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Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:45 pm
by j_harvey_Archive
lemur68 wrote:
cwiko wrote:I have no idea how they're going to find that many rich people who want to buy space in the thing.


Tommy Chong will buy a condo there solely because it looks like a 2000-foot spliff.

I'd be surprised if Tommy Chong could afford a room at the Y at this point.

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:00 pm
by lemur68_Archive
j_harvey wrote:
lemur68 wrote:
cwiko wrote:I have no idea how they're going to find that many rich people who want to buy space in the thing.


Tommy Chong will buy a condo there solely because it looks like a 2000-foot spliff.

I'd be surprised if Tommy Chong could afford a room at the Y at this point.


Are you kidding? His career is as strong as ever!

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Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:03 pm
by j_harvey_Archive
lemur68 wrote:
j_harvey wrote:
lemur68 wrote:
cwiko wrote:I have no idea how they're going to find that many rich people who want to buy space in the thing.


Tommy Chong will buy a condo there solely because it looks like a 2000-foot spliff.

I'd be surprised if Tommy Chong could afford a room at the Y at this point.


Are you kidding? His career is as strong as ever!

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I stand corrected. Who's Smokin' Who? indeed.

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:56 pm
by mkoren_Archive
I'd fly a plane into it. NC.

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:35 pm
by The Code is Almighty_Archive
m.koren wrote:I'd fly a plane into it. NC.


I'm suprised they didn't include this in the things it's built to withstand. Maybe even a little cgi showing airliners bouncing off of it.

40 million to live at the top of America's biggest target. That's genius.

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:19 pm
by Minotaur029_Archive
steve wrote:Yeah, not going to happen. I'll take even money on $100 that it isn't built by 2015, or if it is built, it won't be nearly as big as planned.


Does anybody remember the Zoom building?

It was something from the '90s that never was built...I can remember the guy from Svengouli talking about it on some kids show lineup that cost about $50 to make.

Extra points to whomever tells me Svengouli's real name...I didn't find it in about two seconds on Google, so I quit. Rick...something...

Double super extra points to whomever tells me the name of his afternoon block of kids programming on...Fox, I think?

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:32 pm
by Antero_Archive
I'd be OK with it, but I'd prefer some more ambitious architecture rather than another fucking big dildo tower.

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:47 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
Minotaur029 wrote:
steve wrote:Yeah, not going to happen. I'll take even money on $100 that it isn't built by 2015, or if it is built, it won't be nearly as big as planned.


Does anybody remember the Zoom building?

It was something from the '90s that never was built...I can remember the guy from Svengouli talking about it on some kids show lineup that cost about $50 to make.

Extra points to whomever tells me Svengouli's real name...I didn't find it in about two seconds on Google, so I quit. Rick...something...

Double super extra points to whomever tells me the name of his afternoon block of kids programming on...Fox, I think?


Rich Koz
Koz Zone

are you talking about the giant lightning bolt shaped building they said they were gonna build across the street from the library?

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:14 am
by AAAAAAAARGH_Archive
They thought big, but I'm calling it a phallic

Proposed building: The Chicago Spire

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:16 am
by burun_Archive
I guess they felt like they had to compete with the Gherkin:

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