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

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

A sky lobby solves the elevator problem, residential buildings have them too sometimes.

I can't think of any examples in Chicago. Plus, a skylobby takes up space, so again you are sacrificing unit space to build one.

Originally Posted by sentinel

I don't think so.

- Vista Tower's changes were related to expanding the mechanical floor height and adding louvers to the exterior facade. Happened during construction which caused a delay, but the structural load for the mechanical equipment was already factored into the design. It was just the louvers that were expanded/made taller. Engineering one floor to make it taller is not the same as adding additional floors during construction. NOT impossible, but very costly and time-consuming.

You're mostly right about this, but I believe it was the last-minute addition of the blow-through floor that led to the modest bump at Vista/St. Regis (to maintain the same number of full-floor condos. I would gladly accept that tower being slightly shorter and have no blow-through... or fugly black louvres for that matter.

Originally Posted by tusken raider

yeah man I'm just underwhelmed by the size of the new version of this project an I wanna see if anyone else thinks this building will be taller that's it (its funny thought that you noticed that I put that a lot)

We get it. Please stop posting the same comment. It brings nothing to the discussion.