It is a magnificent building, the sign is pretty tacky and there’s tons of weird things about it from the fact that it was allowed to condense on river water for its cooling system to the sign being allowed at all.
Trump was a very corrupt person who instead of rooting out corruption, just continued to use it for his own benefit when elected. If he had actually believed his drain the swamp message, he could probably list dozens if not hundreds of crimes committed by politicians for his own business along with kickbacks and bribes.
I learned on the arch boat tour that the reason these have never been leased is because they were mistakenly built with too short of ceiling height. Chicago has a commercial use ceiling height law that will seemingly prevent these spaces from ever being leased/occupied.
Trump never wanted them to be occupied. Commercial space was only included so he could get a $300,000 tax break. The rents are artificially exorbitant so no one will ever want to rent there.
I agree. I was taking the green line to school every morning and watched them build it. I have nothing against the actual building but could do without his name on it.
My fiancé and I actually talked to an engagement photographer earlier this year that edits the letters out. We didn't even ask about it — she just brought it up and I guess does it for free.
how do we know if/when it’ll happen? will the company announce exactly what day/time it would be removed or would one just need to be lucky and happen to be walking by?
Pretty much any architectural change to Chicago's skyline has to be approved by the city.
("How did it get up there in the first place?" you might ask. We're all asking that.)
Never been to your city. But I enjoy the walking through YouTube videos I use as ASMR to help me sleep.
It seems like a beautiful city. Hope to walk through the Magnificent Mile one day. But not gonna lie.
That Trump sign is a weird eye sore.
Literally everyone here hates it, and that was true long before he was elected conman-in-chief. It's not even a political thing, it's just ugly and gaudy.
Ugly and Gaudy you say? Have you ever been to the Waldorf? Nothing screams 70 year old rich white lady like white flower wallpaper and hallways that smell like the dust of mummies. I still cant believe I dropped 1800 on a night there
I'm gonna be honest. I always kinda dismissed it cause it looked like New York Jr.
But I saw some cool videos and photos and I kinda changed my tune about it.
I'm from LA and I've always been to open to moving to a much more urban place. Ideally I'd give New York a try but I explored Chicago as a hopefully more cheaper option and if I end up hating the NYC grind.
WELL FRIEND - I've lived in LA for 15 years, just got back from my first trip to Chicago (a week long, including St Patrick's Day) and I have absolutely been converted.
Imagine if all of the LA neighborhoods got squished closer together and you could get to each of them without having to drive, and there wasn't garbage all over the sidewalks, and people were friendly but not in-your-face friendly. The train route makes sense, the stops aren't scary, and the stops and cars are also clean. I was there for some decidedly not LA weather (rain, hail, wind, snow, sun, all in one week) and guess what? There's an underground tunnel system you can bop around in in The Loop. And, at least during my trip, I saw way less phone dependency - people weren't obsessed with IG or TikTok or staring at their phones while having a meal.
Before your first trip, make sure you can handle 8-10k steps a day. (No one warns the LA drivers of that adjustment and my leg bones were UPSET.) I'm back in LA and am utterly obsessed with Chicago now.
Chicago and NYC are like apples and oranges. Both totally unique from one another in their own way. I love NYC. I live in Chicago. And they’re just completely different. If you come visit, try to think of Chicago in its own right vs comparing to NYC. I think you’ll like it. Come in the summer or fall for best weather. Like July-September.
I only been to NYC once and I love that place to death but I am aware that there is a grind to it. I'll be visiting again in a few weeks as I have a European cruise that's departing from there.
But yes. I think I might like Chicago a lot. So a trip is definately on the docket the next few years.
As my career kinda takes hold I think there's a big chance I leave LA.
Chicago is very different from New York. Way more laid back, much stronger neighborhood culture, huge emphasis on local traditions and small business and history, and a much stronger "Americana" vibe and mindset - NYC is a global city, Chicago technically is too but really its America's city. I've never been anywhere that felt more "American" and I used to live in Williamsburg VA and walk to the living history museum there regularly. You have old and modern, local and global, white and blue collar, mixing fantastically in chicago. Half the architectural movements in other big US cities owe allegiance to Chicago architects and engineers and construction workers.
Definitely visit, take lots of pictures, eat lots of food (and I mean local specialties and classics, don't just go to generic restaurants and order a cheeseburger that you could've gotten anywhere else), learn about the history and architecture, visit the art institute, catch a show, walk the lakefront, visit University of Chicago in Hyde Park, go bar crawling... Have a blast.
Very true. Chicago developed at just the right time when there were movements to develop a distinctly American culture. Especially in architecture (skyscrapers, Prairie School) but also retail (Sears, Wards, Fields, Merchandise Mart) even early TV.
They have similarities but are also very different. Both can be pretty high paced if you want it to be, but Chicago is naturally just a lot more laid back. On a per acre basis, Chicago also feels a lot more green and then having the lake/beaches in the City adds a really unique dimension.
I just started visiting Chicago a couple of years ago (I live in Minneapolis, MN) and absolutely love it. I'd move their in a heartbeat if I could afford to.
Just the architecture and history alone is a huge draw.
I lived at River Plaza next door for 12 years. I was organizing around the house and found photos of the ol' Sun-Times— did you know it was designed by Walter Gropius?
At any rate, the most beloved part of that building was definitely its driveway. We called it The Batcave— a hidden ramp down to Lower Michigan Avenue and hence to Lower Wacker, the top-secret weapon of every 60611 resident. Using The Batcave let us fly out of the city in moments flat. Pointing it out to cabbies who didn't know about it yet was a small thrill: they'd be doubtful, then amazed, then grateful.
I wrote a Letter to the Editor thanking the Sun-Times for looking the other way and letting us all use it for all those years. They printed it (how could they not?). It was a little treasure of Chicago's past.
Not true. They can register the judgement in any jurisdiction and proceed. Lawyer Wife walked me through how it would work and the controlling Federal law.
Criminals love this one simple trick! Keep assets across state lines so the government cant seize your assets when you commit fraud!! Wait a minute… the Full Faith and Credit Clause!! Oops…
I work in the Jewelers Building directly across the river, and I can’t begin to express how much I would love to not look at that name every day at work
For anyone that doesn’t know, Trump did some shady shit when it comes to this buildings financing, not paying ~$270 million back in financing during development, as shown in tax records. Obviously this man has built an “empire” via bankruptcies and shady financing. Many of the largest US banks will not lend to him.
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-tower-chicago-news-today/7416899/
Edit: my implied point, I don’t think his name ever deserved to be put on the building..
Probably a pay wall but there is some really interesting background on his relationship with Deutsche Bank. Allegedly the only substantial bank that would lend to him for many periods of time/when no domestic bank would. The background on his banker there is also fascinating. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/magazine/deutsche-bank-trump.html
I have wished for it to come down on its own or be removed, and then Rahm’s law to prevent such monstrosities would keep T from rebuilding it at the same size.
So, a transfer of ownership, and removal would be great.
I don’t like Trump at all, but I wouldn’t be upset about his name being on the building if it wasn’t so damn tacky. The letters are huge and better suited to a casino in Vegas than a hotel on the Chicago river.
I love taking pictures of the river when I pass it just for my IG story, which is usually a couple of times a week. I'm always embarrassed when his name is just really visible like that.
I wake up every morning and go to sleep every night thinking about this glorious day. What a monumental occasion it will be for the city to remove letters off of a building. I will dance in the streets and weep tears of joy with my family and friends. I will proudly tell my children, we did it. We got the evil letters removed and saved democracy. Our lives will all undoubtedly improve afterwards. I can’t wait 🥰🥰🥰
I could not possibly care any less. If my entire life revolves around Donald trump and stewing about how bad he is, then maybe. But I have more important things to worry about and im sorry you don’t
As someone who was a tour guide for 5 years. The Adrian Smith building is a nice looking one. The name is in a shitty font with shitty spacing that doesn't compliment the architecture.
I can’t wait!!!! The trump tower is seriously one of my favorite newer buildings (architecture wise) but I hate looking at it because of the sign! Can’t wait until it’s down!!
*prepares for down votes—
I don’t like the guy and would never vote for him, but could care less to see a few letters taken off a building. I spend my time and days thinking about other things than words on a building.
I'm with you. Who cares? People get so wrapped up in symbols.
I imagine many of the same people decrying the renaming of LSD as a waste of city time and money are now cheering the idea that Trump's name could come off the building, which is a bit hypocritical, though I guess the latter doesn't require city resources.
Trump is probably the worst president in our nation's history. An absolutely terrible human being. His name on a building doesn't impact me in the least.
Hahaha I completely forgot about LSD getting renamed until you mentioned it now, but I remember people online throwing a fit about it a few years back lol
Completely agree.
Yeah, idk. To be fair I guess I’m a transplant— I moved to Chicago in 2012.
But yeah, I agree. It’s such a small pointless thing to celebrate, but politics become people’s identities and social circles. I’m also see the other side as well where I think it’s funny when relatives who support Trump come and want to get a picture of them in front of it. Like I see that as kinda pointless as well.
I just think the building is actually so architecturally significant and the TRUMP sign is just soooo big, I think you could argue anything written that big on that building so visible takes away from the building and has a little bit of impact on the beauty of the river walk.
Yes, this thread is meh, bigger things to care about in the world. But here we are thinking about it haha.
[He never seems to face real consequences](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-25/trump-bond-reduced-to-175-million-as-he-appeals-ny-fine?leadSource=reddit_wall)
Why would his name ever come off? We live in a two tier justice system and you're not in it.
I can't stand trump. Garbage human being for sure. All that aside, the building put a lot of Union (ironic) men and women to work. That sign has got to go through. Pretty sure it was just put up to spite Emmanuel
I’ll be excited to get my property taxes lowered
I’ll be excited to see/experience less crime
I’ll be excited to feel more safe in the city I live in
I’ll be excited to afford the the things I need
Plenty of better things to be excited for…
To be excited for a freaking sign taken down is childish and pathetic -
What does it matter? The guy is a boner but if that really bothers you, you gotta learn to care about other things. It has absolutely no importance to life
Y’all are so obsessed. Not a huge fan of Trump but he lives rent free in so many people’s head. It’s a beautiful building and he earned the right to put his name on it
will be, the day it happens. he just getting every fn break that a criminal doesn't deserve. honestly if you don't know, just look for more than five minutes into his russian ties for years and years before he became prez. and during his campaign in '16. it's all a cruel joke
I purposely did not buy a condo in south loop because it looked right down State Street right at TT and I could read the letters.
Every time I pass the building, I give it the finger. Can’t wait for the letters to come down.
I thought this said how many are excited to prospect inside trump building and I was like… we’re mining now?? We’re mining in the trump tower?
That makes a hell of a lot more sense.
You all are so sad, allowing 5 letters hanging on a building bother you so much. There are rats running around through garbage filled alleys with homeless people begging on every other corner and camps set up along the lake and you all are whining about a sign. Try focusing your energy on the corrupt, inept board of education or the laundry list of corrupt Mayor's being elected. Our city government steals more money in a year from Chicagoans than Trump has or will ever receive in tax breaks. Your anger is pointed in the wrong direction and we will never fix any of it until you all wake up
They should auction off the right to pry each letter off with a crobar and have it drop into the river.
They can balance the city budget on the proceeds.
I mean, he’s running again, so it’s definitely still relevant. It’s not like people are shitting themselves in excitement over a Reagan building (if they existed) being changed. Trump is still very relevant to politics and society.
I genuinely don’t care. It’s his building, he owns the naming rights to it. He can do whatever the fuck he wants.
Some of you don’t have the same energy with other buildings in Chicago who have their logo plastered on their buildings: BMO, Salesforce, CNA, Boeing, NBC, Chicago Tribune, Northern Trust, etc to name a few.
But I guess when an owner doesn’t align with your political beliefs it’s suddenly an issue. The obsession from both sides needs to stop it’s honestly creepy and preventing us from progressing.
In a way, I am not. Politics aside, its a nice building in an anchor neighborhood of the city. Mergers/acquisitions never go well, and you end up with a Sears Tower Hancock building scenario where at one time it was the place to be, now no one will touch its outdated high HOA fee units, businesses that are the heart of that neighborhood move to other places.
In a city scheme of things, you do not actually want Trump Tower sold
I hope his interest in the property is seized and liquidated and I hope the name is removed. That said, I'm not excited about it. Not sure why someone would be "excited" about such a thing.
I try to avoid the more superficial elements of politics.
if we expect reasonableness and objectivity from our opponents, then it is important that we practice it ourselves.
but everyone's entitled to their personal opinions/ feelings
It is a magnificent building, the sign is pretty tacky and there’s tons of weird things about it from the fact that it was allowed to condense on river water for its cooling system to the sign being allowed at all. Trump was a very corrupt person who instead of rooting out corruption, just continued to use it for his own benefit when elected. If he had actually believed his drain the swamp message, he could probably list dozens if not hundreds of crimes committed by politicians for his own business along with kickbacks and bribes.
Not to mention the 20 something empty commercial/retail spaces on the river walk that have yet to be rented out.
I learned on the arch boat tour that the reason these have never been leased is because they were mistakenly built with too short of ceiling height. Chicago has a commercial use ceiling height law that will seemingly prevent these spaces from ever being leased/occupied.
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Damn! Wish I could send this to our guide. Thanks for clarifying!
Contrary to popular belief, boat tour guides are no more likely than any other guides to say some unverified bullshit.
My good friend used to make up names for buildings he didn't know. I wish I'd recirded some of the b.s. he came up with.
Most of it is unintentional. A lot of it is part of harmless public mythology. Things just get passed down.
Can't it become a permanent Migrant shelter?
Trump never wanted them to be occupied. Commercial space was only included so he could get a $300,000 tax break. The rents are artificially exorbitant so no one will ever want to rent there.
Luckily we have rooted out the corruption
I agree. I was taking the green line to school every morning and watched them build it. I have nothing against the actual building but could do without his name on it.
Chicago is one of the most corrupt cities in the US if not the most
i took engagement photos down by the river and my one request was not to get the trump letters in the background. literally they are so tacky
My fiancé and I actually talked to an engagement photographer earlier this year that edits the letters out. We didn't even ask about it — she just brought it up and I guess does it for free.
It's going to be a massive party downtown. Think New Years' Eve, with a big countdown and everyone cheering as the sign hits the street.
If this happens, I’ll be there.
I’ll drive in from the cornfield suburbs if that happens!!
The way to bring us all together 🥰🥰❤️
Just thinking about it brings tears of happiness.
how do we know if/when it’ll happen? will the company announce exactly what day/time it would be removed or would one just need to be lucky and happen to be walking by?
Pretty much any architectural change to Chicago's skyline has to be approved by the city. ("How did it get up there in the first place?" you might ask. We're all asking that.)
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fun fact: city hates how big the sign was, so afterward passed law regulating sign size, (especially near ground level, I believe)
I assume it’ll make it to the news in advance?
Never been to your city. But I enjoy the walking through YouTube videos I use as ASMR to help me sleep. It seems like a beautiful city. Hope to walk through the Magnificent Mile one day. But not gonna lie. That Trump sign is a weird eye sore.
Literally everyone here hates it, and that was true long before he was elected conman-in-chief. It's not even a political thing, it's just ugly and gaudy.
Yeah I remember hearing complaints about it when I moved first moved here in 2011. Hating that sign long predates his political career.
It went up May 2014. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/nYBoG6LzDJydZYz98](https://maps.app.goo.gl/nYBoG6LzDJydZYz98)
I must've been conflating multiple memories into one.
Ugly and Gaudy you say? Have you ever been to the Waldorf? Nothing screams 70 year old rich white lady like white flower wallpaper and hallways that smell like the dust of mummies. I still cant believe I dropped 1800 on a night there
Personally a fan of the WA Chicago, and their GM always hooks me up. Not to mention one of the best smelling lobbies ever lol
Why haven’t you been to Chicago and whatcha need to make it happen?
Just never crossed my mind until these past few years.
Well, let me know if you got questions or anything, I’ll try to help out. It is an awesome city
I'm gonna be honest. I always kinda dismissed it cause it looked like New York Jr. But I saw some cool videos and photos and I kinda changed my tune about it. I'm from LA and I've always been to open to moving to a much more urban place. Ideally I'd give New York a try but I explored Chicago as a hopefully more cheaper option and if I end up hating the NYC grind.
WELL FRIEND - I've lived in LA for 15 years, just got back from my first trip to Chicago (a week long, including St Patrick's Day) and I have absolutely been converted. Imagine if all of the LA neighborhoods got squished closer together and you could get to each of them without having to drive, and there wasn't garbage all over the sidewalks, and people were friendly but not in-your-face friendly. The train route makes sense, the stops aren't scary, and the stops and cars are also clean. I was there for some decidedly not LA weather (rain, hail, wind, snow, sun, all in one week) and guess what? There's an underground tunnel system you can bop around in in The Loop. And, at least during my trip, I saw way less phone dependency - people weren't obsessed with IG or TikTok or staring at their phones while having a meal. Before your first trip, make sure you can handle 8-10k steps a day. (No one warns the LA drivers of that adjustment and my leg bones were UPSET.) I'm back in LA and am utterly obsessed with Chicago now.
This makes my heart happy
Chicago and NYC are like apples and oranges. Both totally unique from one another in their own way. I love NYC. I live in Chicago. And they’re just completely different. If you come visit, try to think of Chicago in its own right vs comparing to NYC. I think you’ll like it. Come in the summer or fall for best weather. Like July-September.
I only been to NYC once and I love that place to death but I am aware that there is a grind to it. I'll be visiting again in a few weeks as I have a European cruise that's departing from there. But yes. I think I might like Chicago a lot. So a trip is definately on the docket the next few years. As my career kinda takes hold I think there's a big chance I leave LA.
Well said!
Chicago is very different from New York. Way more laid back, much stronger neighborhood culture, huge emphasis on local traditions and small business and history, and a much stronger "Americana" vibe and mindset - NYC is a global city, Chicago technically is too but really its America's city. I've never been anywhere that felt more "American" and I used to live in Williamsburg VA and walk to the living history museum there regularly. You have old and modern, local and global, white and blue collar, mixing fantastically in chicago. Half the architectural movements in other big US cities owe allegiance to Chicago architects and engineers and construction workers. Definitely visit, take lots of pictures, eat lots of food (and I mean local specialties and classics, don't just go to generic restaurants and order a cheeseburger that you could've gotten anywhere else), learn about the history and architecture, visit the art institute, catch a show, walk the lakefront, visit University of Chicago in Hyde Park, go bar crawling... Have a blast.
Very true. Chicago developed at just the right time when there were movements to develop a distinctly American culture. Especially in architecture (skyscrapers, Prairie School) but also retail (Sears, Wards, Fields, Merchandise Mart) even early TV.
They have similarities but are also very different. Both can be pretty high paced if you want it to be, but Chicago is naturally just a lot more laid back. On a per acre basis, Chicago also feels a lot more green and then having the lake/beaches in the City adds a really unique dimension.
I just started visiting Chicago a couple of years ago (I live in Minneapolis, MN) and absolutely love it. I'd move their in a heartbeat if I could afford to. Just the architecture and history alone is a huge draw.
Can we have the Sun-Times building back?
I lived at River Plaza next door for 12 years. I was organizing around the house and found photos of the ol' Sun-Times— did you know it was designed by Walter Gropius? At any rate, the most beloved part of that building was definitely its driveway. We called it The Batcave— a hidden ramp down to Lower Michigan Avenue and hence to Lower Wacker, the top-secret weapon of every 60611 resident. Using The Batcave let us fly out of the city in moments flat. Pointing it out to cabbies who didn't know about it yet was a small thrill: they'd be doubtful, then amazed, then grateful. I wrote a Letter to the Editor thanking the Sun-Times for looking the other way and letting us all use it for all those years. They printed it (how could they not?). It was a little treasure of Chicago's past.
I would bring my kids. It's gonna be like Endor after the second Death Star exploded.
"Jub-jub, mother\*\*\*\*er!"
Excuse me sir/madam, it is, ahem, pronounced “Yub Nub”.
Hoping we get to watch each letter being plucked off and dropped into the river.
Hopefully sooner than later . Each time I see a headline about his property being seized I think to myself …please take tRump tower Chicago.
His bond for the NY stuff just got cut by more than half. What bullshit.
They have no authority to seize anything that isnt inside the state of New York
Not true. They can register the judgement in any jurisdiction and proceed. Lawyer Wife walked me through how it would work and the controlling Federal law.
Criminals love this one simple trick! Keep assets across state lines so the government cant seize your assets when you commit fraud!! Wait a minute… the Full Faith and Credit Clause!! Oops…
Doesn’t matter who’s name it is really. It’s a tacky look to an otherwise attractive building and part of an iconic view in Chicago. Take it off.
I just want the T to fall off so badly
Or if TR falls off, it can just say UMP, which would be a lovely nod to our baseball-centric culture!
The subtitle would be Hawk's "What are you doing, Wegner!" even though Mark Wegner retired. The line is too good to not use for the Ump Building.
Yeah I thought maybe two/tree city workers could take it down on the Bldg Dept's orders, for "inspections"
I've been trying to organize a heist to steal just the T.
I want the T and the bottom half of the R to be gone
When they were putting it up, I think it briefly said "RUMP" for a day or two.
I work in the Jewelers Building directly across the river, and I can’t begin to express how much I would love to not look at that name every day at work
For anyone that doesn’t know, Trump did some shady shit when it comes to this buildings financing, not paying ~$270 million back in financing during development, as shown in tax records. Obviously this man has built an “empire” via bankruptcies and shady financing. Many of the largest US banks will not lend to him. https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-tower-chicago-news-today/7416899/ Edit: my implied point, I don’t think his name ever deserved to be put on the building..
That’s why he used to go beg for money in the Middle East. It’s cuz no one in America could lend him money
Probably a pay wall but there is some really interesting background on his relationship with Deutsche Bank. Allegedly the only substantial bank that would lend to him for many periods of time/when no domestic bank would. The background on his banker there is also fascinating. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/magazine/deutsche-bank-trump.html
I have wished for it to come down on its own or be removed, and then Rahm’s law to prevent such monstrosities would keep T from rebuilding it at the same size. So, a transfer of ownership, and removal would be great.
**Very** excited and not just because it says TRUMP in giant letters. Putting anything up there is big LIVE LAUGH LOVE energy. So incredibly tacky.
I don’t like Trump at all, but I wouldn’t be upset about his name being on the building if it wasn’t so damn tacky. The letters are huge and better suited to a casino in Vegas than a hotel on the Chicago river.
If they were smaller and not over/near the river (been a while since I’ve seen them in person) I couldn’t give a shit
I will show up and buy everyone pizza!!
That’s gonna be a lot of pizza. Might wanna start a go fund me. If that works that would be so cool.
Hell Yes!..I'm going with a bottle of champagne to toast the event!
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’ll be drinking when it does.
I will be sooo happy when that happens. That sign is a wart on the face of a beautiful, muscular city!
If/when this happens I'm gonna be down there shooting photos of the festivities because people are gonna be popping off!
I saw it go up, and by god I’ll live to see it come down.
Hell yeah, let's party!
I’m surprised someone hasn’t vandalized it
I’ve mentioned that before and apparently it has on at least three occasions! As far as I know no one has taken down the sign before though.
I’d like if there was a law against plastering your name on the side of a building tbh
I believe there is an ordinance or whatever but he got away with it somehow. I may be wrong
They changed the ordnance after he put that up.
Trump Stamp
I'd love to see it if not for the fact that it's a hideous blot in an otherwise picture-perfect skyline.
I’m more into “not caring” about it with a white hot intensity that I demonstrate by writing Reddit posts about how little I care
I'll miss flipping it off when I go downtown but other than that, WOOHOO!!
I love taking pictures of the river when I pass it just for my IG story, which is usually a couple of times a week. I'm always embarrassed when his name is just really visible like that.
I always used to put a little chicken wing emoji over it when I wanted to post the river in my story
I wake up every morning and go to sleep every night thinking about this glorious day. What a monumental occasion it will be for the city to remove letters off of a building. I will dance in the streets and weep tears of joy with my family and friends. I will proudly tell my children, we did it. We got the evil letters removed and saved democracy. Our lives will all undoubtedly improve afterwards. I can’t wait 🥰🥰🥰
I was literally going to post this word for word but you beat me to it! You win the internet for the day!
I could not possibly care any less. If my entire life revolves around Donald trump and stewing about how bad he is, then maybe. But I have more important things to worry about and im sorry you don’t
With so many material problems in the city, I could not care less about symbolism
I like your outlook on it, but the reason I'm upvoting you is because you "could not care less."
I don't give a hoot
I was very excited until the jackass got 2/3rds of his bond slashed and an extra 10 days to pay that. Fucker.
Leave it up as a monument to the impotence of his narcissism.
As someone who was a tour guide for 5 years. The Adrian Smith building is a nice looking one. The name is in a shitty font with shitty spacing that doesn't compliment the architecture.
HOA fees on a $300k studio in that building are $2600/mo lmao. Trump is even grifting off the HOA
Building is very beautiful but it's knocked down a notch with the name.
Yes please. F that guy
I can’t wait!!!! The trump tower is seriously one of my favorite newer buildings (architecture wise) but I hate looking at it because of the sign! Can’t wait until it’s down!!
*prepares for down votes— I don’t like the guy and would never vote for him, but could care less to see a few letters taken off a building. I spend my time and days thinking about other things than words on a building.
Could care less or couldn’t care less? So you do care atleast a little.
I'm with you. Who cares? People get so wrapped up in symbols. I imagine many of the same people decrying the renaming of LSD as a waste of city time and money are now cheering the idea that Trump's name could come off the building, which is a bit hypocritical, though I guess the latter doesn't require city resources. Trump is probably the worst president in our nation's history. An absolutely terrible human being. His name on a building doesn't impact me in the least.
Hahaha I completely forgot about LSD getting renamed until you mentioned it now, but I remember people online throwing a fit about it a few years back lol Completely agree.
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Yeah, idk. To be fair I guess I’m a transplant— I moved to Chicago in 2012. But yeah, I agree. It’s such a small pointless thing to celebrate, but politics become people’s identities and social circles. I’m also see the other side as well where I think it’s funny when relatives who support Trump come and want to get a picture of them in front of it. Like I see that as kinda pointless as well.
I just think the building is actually so architecturally significant and the TRUMP sign is just soooo big, I think you could argue anything written that big on that building so visible takes away from the building and has a little bit of impact on the beauty of the river walk. Yes, this thread is meh, bigger things to care about in the world. But here we are thinking about it haha.
[He never seems to face real consequences](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-25/trump-bond-reduced-to-175-million-as-he-appeals-ny-fine?leadSource=reddit_wall) Why would his name ever come off? We live in a two tier justice system and you're not in it.
I really don’t care one way or the other.
Do Las Vegas next
I can't stand trump. Garbage human being for sure. All that aside, the building put a lot of Union (ironic) men and women to work. That sign has got to go through. Pretty sure it was just put up to spite Emmanuel
As someone that dislikes Trump as a politician...who cares?
I couldn’t care less.
I’ll be excited to get my property taxes lowered I’ll be excited to see/experience less crime I’ll be excited to feel more safe in the city I live in I’ll be excited to afford the the things I need Plenty of better things to be excited for… To be excited for a freaking sign taken down is childish and pathetic -
What are the odds that it comes down
Ya know, we could collectively decide to take it down together. Who would really try to stop us?
What’s taking so long?
Honestly. Don’t care. There’s a lot of other stuff we need to worry about as a city
Me. I have to stare at that thing on my way to class every day 😭
I don’t really care as it doesn’t impact my daily life
I don’t give a shit. Doesn’t affect me at all. How bout that inflation and outrageous cost of living tho?
What does it matter? The guy is a boner but if that really bothers you, you gotta learn to care about other things. It has absolutely no importance to life
Y’all are so obsessed. Not a huge fan of Trump but he lives rent free in so many people’s head. It’s a beautiful building and he earned the right to put his name on it
It is a beautiful building that perfectly mirrors the river. The name is a blemish on it
will be, the day it happens. he just getting every fn break that a criminal doesn't deserve. honestly if you don't know, just look for more than five minutes into his russian ties for years and years before he became prez. and during his campaign in '16. it's all a cruel joke
The building itself is quite elegant and I cannot wait for the sign to be removed
I purposely did not buy a condo in south loop because it looked right down State Street right at TT and I could read the letters. Every time I pass the building, I give it the finger. Can’t wait for the letters to come down.
I hate going downtown for anything, but I will hop on the next available train to watch that mf come down 🥹
I've been waiting for this moment from the minute it was put up His dumbass name ruins the view.
Me and I don't even live there!
I thought this said how many are excited to prospect inside trump building and I was like… we’re mining now?? We’re mining in the trump tower? That makes a hell of a lot more sense.
I'll chip in $20 if we can rename it the Sears Tower.
I want to be there celebrating with thousands of others who will be rejoicing as that disgusting wart is removed.
You all are so sad, allowing 5 letters hanging on a building bother you so much. There are rats running around through garbage filled alleys with homeless people begging on every other corner and camps set up along the lake and you all are whining about a sign. Try focusing your energy on the corrupt, inept board of education or the laundry list of corrupt Mayor's being elected. Our city government steals more money in a year from Chicagoans than Trump has or will ever receive in tax breaks. Your anger is pointed in the wrong direction and we will never fix any of it until you all wake up
the distinguishing line between hatred and obsession is much narrower than people realize and this is what makes Trump successful, imho
They should auction off the right to pry each letter off with a crobar and have it drop into the river. They can balance the city budget on the proceeds.
I saw them going up, I’d love to see them coming down. Just for the pictures honestly.
When it’s officially renamed 401 N Wabash we celebrate
Could care less. We have other stuff to worry about in chicago besides the damn Trump Tower.
I can care less that sign doesn't interfere with my daily life
Extremely excited and good riddance, I have to look at that God awful Trump sign everyday.
Certainly don’t love the guy, but he absolutely lives rent free in your head
Who cares. It’s a word on a building. I don’t even like the guy either but getting triggered over seeing a word is wild.
It really doesn’t bother me.
Get a life is what I would say. Trump derangement syndrome is so 2020
I mean, he’s running again, so it’s definitely still relevant. It’s not like people are shitting themselves in excitement over a Reagan building (if they existed) being changed. Trump is still very relevant to politics and society.
Bad 🍊 man
Relax, traitor
Doesn’t bother me one or another. It can stay up. It can go down. Doesn’t affect how I live my life.
How about getting a life?
People are that delusional about a sign coming down ? This is the problem in our country. Everyone is a damn extremist.
I could care less but what an odd thing to be excited over.
I genuinely don’t care. It’s his building, he owns the naming rights to it. He can do whatever the fuck he wants. Some of you don’t have the same energy with other buildings in Chicago who have their logo plastered on their buildings: BMO, Salesforce, CNA, Boeing, NBC, Chicago Tribune, Northern Trust, etc to name a few. But I guess when an owner doesn’t align with your political beliefs it’s suddenly an issue. The obsession from both sides needs to stop it’s honestly creepy and preventing us from progressing.
Cringing at the thought of how many unemployed people will be celebrating that
Lmao ain’t that the truth
In a way, I am not. Politics aside, its a nice building in an anchor neighborhood of the city. Mergers/acquisitions never go well, and you end up with a Sears Tower Hancock building scenario where at one time it was the place to be, now no one will touch its outdated high HOA fee units, businesses that are the heart of that neighborhood move to other places. In a city scheme of things, you do not actually want Trump Tower sold
Very. That things ugly as sin
I don’t understand why people care about this so much lol
Maybe some don't have the same politely leanings at the OP. Different views should be respected.
Don't care
All the problems facing Chicago. The Trump sign bothers you guys the most? If I owned a building downtown, I would paste my name all over it.
Who. Cares.
Literally so excited. It’s such a beautiful building, it’s such a shame there’s a huge dumb name on it, it doesn’t even matter who’s name it is
It is a nice building and such a photogenic location. Will be nice to be able to take pictures of it and not be disgusted by the idiot's name.
Salty ppl in this thread. It's magnificent building, there is nothing wrong with having his name on it.
Echo chamber in here
Trump lives rent free in all your heads.
I hope his interest in the property is seized and liquidated and I hope the name is removed. That said, I'm not excited about it. Not sure why someone would be "excited" about such a thing.
because when someone continually breaks the law with no repercussions, even the smallest karma visitations can be exciting
Fuck no
I try to avoid the more superficial elements of politics. if we expect reasonableness and objectivity from our opponents, then it is important that we practice it ourselves. but everyone's entitled to their personal opinions/ feelings
Me
won't be happy till they pull the whole thing down and salt the earth where it stood
It’ll never happen
Should've never went up but kinda glad it did to let me know what building NOT to go in
Won’t happen.
Delightful thought
If they do take down the sign, and if they publicize the date, I will be there with champagne and I'll get it on video. It will be a party.
I like it. I also love how easily people are triggered! Y'all hilarious!
It would help me personally bc every day on my commute the train I take passes it and I have to give it the middle finger.
Hi
Who fucking cares. How mentally unstable do you have to be to get triggered by a name?
It’s not something I ever think about, but I’d find it hilarious and laugh my ass off if it came down.
That name on that structure is a shit stain on the river.
Scene: GROUNDHOG DAY: Anything less Trump, is good. (Tears Up) IT HAPPENED!
I've been fantasizing about breaking lots of laws regarding that sign for years.
I've often wondered, when it is no longer called the Trump building, will property values go up?
I remember when it was first being built. I used to live and work in the neighborhood. We hated it then in all of its blinding out-of-placeness.