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Old Posted Jun 14, 2018, 9:36 PM
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I know one of the superintendents for the general contractor on this site. He’s a great guy that doesn’t take excuses and gets $#|+ done. I’m incredibly proud of his work on this beautiful building.
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Nice grouping! From the CBOE building?
     
     
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Nice grouping! From the CBOE building?
Nah, that's off Van Buren. My guess is the Federal Building on Dearborn
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Man, Essex just towers over everything from Michigan Ave. It doesn't help that there is nothing remotely close to it in height in its immediate vicinity. Gives it the look of a much taller building.
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From the Maggie Daley playgrounds

This is visible from all over the park now.

     
     
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Old Posted Jun 26, 2018, 9:41 PM
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Nice grouping! From the CBOE building?
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Old Posted Jun 27, 2018, 10:44 PM
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^The ceremony was today, but the actual final core pour is next Tuesday and final supported slab pour is some time after the holiday... core formwork and screenwalls will start coming down just after the holiday.
     
     
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^The ceremony was today, but the actual final core pour is next Tuesday and final supported slab pour is some time after the holiday... core formwork and screenwalls will start coming down just after the holiday.
Yeah, the core looks to be at least 40 feet above the slabs at least right now
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This building has been the surprise hit of the cycle for me. Every time I go for a run and see it, I'm impressed by how much I like its look, scale, and placement. Even the green, which I initially thought was going to make it look a bit too tropical, is a winning hue.
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 28, 2018, 4:11 PM
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This building has been the surprise hit of the cycle for me. Every time I go for a run and see it, I'm impressed by how much I like its look, scale, and placement. Even the green, which I initially thought was going to make it look a bit too tropical, is a winning hue.
Interesting, for me it's the exact opposite, it's massively overpowering the street wall, the slab like north and south facing elevations are too heavy and the glass looks like every other bland glass condo tower thats gone up in the last 20 years with a color that screams Miami ca. 2005, but beauty is in the ey of the beholder. I would have liked to see a crescendo in height along Michigan to the intersection of Roosevelt. Furthermore I always appreciated the views to to distant towers and sky from the park and lakefront, uniquely Chicago where it avoids the wall effect of Manhattan, but now Wanda blocks the Hancock from the south, and towers like Essex are really cutting out sky when viewed SW or NW from the Lakefront, the Park is actually starting to feel like a room, almost claustrophobic, the scales are just off. A couple 60-80 story buildings spaced out makes them focal points, visual interest, too many in row and it's lost it's soaring impact and becomes like looking up from deep hole or box and walls to tall to climb out of.
     
     
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From that last picture how many more floors does the core have to go? Or is it already TO?
     
     
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I'm ready for a Die Hard reboot using Essex, Nema, or Vista!
     
     
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^^ 2 more core pours
     
     
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 6:11 PM
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Nice pictures, BrinChi. I like the bump it adds to the center of the skyline from the lake.
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 7:14 PM
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^ Same, add in 1000M and a couple more towers behind the Hilton, Harrison lodge, and Congress and just like that, you've got yourself a pretty connected South Loop(as far as the skyline viewed from the Lake is concerned that is)
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Old Posted Jun 29, 2018, 7:52 PM
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Nice pictures, BrinChi. I like the bump it adds to the center of the skyline from the lake.
I agree. It's in a perfect location for maximum impact, although I can't remember when the area between Sears and Museum Park became the center of the skyline from any persective. South Loop is cookin right now
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