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Old Posted Jul 6, 2020, 4:21 PM
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woah, that reflectivity would be crazy. and probably work well given all the greenery in the park. exciting stuff!

hopefully that bird vexxed heard from is right about this skip coming down
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Sort of similar to Aqua. The idea is that there will be a swooping, mirrored canopy that pulls light into the undercroft area so it feels more inviting and lures pedestrians to the Riverwalk. Looks good in renderings but I imagine there's a risk it could turn out kinda chintzy and 80s-looking.



They're probably intending for it to be something like this:
https://divisare.com/projects/225043...-port-pavilion
Interesting. I never paid attention to this in the renderings. I think it'll come down to the quality of the material (like most things I guess). My fear is how it weathers. It might look cook at the beginning, but how will it hold up after years of water/road salt, and other nasty stuff cascades down it? The underside of Aqua is cool, but it's starting to show some age...countless cranes for junk/spider webs to get stuck in.
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^ Yeah time will tell. I hope it will be cleaned semi-annually when they do the window washing, but you'd probably have to do that from a scissor lift... is the building ownership gonna buy one and keep it around for that purpose? Etc etc.
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Old Posted Jul 10, 2020, 4:08 AM
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Wow, such great shots by everyone! She's a beaut!
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wow they really abandoned that school didn't they?
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Old Posted Jul 10, 2020, 12:31 PM
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Nice photos indeed. At least most of GEMS is built, and is looking pretty good next to Vista.

Is the stall due to GEMs connection with Saudi Arabia, and their government's shake-up with the king? (Side note, I'd love to know how GEMs teaches the events of September 11th.)
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Old Posted Jul 10, 2020, 1:23 PM
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Nice photos indeed. At least most of GEMS is built, and is looking pretty good next to Vista.

Is the stall due to GEMs connection with Saudi Arabia, and their government's shake-up with the king? (Side note, I'd love to know how GEMs teaches the events of September 11th.)
Looks like they just want some "help" finishing so they can leave. https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2020...enant-in-mind/
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The curved under-hang thing looks so strange in person. I can't believe they went with steel studs to build that whole thing. It reminds me of Heatherwick's hairy pavilion of something.
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Widow washing this morning
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Old Posted Jul 11, 2020, 3:48 PM
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Nice.. this is a good day for Vista. Time to shine. Would love to see the window washing setup up close. I'm sure harry will get to that one day soon
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Are those clips near the top on the righthand picture?
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The Vista cam has finally been updated and it looks like there's been some massive progress on the skip! Just about half of it is down now
skipvista by ajdrewster, on Flickr
Source:https://public.earthcam.net/vista/vi...er_view/view_1
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I want to like frame this and put it on a wall or something. Very inception like.


VOYAGER by Nenad Spasojevic, on Flickr
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2020, 9:24 PM
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Best skyline in the world! Great pic.
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2020, 9:31 PM
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Can't wait for you guys to get the Tribune tower!
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