Pros: x The neighborhood is just wonderful, and the location in the heart of 53rd St makes everything so convenient. x The outside of the building is gorgeous. x The front desk workers do screen everyone who comes into the building, so that no one outside of Vue is heading up to see you without your consent. x The appliances are top notch. x Staff are extremely helpful in getting your apartment set up and your lease signed. x Events with free food. x General maintenance staff are incredibly kind and understanding of tenant needs. Cons: x The "fitness center" barely has any equipment and has NO fans or functioning air conditioning, making it dangerous to use during hot days. Cleaning wipes for the gym aren't regularly restocked either. x Much of the complex is filthy. Residents leave their trash on the floor of the trash chute area, with little intervention from the staff. The elevators are alternatively sticky or smell like garbage or smoke. x Spiders are everywhere. During the summer, they practically COAT the parking garage, and they come into the halls and room of the building. Also, if you don't move your car EVERYDAY, you WILL find it coated in spiders. x The parking garage entrance/exit is DANGEROUS. There is no mirror system set up for you to see cars coming from within the garage or entering the ramp from the street, so people frequently come barrelling from either side and can nearly crash into each other. Also, some of the area in the garage is only large enough for one car to fit through at a time but must handle two way traffic - which, again, is terrifying to navigate. x The front desk staff have and will detain guests staying in your apartment from coming back into the building until you come to let them back in - even if they just went to the Target right next store to grab a drink or milk for dinner. x The maintenance staff that works on the heating/cooling units - which is different from the general maintenance staff - will attempt to enter your apartment without your consent. This happened to me on various mornings while attempting to get ready and leave for the day. x Staff are not helpful and rarely responsive to tenants once the lease is signed. You are better off trying to solve any issues you end up with yourself. x The halls echo. The walls are thin. You will hear everything. x There is no direct line to the front desk listed on the website, so if you need to contact them (let's say because there is a festival going on in Hyde Park and the parking garage has been sealed off, even if you have a resident parking pass that costs $200), you will not be able to. x The design of the actual rooms isn't that great. While the outside is gorgeous, each room is basically a cement block with large windows and blue/green paint. ----------------------------------------------------------- Overall verdict: Not worth the price you would be paying to live here.