CHICAGO | 400 N Lake Shore Drive | 851 FT & 765 FT | 73 & ? FLOORS - Page 133

sentinel · #**2641** Posted **Dec 30, 2024, 11:03 PM**

Great shots as always, Solar! Thank you!

This is probably one of the most unique high rise floor plates that I can think of...not often that you see an oblong hexagon building plan.

Cress3803 · #**2642** Posted **Dec 30, 2024, 11:37 PM**

very cool, thanks

looks like one of the cleaner and better-organized worksites I can recall also, for some reason

BVictor1 · #**2643** Posted **Jan 5, 2025, 1:10 AM**

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Klippenstein · #**2644** Posted **Jan 10, 2025, 3:03 AM**

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very cool, thanks

looks like one of the cleaner and better-organized worksites I can recall also, for some reason

They are on full display here and lots of scrutiny from the neighbors.

tusken raider · #**2645** Posted **Jan 23, 2025, 2:02 AM**

I need these buildings to be supertalls and I want both of them

Steely Dan · #**2646** Posted **Jan 23, 2025, 3:10 AM**

^ your need will go unmet.

Zapatan · #**2647** Posted **Jan 23, 2025, 9:24 PM**

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I need these buildings to be supertalls and I want both of them

We don't even know if the second tower is happening at all.

r18tdi · #**2648** Posted **Jan 23, 2025, 10:01 PM**

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We don't even know if the second tower is happening at all.

True I suppose, but we also do not know if the second tower is not happening.

munchymunch · #**2649** Posted **Jan 24, 2025, 12:07 AM**

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We don't even know if the second tower is happening at all.

They probably will dig another hole 984 feet deep.

Zapatan · #**2650** Posted **Jan 25, 2025, 4:14 PM**

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True I suppose, but we also do not know if the second tower is not happening.

True, but I'm gonna guess no.

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They probably will dig another hole 984 feet deep.

The way things are going that wouldn't surprise me either.

Cool pics BTW, hope to see it taking shape by spring.

tusken raider · #**2651** Posted **Jan 25, 2025, 8:02 PM**

does anyone think that these buildings could be given a height increase if they do get it how tall?

BuildThemTaller · #**2652** Posted **Jan 25, 2025, 8:22 PM**

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does anyone think that these buildings could be given a height increase if they do get it how tall?

The one under construction isn't getting a height bump. Who knows what will happen with the next one?

JMBasquiat · #**2653** Posted **Feb 3, 2025, 3:24 PM**

• Video Link

colemonkee · #**2654** Posted **Feb 3, 2025, 4:48 PM**

That drove footage is awesome. Shows the potential footpring of the north side of the second tower. For so long I was trying to figure out what was going on with the underground work and why it angled over like that. Now it all makes sense.

pianowizard · #**2655** Posted **Feb 3, 2025, 11:51 PM**

I was there this afternoon and took these photos:

dreamy-developer · #**2656** Posted **Feb 4, 2025, 2:13 AM**

First few floors babyyyy!! It's so awesome to see this building shaping out now.

The Lurker · #**2657** Posted **Feb 4, 2025, 8:16 AM**

Looks like a coffin. A proper burial for the Chicago Spire

Zapatan · #**2658** Posted **Feb 4, 2025, 5:57 PM**

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Looks like a coffin. A proper burial for the Chicago Spire

Despite the extreme height difference I actually think this is better looking, bonus points if the second tower is also built.

If someone could build something taller at the Parcel I site (RIP) and Tribune East (also RIP?) that would *almost* make up for how epic the spire would have been.

left of center · #**2659** Posted **Feb 4, 2025, 11:15 PM**

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Looks like a coffin. A proper burial for the Chicago Spire

Beats the water filled hole in the ground that its been for the better part of two decades.

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

Despite the extreme height difference I actually think this is better looking, bonus points if the second tower is also built.

If someone could build something taller at the Parcel I site (RIP) and Tribune East (also RIP?) that would *almost* make up for how epic the spire would have been.

I agree, this will make the skyline look a lot more balanced. Having a 2000 foot tower right on the lake front would overpower the skyline and ruin the proportions. It would need to be more centrally placed, along the river or on the Loop, for it to not stick out like the sore thumb.

I'm still holding out hope for Tribune East, even if its most likely shelved.

The Lurker · #**2660** Posted **Feb 5, 2025, 8:26 AM**

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I agree, this will make the skyline look a lot more balanced. Having a 2000 foot tower right on the lake front would overpower the skyline and ruin the proportions. It would need to be more centrally placed, along the river or on the Loop, for it to not stick out like the sore thumb.

As much as I still mourn the loss of the spire I always wished it were somewhere else for this reason. Even at less than half the height this tower is going to dominate the mouth of the river