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Climb up the Fordham, 25 E Superior St, and you get a pretty clear view of your River North and Gold Coast surroundings. The 37th floor was a good place to see the three new towers on North State Street between Delaware Place and Walton Street — Walton on the Park (above), The Elysian (featured prominently in the photo at right), and Ten East Delaware (the sandstone-clad tower to the left of The Elysian).
I visited the Fordham a couple weekends ago during Tricia Fox’s whirlwind trolley tour through several luxury condos. Check back later for a short video from inside this Fordham residence.
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We should be so lucky that 10 East Delaware was clad with sandstone – that ugly beast is painted concrete, which is a real shame considering the location and price points of the building likely could have supported some higher-quality materials and design.
Yeah David’s right. It was bad enough before it was painted but the color they chose– ugh! Elysian is also an abomination, with that horribly cheap-looking tool shed roof. Joe, I’m sure us skyscraper fans would love you to find out if the team at the Elysian (or better, our pal Lucien) knows how terrible the roof looks and why better materials weren’t used.
Nathan,
There may be some on the Elysian team who agree with you, but they’ll never fess up to it at this point in the building’s life.
Better materials? The code phrase these days is “value engineering” – which many equate with cheaper materials, but which carries very different meanings to different people.
I’m afraid we’re going to have to wait for retirements and the Art Institute’s oral histories to get unspun answers to your questions.
You’re probably right, Joe. Oh well…
I will hod out judgement on Walton on the Park, but I agree with David and Nathan. I walked by that corner for the last few years while these were under construction and couldn’t imagine these building turning out worse.
If they look so horrible now, imagine 20 years from now….