Concept vs. execution: El Pacifico in Lake View

by Mark Boyer on 4/9/09

Rendering of El Pacifico, 1358 W Belmont Ave, Lake View, Chicago El Pacifico, 1358 W Belmont Ave, Lake View, Chicago

Looking at the construction photo of El Pacifico that I took during a visit to the Southport corridor yesterday alongside the rendering makes it feel like my depth perception is a bit off. The colors are there, although the scheme is different, but something else is just a bit off: The building looks flat, as if it were appearing in just two dimensions instead of three.

According to the D’Aprile Realty Web site, the building, which is located at 1358 W Belmont Ave in Lake View, will have six 1,162 to 1,500 square-foot two- and three-bedroom condos. Four of those six condos are currently listed on the MLS, and they include two two-bedroom / two-baths that are priced in the $470s and the $500s, and two three-bedroom / two-baths priced in the $520s and the $530s.

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{ 2 comments }

BWChicago 4/9/09 at 12:34 PM

The rendering does show more depth. There is a frame around the front bay that was not executed, and there’s the funny triangular bump-out that didn’t make it through. And the windows on the left bay got slitty.

cgcg 4/9/09 at 6:24 PM

It’s like a bad Studio Dwell knock-off.

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