Of the many commercial developments underway downtown, two have become the talk of the town for their uninspiring aesthetics: the Doubletree hotel on Chestnut and One North Shore (photos after the jump). Which is more offensive to your eyes?
The Doubletree: 
or One North Shore: 
AdamHK on Sept. 17, 2008
The answer is both!
One North Shore is uglier but The Doubletree is so bright it's offensive!
Brick lasts forever so One North Shore is going to stay with us for quite awhile. They haven't put on the finishing details yet but it'll be hard to improve it much. My bet is that The Doubletree will be re-painted within 5 years. One plus that One North Shore does have is that they included extremely wide sidewalks, maybe 15 feet, on Manufacturers Road.
Also, how pretty is the Chattanooga Sky right now? Just look at those photos!
klappy on Sept. 17, 2008
clearly the 70's ghetto style projects top the chart of ugliness!
Rob Harris on Sept. 17, 2008
One North Shore for sure... it's pretty much finished and looks like the projects! No offense...
;)
n00tz on Sept. 17, 2008
I'm holding my vote until the Doubletree is complete, but right now the Doubletree is uglier.
josiahq on Sept. 17, 2008
One North Shore: the architecture of Soviet Russia with all the comforts of the North Shore
PhragMunkee on Sept. 17, 2008
Definitely One North Shore. The DoubleTree looks like a hotel. One North Shore looks like a Soviet Russia apartment complex.
Adrienne on Sept. 17, 2008
One North Shore. It's a cross between a freshman dorm from the 1960s or an urban housing project. For $275,000 I would like to live somewhere pretty and convenient.
Justin on Sept. 17, 2008
Doubletree, hands down. It looks hideous. At least One North Shore is brick. Doubletree uses two colors that should never go on the outside of any building.
4-8-4 on Sept. 17, 2008
One North Shore isn't actively ugly, it just fails to be attractive. The Doubletree on the other hand, defies any attempt to use English to describe its awfulness. The best I can do is "sets a new standard for fugly."
tridad on Sept. 17, 2008
heard 'round town - "One North Shore, ghetto living without the crime"
love Seinfeld? Look for exterior shots of his building and you'll see it looks very similar to One North Shore. Hmmm...
Jono on Sept. 17, 2008
From your pictures... One North Shore is way uglier. At least DoubleTree is trying with their paint-job.
This is sad because One North Shore is for Chattanoogans. The DoubleTree is for visitors.
TheBisch on Sept. 17, 2008
Definitely One North Shore. Looks straight outta the 70's...
nicole on Sept. 18, 2008
Definitely One North Shore... can we say "section 8 housing"?
nicole on Sept. 18, 2008
Oh one more thing.... One North Shore really makes Green Housing look bad... there are so many earth friendly colors and dyes that can be used. The fact that they chose the fugliest "color scheme" possible really doesn't help the cause.
Steve on Sept. 18, 2008
Both look great for the Methheads. I vote the One North Burns down slower. I also call that the FBI will move out of the Suntrust building and move into the business section of One North.
amac25 on Sept. 18, 2008
Can we add the new Bridgeview to the list? The silver at the tower was a bad call!
Jason on Sept. 18, 2008
One North Shore is such a good idea but its just fugly... And honestly, I like Doubletree. Reminds me of buildings I saw in my visit to Luxembourg. Might be a bit in contrast to the surroundings though...
Jason
paige on Sept. 18, 2008
I think that picture actually does One North Shore a favor...it's much uglier in person.
Stephanie on Sept. 19, 2008
We can't keep building colonial style forever so the attempts to do something different are cool by me. I don't know how the city government works when it comes to big buildings like these two, but why is it that somebody can build a monstrosity without some sort of official design review and permit? Yeah, yeah, the land of the free, you do what you want; but one reason we all think Germany and other European countries are so quaint is because exterior building materials are often codified within neigborhoods and hamlets. DT or 1NS are not so much ugly as they don't fit with their surroundings. And what about some of the other eyesores: that abandoned high rise by Finley, the high rise on Stringers Ridge and, dare I say it, the Business Development Center. That could be a good looking building if restored.
katiek on Sept. 26, 2008
One North Shore reminds me of the tenements in the cult classic horror movie "Candyman". Creeeeepy.
isaac on Dec. 28, 2008
definitely, the 1NS is uglier in person. It can be seen from all over and it looks like the projects have been plopped right in the middle of renaissance park. Maybe when no one will live there they will be forced to add something to cover over the ugly.
me on May 28, 2009
Uh, doubletree beyond a doubt. When are they going to finish painting it - Oh wait, they already did...