agree on the giant impact. It's really going to feel like the center city getting extended in a couple of directions, and I expect it to push more development NW
Old Lawson YMCA- was basically an SRO for the latter half of the 20th Century. Now it's "Lawson House," sold in 2014 under the agreement that it would remain as affordable housing. The developer proposed a full rehab in 2017 to turn the SRO units into full apartments- Though this has yet to happen.
That's a pretty lengthy write up for the Register. But those final pages (39-55) had amazing photos of the interior. That would have to be one hell of a renovation to make that place desirable for living. Crazy how they lived in the 1930's. *Back on topic*
A bit off topic, but can anyone speak to the history of the "art deco" looking building on the right of this photo? Not very familiar with this one. Seems most taller buildings of this style were built closer to the CBD, no? Surprised to see one located there. Sticks out from all the modern high-rises around it. Very cool.
With OCS going up, this buildings value just went way up, imo. I could see it getting a clean up and up-lighting in a couple years and just shining like a gem to all the new activity across the street.
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I believe the larger pipes - with the single piece of rebar - are pin piles to shore up the secant wall, the smaller blue tube a link to a load cell. Chicago | One Chicago by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr
Looked like the put this one in, and then took it back out
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Very busy site today. It looks like there are a lot of concrete trucks, so maybe they're pouring into some of the caissons? Someone above said foundation work was supposed to end yesterday--not sure if this counts as foundation work or what.
^Mud mats are temporary platforms that are used as construction aides. They can be used to provide a stable work surface or to allow for waterproofing, but they are not required structurally for the building. In this situation it is being used to provide a flat surface for the LL1 slab. In top-down construction, each below grade slab is cast on a mud mat, which is later removed from underneath during the mining operation. So the mud mat you see in the photo will eventually be removed. The next step is going to be to apply a bond breaker and then cast the LL1 slab, then there will be another bond breaker and the actual tower crane foundation supporting the 1,000' tall crane for the large tower. The tower crane foundation will also eventually be removed, leaving only the LL1 slab.
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