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* Gov. Rauner is at a Daily Herald editorial board meeting today…
Rauner calls Thompson Center "a terrarium."
— Kerry Lester (@kerrylester) February 2, 2017
As Oswego Willy would say, that quote is “restaurant quality.” I laughed out loud.
* The Question: Your own description of the Thompson Center?
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:52 pm
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Corn Bin
Comment by BIG R. Ph. Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:53 pm
The Mistake on Lake
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:55 pm
A waste of space.
Comment by Helmut Head Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:56 pm
A Glass Case of Emotion
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:57 pm
A transparent building for a non-transparent government.
Comment by A Jack Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:57 pm
Only building where a promotional event in the food court can disrupt operations on every single floor. Proof that not only does heat rise, so does sound.
Comment by stateandlake Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 1:58 pm
A relic from a “B” movie script.
Comment by Allen D Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:00 pm
Nothing in the building is restaurant quality, especially, the food court.
Comment by Southside Markie Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:00 pm
Lava lamp
Comment by stateandlake Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:00 pm
A great place for a medical marijuana growing facility and centrally located for downtown “patients.” No need for a separate dispensary locale.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:00 pm
A futuristic “Logan’s Run” pile in need of a day long Windex rain.
I seriously hate this ugly building despite the fact that it was one of the last buildings that my late father worked on before his retirement. He worked on the elevators and constantly pointed out how the showy design of the building was totally impractical and doomed not to age well. Dad knew that the glass enclosed elevators would show dust and dirt over time (not unusual, but in conventional elevator banks, the dust and grime is not visible to passengers). He also foresaw the snow and ice cascading off the roof and on to pedestrians. He thought that the atrium and fountains were foolish too.
Comment by W Flag Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:01 pm
–A Glass Case of Emotion–
No Motion?
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:03 pm
A parody for an Illinois grain-bin.
Comment by A Jack Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:03 pm
Landlocked Titanic
Comment by Well then Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:03 pm
That line by the Governor is indeed “restaurant quality”.
It’s so good, it will stick. He should just start calling the building the “terrarium on Randolph”.
Great stuff.
Tough to top the Governor here.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:04 pm
Snow Globe of Bureaucracy
Comment by Pangloss Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:05 pm
A Glass House - where lots of stones are thrown.
Comment by old pol Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:06 pm
panopticon
Comment by Citystates Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:07 pm
The shootout scene from “Running Scared” - when you close down the building, Governor, it’s time for a sequel.
Comment by Anon Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:07 pm
world’s largest (and most dysfunctional) snow globe
Comment by Linus Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:09 pm
(good one, Pangloss!)
Comment by Linus Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:09 pm
Greenhouse Gas Plant
Comment by Downstate Illinois Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:11 pm
Greenhouse full of gas.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:14 pm
To play off - old pol -
A Homage to the Stone Throwers…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:16 pm
A victim of bad management.
Comment by Cheswick Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:17 pm
“Sometimes there’s just not enough rocks” - Forrest Gump.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:19 pm
“In case of emergency, break glass”
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:19 pm
WTTW
Windows To The Wonks
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:22 pm
Billy Crystal Gregory Hines baby Running Scared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opseGWIdLd4
Comment by DuPage Bard Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:22 pm
A dump that doesn’t sell furniture.
Comment by Mokenavince Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:23 pm
The Willis Tower laid an egg
Comment by It's All About Me Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:24 pm
Dump.
Pile of crap.
Embarrassment.
Comment by Chicago Cynic Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:27 pm
Compensation for small hands? No wait, that would be Trump’s Chicago tower.
Comment by A Jack Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:29 pm
Pretty ain’t practical.
Comment by illinoised Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:30 pm
P.S. I hated any and all time I ever spent in that building.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:31 pm
Greenhouse of Gasses
Comment by PlayK8 Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:31 pm
Opaque - it’s not exactly transparent - but sometimes you can see what’s going on in there.
I agree with Governor Rauner on this one!
Comment by siriusly Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:31 pm
The spaceship from E.T.
Comment by Hehe Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:32 pm
A food court
Comment by Grand Avenue Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:33 pm
Helmut-less architecture
Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:33 pm
It is a cool building to look at, but is such an amazingly inefficient use of space.
Not much that I agree with the governor about, but, yes, that is a lot better sold to private developers. Maybe get a long term low rate lease for 8 floors or so and left someone else put a 50 story building in on the block. Now that’s some job creatin’
Comment by The Way I See It Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:38 pm
Ozone suing Thompson Center
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:38 pm
The glass beehive (populated by drones only)
Comment by IllinoisBoi Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:47 pm
Future casino
Comment by Anon Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:50 pm
World’s biggest votive candle.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:50 pm
Illinois’ contribution to the Chicago Theater District.
Just blocked from the Paramont is the Thompson Center. Now on a two year run is the tragic-comedy called “The Budget.” Even more wicked than “Wicked,” it is guaranteed to leave you in tears.
Comment by A Jack Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:52 pm
The most expensive waste of space in Illinois (outside of the House)
Comment by Grandpa Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:54 pm
Viewed from the Daley Center, attorneys generally describe it as a huge toilet.
Comment by JackD Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:57 pm
The Glass Suppository
Comment by PlayK8 Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 2:58 pm
Thompson’s glass bowl
Comment by Rabid Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:00 pm
The squirrel cage.
Comment by Porgy Tirebiter Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:06 pm
Flea circus.
Comment by A guy Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:06 pm
TUB (Thompson’s ugly building)(inverted)
Comment by Anon III Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:08 pm
Glass ceiling
Comment by Rabid Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:12 pm
Legacy of the “Bilk Illinois” era. Appropriately named for the bilker-in-chief……bloated and gas-filled.
Comment by Julian's Melange Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:19 pm
Filthy Fish Bowl with loudspeakers.
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:20 pm
half a buiding
Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:30 pm
If they’d built it to the specs in the Jahn’s plans and then done some upkeep, the only real complaints would be the noise. And the color scheme. And how tempting it is for jumpers…
Comment by Cheryl44 Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 3:34 pm
Where else can we leap to our deaths and try to hit the center of the State seal on the bottom floor????????????
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:00 pm
Pain in the Glaaa
The Unlucky Horseshoe
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:07 pm
Bruegel’s Tower of Babel.
Comment by Springfieldish Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:07 pm
Should be Glass oops.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:07 pm
Acrophobiadome!
Comment by Veil of Ignorance Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:31 pm
A boil.
Comment by AlfondoGonz Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 4:42 pm
With a nod toward Helmut Jahn, my late architect friend Vic called it “another magnificent failure.”
Comment by 37B Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 5:06 pm
Helmut’s Helmet
Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 8:19 pm
Thunder Dome
Comment by XDNR Thursday, Feb 2, 17 @ 10:01 pm
Dysfunctional opera house
Comment by Rabid Friday, Feb 3, 17 @ 8:35 am
Unwashed bar glass
Comment by Rabid Friday, Feb 3, 17 @ 8:38 am