Very cool! Thanks for capturing that!

Wow! I did not think that would be reinforced concrete! Anyone know if this is just cheaper or actually stronger than steel columns?

Beautiful sets all along Harry :-)

This one will be great I have a feeling...

^^Probably cheaper.

Now if only they would continue with that formwork all the way up!

The spans aren't all that large so concrete makes sense. It's less about what is stronger and more about efficiency. With the tight spacing of the angled columns on the transfer floor, it's mostly compression forces from double to single columns. Steel is optimal for really long spans, particularly in office buildings, but then you get really deep ceiling-floor plenums which isn't ideal in residential.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfUgSwA...d=9nn3l4cp8jtf

This was on January 25th. It looks really cool

Feb 11













Getting ready for the screens.

Do you suppose the developers are trying to lure M&M as a tenant?

There is a Mars plant in Galewood ( ~9mi )

And Mars' Mars/Wrigley operations are HQ'd on Goose Island.

Those are some awesome pics... the snow, carbide & carbon building, bold diagonal columns... great job HarryC. I’d want a couple of those to frame if I was in any way connected to this project.

I was out shooting the river on Tuesday night, and while on the DuSable Bridge, the right work lights at 300 N Michigan caught my eye. So I wandered over there for a few frames.

https://nickulivieriphotography.zenf...32153644-6.jpg


https://nickulivieriphotography.zenf...32153816-6.jpg

Tighter crop of the above shot:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuiD4BCX...pg&name=medium

I think this is a great project for the location. The A bracing is a nice architectural touch that makes this tower uniquely respectable.

Great shots all around!

Wow, great photos! Love those A/V (?) columns as well.

They are great shots. I always assumed they were "M"s for either Michigan or Citizen M (or both).

The Magnificent Mile Building!

even better!

well, except that it's not on the Magnificent Mile... sorry for being a Debbie Downer... :runaway:

How about Millennium Mile :cheers:

Feb 16





the backside

Looks like 332 North Michigan is getting completely gutted. Anybody know what that will be ? A lot of work to stay a chicago sports novelty shop.

wouldn't mind that building and it's neighbors to get knocked down and redeveloped, hopefully into something tall and architecturally interesting to counterbalance the sheer glass wall that 300 N Michigan will become.

March 1

https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/busin...2260c8466.jpeg
Credit: James Novotny

This says that they're taking a notch out of the crown and eliminating the balconies on the western facade.

I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but the west side will be super visible from the river. Balconies typically look like shit, but there's really nothing else going on with the upper facade of this thing.

https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...esign-tweaked/

^You're right about there being not much aesthetic on the West facade now, but I do like the new symmetrical crown. It's all up to the glass now!

Beautiful!

VE strikes again! :hell: Now, the building will look shorter and have an ugly block on top as in 55 east Erie.

Got hopeful by the header that they were gonna add a crown or some embellishment up top

The top of this building is so much more important from an aesthetic point of view then the base. Although I do love the V columns, moving south across Michigan avenue bridge (arguably one of the most famous views of Chicago), the building is going to pretty much going to pop out as a banal blue box that obscures the carbide building. I wish they had made this building a little thinner/taller with some type of design on the top. Overall the quality is good but the visual impact nearly depletes from the city since it is removing the visual impact of such an iconic building (carbide) from such a unique location. It kind of feels like they are taking away part of old school Chicago (by obscuring it) that makes this city so great.

Attractive architect
 

Its very nice to see. Design of building is very attractive as it is in boxy shape and covered with glasses. But parking space is some what disappointing.

Such an absurdly dense block

March 11

I really feel like they could have rotated the tower 90 degrees - tons of setback to the north is available. A setback of 20 feet or so above the WW piers would have really respected CnC building without (as far as I can tell) a big change to the cost

March 22









Clamps for the climbing gallery/screen - these appear to be anchored on the surface of the floor not the edge of the slab.
The holes are where the nuts on the end of the post-tension cables are recessed into the slab.

A permit was issued on 3/23 for: "CONVERSION OF EXISTING OFFICE SPACE INTO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT AS PER PLANS (EXISTING OCCUPANCY S-1 PROPOSED OCCUPANCY R-3, TYPE IIIA CONSTRUCTION)(conditional permit subject to field inspections)"

(please move to general if necessary)

The 332 building was severely damaged during the unrest in June. There was some pretty wild footage of it on fire. I walked through it afterwards. Kind of incredible. I think they are restoring it to what it was - though updated, which if I remember right, was two levels of retail (including a lower level), an office for the store above and then a small apartment.