The Corporate Crystal by Chipka
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This building, the Nuveen Building, was once featured in a National Geographic article about Chicago...way back when...well...way back when. I was intrigued by that, because it was one of the first times that I saw Chicago featured in something like National Geographic. Shortly after that, I learned that a guy I went to high school with (and had a crush on) worked there and had grown beyond the boundaries of an adolescent crush that went unrequited and barely acknowledged even by me. Ah, it's strange how the brain works, and how corporate architecture brings back memories of things that never were...all because of a job held around the corner from a building featured in National Geographic
I was walking with Corey on the day that this picture was taken. He needed to sort some paperwork stuff, which is how and why we were downtown. I was intrigued by this building because it looked so clean and pure...cleaner and purer than the construction zone not far from it, and much cleaner than the street and older buildings themselves. Everything seemed to be the color of a rat's underside, and amid all of it was this crystalline upthrust of corporate glass! I was entranced and immediately had to take this picture.
As always, thank you for viewing and reading, and commenting on my previous posts, and hopefully you're all in the midst of a great weekend.
Comments (21)
This is a great shot and not only is it very clean and crystline, but it is very tall, and give you the sense of being no more then a speck on the planet. Great shot!
It does seem to have a little more magic to it than other glass towers one finds in major cities. I suspect it has something to do with the shade of green it reflects. There is a certain 20's era Metropolis-like feel to such jewel colours. It's cleanliness might also emphasize that feeling too as the '20's was an era when man felt especially triumphant over the forces of nature and all things material and here is this tower defying both gravity but also the natural forces of decay that infect other structures - at least superficially. I like this shot, it really brings home the scale of the building too.
Ooh, I love this shot; the shapes, the colors, that city light...and it makes me feel really tiny. Beautifully done, Chip!
Simply Marvelous! Very Well Done! Be sure to visit my gallery!
This building is so sharp looking that I was always afraid of standing too close to it for fear of cutting myself. It does have an almost ruthlessly clean line that is absolutely perfect for the "greed-is-good" 80s when it was erected. I thought it was incredibly austere when it was being built (around 1986?) and rather banal, but as time goes by, I've gotten used to it...and compared to the even more banal copycats that have sprung up around it in the last few years, it has seemed to take on some level of character. It almost seems dated now in that way that the 80s have become. Yet another great capture.
great photo!!!
I like how these newer building reflect the sky and landscape. A great shot. CC
Dear friend your photos and texts are super creative! I love your work! Big Hugs. Orlando
A marvellous shard, and maybe a great object, but someone has the WORK there?! Ghastly. The great thing (possibly the only good thing) about post-modernism was a new realisation about the need for human scale in the urban environment. A superb shot, Chip. It reminds me for some reason of the 'The Spire' by William Golding.
Great POV and reflections.
Perfect..
great shot.
it is fascinating how this building is a crystalline dagger jutting up into the sky, with the distorted reflections of its neighbors, it's almost simultaneously an affirmation, a mockery of the raw gritty life around it, and defiance at entropy and time, all in one view.
Oh my. This is a spectacular shot! So clean and simple ... love it!
cool architectural pic!
Oh wow, another razor sharp city image, Chip--I love everything about this!!
What an amazing pov on this one Chip, and yes it doesn't really look like a building to me, because all I am used to here where I live is either bungalows or 2 storey houses, it really is an amazing architecture, and thanks for sharing. Sorry for my lack of comments lately got a lot going on, and thanks so much for your comments on the work before last of mine, much appreciated. hugs Jane xxx
A spectacular shot and POV.... Congrats. Aloha
Superb perspective and reflections. 5++++
Wonderful POV, congrats !
Whouwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! How I like this pic ! Thats my cup of tea !