CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 175

harryc · #**3481** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:27 AM**

One11 W Illinois

37 Block
Cubs win the Division

Shacks on Dearborn

harryc · #**3482** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:37 AM**

View from above

Caisson Rig

Caisson Motor waiting to be mounted

85' I beam waiting to be pounded in ( what are these for ? )

The pounder

Old raised sidewalk

Not sure what these are for

BVictor1 · #**3483** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by DANTHEDISCOMAN

Good to hear. I really like this proposal and hate that horrible brick wall you have to walk by for half a block.

I actually don't like this proposal at all. There are 3 really nice 19rh-Century mansions that will have to come down for this development. There are pleanty of vacant lots that this building could have been built upon.

ardecila · #**3484** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:44 AM**

Does anybody have recent photos of Lexington Park, Astoria Tower, One East Eighth, or Amli 900? I haven't seen anything on these buildings for awhile, but AFAIK, they're still chugging along.

Rocket1 · #**3485** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by bjorda1

600 Fairbanks

eh. Fairbanks sure turned out as a flop....

I agree the Fairbanks doesn't look great in those photos.

But it certainly looks fine in SolarWind's shots:

600 North Fairbanks

When it comes to viewing a building online, I think a lot depends on who's taking the photos.

SamInTheLoop · #**3486** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 12:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Eventually...Chicago

Once a building permit has been issued, (actually i think once zoning is approved) alderman have no power to stop construction. That is why we have a zoning process, even if it was approved under a different alderman, the decision still stands. This is why if fioretti tries to stop x/o he will get creamed in a lawsuit. His background is in law, so i think he knows he lost this battle. Maybe he is just trying to get chummy with the Prairie people by acting as though he can actually do something to stop them. I think pre-sales is more of an obstacle for x/o now...

Although I agree with you, I don't think any of this will stop Fioretti from attempting (and likely temporarily succeeding) to block fully entitled developments he has a problem with. For a lawyer he seems to either have little skill in interpreting the law or little respect for it.

As for X/O, I think pre-sales are in pretty good shape. As with most new developments at the moment, the toughest issues will probably be raising enough equity (although I have no idea with specifics to X/O - perhaps Kargil already has their equity lined-up), as the days of 90% financing are long gone with the ongoing debt market correction....

10023 · #**3487** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 2:27 PM**

Yeah, is that white shading inside the lower floor windows permanent or part of the construction process?

Chicago's streetscape gets absolutely destroyed by above ground parking. The whole River North area is basically intolerable, and it looks like Streeterville will largely be the same thing. I haven't been down to the South Loop in a long time, is it the same there? They really need to pass an ordinance to ban these things before the next boom neighborhood takes off.

Breezyfingers · #**3488** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 2:31 PM**

Building management sent around this site plan for 505 N. State. It's tough to make out the words, but I hadn't seen this before.

harryc · #**3489** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 2:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Breezyfingers

Building management sent around this site plan for 505 N. State. It's tough to make out the words, but I hadn't seen this before.

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Thxs !

Nowhereman1280 · #**3490** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 2:43 PM**

^^^ Thanks for that, I haven't seen it before either. That makes me feel a little better about this project just because I didn't know they were preserving that other triangle of plaza before.

I don't think parking podiums are all that bad as long as they are somewhat integrated into the design. For example, Marina city, it wouldn't look as good if it didn't have parking ramps. Or the hancock where you can't even tell there is parking in it. I think 600 Fairbanks does fine on this point.

honte · #**3491** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 2:49 PM**

Well, that is really good news that the rear plaza will remain! I am a bit more optimistic about this one now.

sentinel · #**3492** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:09 PM**

That's the new Palomar boutique hotel by the AMA building right? Glad that the plaza will still be there..

Nowhereman1280 · #**3493** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by honte

Well, that is really good news that the rear plaza will remain! I am a bit more optimistic about this one now.

Now that I look at it closer, it appears that two fountains will be added as well. After having visited KC this summer and seen all the fountains there, I would say we definitely need more of those in Chicago.

Jaroslaw · #**3494** Posted **Oct 2, 2007, 3:58 PM**

I'm pretty shocked at how badly 111 W Illinois has mangled the neighborhood. In massing, it's like a small-scale version of 55 E Monroe. The Grand on Grand by Loewenberg (the white bldg in Harry's photos) looks good in comparison. Oh well, at least it's not too visible from street level.