdom Architecture News - Jul 14, 2014 - 12:24 2878 views
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If Donald Trump built a birdhouse, I'd expect him to put his name on it.
That's why I'm not the least bit surprised that The Donald affixed T-R-U-M-P in 20-foot-high letters, for all of Chicago to see, to his new Trump International Hotel and Tower. Somehow, one of the world's most monumental bloviators caught Mayor Rham Emmanuel, the City Council, and the entire staff of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development unawares. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, who is no fan of the sign, blames "a lack of sophisticated design guidelines as well as the teeth to enforce them."
They're now annoyed that Trump's name now gets to compete with the spires of the Wrigley building and the curves of Marina City Towers....Continue Reading
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