It’s been likened to the Death Star — you know, the fictional space-age abode of a certain Darth Vader — and for obvious reasons. No, we're not talking about Wharton’s Huntsman Hall… we mean the Radian. Maybe it’s the external façade of blackened convex windows, or maybe it’s the sheer amount of concrete that makes up the Radian’s luxe-less aesthetic. In any case, the Radian’s “minimalist chic” has veered towards the minimalist and left out all the chic. While all your friends currently living at the Radian are gleefully floating in the abyss of denial, we here at Street know better. And so do you. Never one to shy away from scathing attacks, we’re here to highlight the flaws of this soulless complex… so you don’t have to. The light switches Looks like somebody forgot to link overhead lighting to these babies. I guess they could be considered decorative, if you squint with one eye and gouge out the other. The cement everything From the steely-gray ceilings to the randomly-located columns in every apartment, it’s clear that (to the Radian’s superfly construction team, at least) cement is the new black.
Under-construction retail space If for no other reason than to remedy the effect of this unfinished eyesore, there better be some damn good retail when it opens in December. Damn good retail.
Elevators 3 elevators, 14 floors and too many high-strung residents. You do the math.
Gym An in-house gym complete with StairMasters? Nice. Hiking up the stairs to your pad after growing frustrated at the long elevator line? Not so nice. And pretty redundant. Hummus Long lines in this narrow Mediterranean eatery detract attention from the long lines with which residents had to deal during move-in. Anyone smell a conspiracy? Maybe it’s just the falafel.
