Opinion: Forest County casino hotel looks too slick for 'hood

Monday, March 5, 2012  

"The newest designs for a planned, 20-story hotel at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino look like an improvement. But a comparison of the newest renderings, presented to the city’s Plan Commission last week, and earlier ones reveals a dramatic improvement in materials but some telling concessions in terms of refinement, too.

A quick turn around the Potawatomi complex and the problem becomes obvious.

How can a slim, glassy tower with elegant patterning and articulation exist amid the hulking industrial buildings around it and –— worse –— connect to the bulkiness and kitsch of the casino itself? Imagine a delicate crystal box from Tiffany’s tucked into a cluttered machine-shop shelf, and you start to get the picture."

Get the Story:
Mary Louise Schumacher: Can a slick Potawatomi hotel fit in with its industrial, kitschy neighbors? (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/2)

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Forest County Potawatomi Tribe presents casino hotel plan (2/28)