Great American Tower

A couple days ago the Great American Tower being built in downtown Cinci was finally "crowned".

I have to say I'm pretty excited to see some new construction going on over there. Especially since they haven't built a new skyscraper in, say, my lifetime (or at least as long as I can remember). The crown on top now makes it Cincinnati's tallest building as well as the city's first to have LEED Gold certification (yup they're finally catching up to the rest of the world) so that's pretty cool. As far as the exterior architecture goes, we're still farrrr on the conservative side. But hey, it's Cincinnati. I'll take what I can get.


The interior has a nice light and airy feel to it. Still, again, no big risks here but its simplistic modern design fits in nicely with the surrounding city. I have to say my favorite part (aside from the, what I'm sure will be, spectacular views of the stadiums as well as the Ohio river and Northern Kentucky) is that tiny orange chair shoved back in the corner in the right hand side of the rendering. I want more of that.