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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:08 am

Critics far outnumber supporters in public comments to date about Soldier Field II; in an informal survey, readers of the Chicago Sun-Times voted it the cityâ€™s ugliest building by a wide margin. (AP)***Everyone knows that the Sun-Times building is the ugliest in Chicago.***

[ October 07, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ]

tim · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:35 am

The stadium does look bizarre (from the outside; from the inside I have heard it is fantastic), but I think Bears fans are more concerned with how lousy their team is, not how ugly the stadium is.And whatever happened to Donald Trump's plan to demolish the Sun-Times building and replace it with the world's tallest building? Editorial writers at the Sun-Times seem to realize it is often seen as an eyesore.[Edited to reduce image size][ October 01, 2003: Message edited by: blanp ]

gullyj · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:27 pm

Critics always outnumber supporters.
Or at least they get better play.

Ali · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 5:29 pm

That's a fine-looking state penitentiary.

Wayne Countryman · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 5:52 pm

Did they build it that way on purpose? Was it a design by committee, with part of each member's ideas used?
Sorry, should be more respectful of architects -- they have to take math courses in college, and I stopped doing that after algebra.

jjmoney62 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:03 pm

Technical Ali runs the show AND puts us to shame with sharp one-liners.I've been gone from Chicago a year, and as hard as I try, I can't picture such a spaceship landing on the city's elegant lakefront. But if it allows blue-collar stiffs to blow $100 to watch a winless team in state-of-the-art comfort (before the bitter cold settles in), then it will have been worth it.

Ali · **Posted:** Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:33 pm

I have an excellent mentor. :) Frankly, though I've only been to Chicago once, I would think something less flashy and more classy would be appropriate. Something modeled, perhaps, after Wrigley Field.[ September 30, 2003: Message edited by: Ali ]

Pam · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2003 12:43 pm

I've lived in Chicago for the last couple of decades, was never in the old Soldier Field and probably won't be in the new one.But it is a jarring sight from Lake Shore Drive. Especially after all the beautiful landscaping and pedestrian-friendly work at the nearby museum campus.The big local angle though -- there's no more trough in the men's room. City ordinance prohibits those type of facilities in new construction.

IanWMitch · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:08 pm

[QUOTE]Originally posted by blanp:
[QB] Critics far outnumber supporters in public comments to date about Soldier Field II; in an informal survey, readers of the Chicago Sun-Times voted it the cityâ€™s ugliest building by a wide margin. (AP)***Everyone knows that the Sun-Times building is the ugliest in Chicago.***For the record, the published rules of the "informal survey" specifically stated the Sun-Times Building was not eligible to win.

pzicari · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2003 11:42 pm

Criticizing new architecture is like criticizing somebody's baby as ugly, smelly or noisy; it's not fair till you give it a chance to grow up a little. That said, it does look like somebody smashed an old George Foreman grill and dropped it on a serving tray to put by the curb on garbage day.

imtopher · **Posted:** Sun Oct 05, 2003 2:29 pm

I find it amazing how the architects were able to design a structure that truly captures the team and how they play.Go Bears.

Bumfketeer · **Posted:** Sun Oct 05, 2003 11:25 pm

Looks like a soup tureen eating itself.

KfitzR · **Posted:** Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:13 pm

It SO doesn't go with the Greek porticos.

Craig Lancaster · **Posted:** Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:09 pm

I was there Sunday.To review:* It looks pretty damned weird from the outside. There's definitely no fit with the rest of the city.* It looks pretty damned nice on the inside. The press box could be roomier, though.* Doesn't matter that it doesn't fit with the columns anymore. You can no longer see them from inside the stadium.

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