Well, the big decision is tomorrow.

Certainly, the people’s choice is the SOM design.

And why not ? Look at this beautiful thing:

Breathtaking, right ? And this:

But almost certainly, the winner will be the Pelli Clarke Pelli design, as it is quite nice, and the developer partner, Hines, has bid the most for the tower site. And in these challenging economic times, we definitely could use all that money to ensure the transportation goals of this project.

But I will also dream about the ‘what if’ of that incredibly lovely SOM design.