Friday Funny: Chicago's Supersized McDonalds

McDonald's tries to pack value into design in its huge new 50thanniversary restaurant, which opened in Chicago.

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May 20, 2005, 1:00 PM PDT

"A great deal of attention has been paid to the size of this McDonalds. Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin, for one, compared it to 'swelling McMansions, gargantuan, gas-guzzling SUVs and baseball players who bulked up by injecting themselves with steroids.' In other words, an example of mindless giantism."

"...The food, of course, remains the same."

Thanks to Peter Slatin

FULL STORY: SUPERSIZE MOI!

Thursday, May 19, 2005 in The Slatin Report

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