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cozy · #**4501** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 1:36 PM**

Great start to my morning, looks like all hands are on deck glass today

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There are also ironworkers welding the window frames for the southeast shear wall. Hopefully there is activity on the north face too. I adore how this building comes alive every morning, particularly on monday after a deep sleep over the weekend

BonoboZill4 · #**4502** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 11:41 PM**

It is really nice to see this one getting glassed up, especially after many of us were fearing that it may not see glass until after being topped off. One less thing to worry about during this cycle!

SolarWind · #**4503** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 2:07 AM**

October 8, 2018

kolchak · #**4504** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 10:11 AM**

Fantastic pics SolarWind. Its interesting to see the south facing lower level/underpass take shape. I wonder how long it will be until we se cladding on the north side atrium.

Skyguy_7 · #**4505** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 12:25 PM**

^^^ Took me a second, but you can definitely see the color variation in that last pic between two adjacent frustums. This is going to be stunning.

Notyrview · #**4506** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 1:06 PM**

Woah looking good and now i see green on the north side.

Now that i'm on my computer i can see the color variation too. Most excellent.

RedCorsair87 · #**4507** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 1:45 PM**

Gorgeous! Keep her coming!

the urban politician · #**4508** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 2:20 PM**

Silly question, perhaps, but how many lanes will be the road that passes under Vista and connects to Wacker? I'm assuming it will be a 2 lane road (1 each direction) with speed bumps? Would it be correct to assume that there will also be driveways into the Vista building for taxicabs, cars, Ubers etc that come off of this road? Anybody have any drawings of the road layout at their disposal?

kolchak · #**4509** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 2:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Silly question, perhaps, but how many lanes will be the road that passes under Vista and connects to Wacker? I'm assuming it will be a 2 lane road (1 each direction) with speed bumps? Would it be correct to assume that there will also be driveways into the Vista building for taxicabs, cars, Ubers etc that come off of this road? Anybody have any drawings of the road layout at their disposal?

Upper and lower level south

upper level north turnaround

Blahshead · #**4510** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 2:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by kolchak

Do we know if they're still planning on doing that cool triangular-esque glass for the lobby area?

the urban politician · #**4511** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 2:51 PM**

^ Thanks for taking the time out to post those.

These renderings are nice, but I've always found them uninformative-- an actual diagram would be better.

Also, I think it's a poor planning choice to have the taxi drop off "bump out" on the east side. I imagine most Uber/Taxi traffic would be coming in from Wacker Drive, thus the west side seems to be a more natural place for such a bump out.

phanta721 · #**4512** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 3:03 PM**

kolchak · #**4513** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Thanks for taking the time out to post those.

These renderings are nice, but I've always found them uninformative-- an actual diagram would be better.

Also, I think it's a poor planning choice to have the taxi drop off "bump out" on the east side. I imagine most Uber/Taxi traffic would be coming in from Wacker Drive, thus the west side seems to be a more natural place for such a bump out.

Welcome

At least on this early (still Wanda) diagram it looks like they planned for two-way traffic on that lower road.

cozy · #**4514** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 5:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Blahshead

Do we know if they're still planning on doing that cool triangular-esque glass for the lobby area?

If they are, it will be a smaller area than depicted in the rendering. They already have normal glass on the 4th floor

Kolchak, thanks so much for posting those renderings. It was just this morning that I was biking under it and thinking about which material they'll use

vexxed82 · #**4515** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by cozy

If they are, it will be a smaller area than depicted in the rendering. They already have normal glass on the 4th floor

Kolchak, thanks so much for posting those renderings. It was just this morning that I was biking under it and thinking about which material they'll use

The frustum shaped glass is supposed to go on the bumped-out center section with the angled columns. The haven't installed any panels in that section yet, so I'm holding out hope.

That said, they do have four straight steel vertical beams mounted in that area. I assume this is to support whatever system they'll use to hold the glazing system in place, but I'm a little concerned that these would't compliment the jagged design of the frustum pattern.

Notyrview · #**4516** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by phanta721

Must be darn close to supertall status

pianowizard · #**4517** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 6:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Notyrview

Must be darn close to supertall status

It's now about 10 floors above the upper setback. According to SkyscraperPage's official diagram of this building, 10 floors above the setback should be ~313 m. Assuming I am counting correctly, there are only 12 floors left to go.

I will be in Chicago in mid-Nov and if I am lucky, it may have topped out by then!

cozy · #**4518** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 7:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by vexxed82

The frustum shaped glass is supposed to go on the biped-out center section with the angled columns. The haven't installed any panels in that section yet, so I'm holding out hope.

That said, they do have four straight steel vertical beams mounted in that area. I assume this is to support whatever system they'll use to hold the glazing system in place, but I'm a little concerned that these would't compliment the jagged design of the frustum pattern.

I'm holding out hope for it, too. I think it would make for a beautiful effect from ground level upon entry and is such a great nod to the design of the entire building. Good point about the steel beams, I don't see them in the rendering/they would look bad with the frustrum pattern

vexxed82 · #**4519** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 7:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by pianowizard

It's now about 10 floors above the upper setback. According to SkyscraperPage's official diagram of this building, 10 floors above the setback should be ~313 m. Assuming I am counting correctly, there are only 12 floors left to go.

I will be in Chicago in mid-Nov and if I am lucky, it may have topped out by then!

I was just told by one of my contacts that it's scheduled to top out mid-late February. Seems like a long time to me considering how fast it has been going, but maybe the upper-level concrete work is going to get really complex when it comes to the tuned mass damper...

Zapatan · #**4520** Posted **Oct 9, 2018, 8:00 PM**

Yea the core is about ~1000 feet now.

Super exciting