CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 243

vxt22 · #**4841** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 12:10 AM**

" Well architect with some knowledge of aesthetics, I know better than you what will look good. Our company wants something a little more... hmm, what's the right word.. f'n awful.. for our newest condo project.. please revise that decently attractive design you'd previously created."

Ecker · #**4842** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 12:41 AM**

Ho hum...

BVictor1 · #**4843** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 1:13 AM**

319 E. Illinois Street

Some people have wondered about the apartment tower planned for the site directly north of the proposed Waldorf=Astoria Tower. Here are a few crappy renderings. As you can see, the parking garage base needs serious work. The side overlooking the small proposed pocket park and faces W=A is totally blank.

Ugh....

Steely, the building ID# is bu>318167

Chi_Coruscant · #**4844** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 1:41 AM**

^^Interesting stuff....The parking podium should be covered with glass for consistency's sake.

BorisMolotov · #**4845** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 2:25 AM**

so can someone show on a map how this and W=A are layed out? That rendering totally threw me off base of where I though the project was.

the urban politician · #**4846** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 2:41 AM**

Nice highrise. I definitely agree that the ugly brown cladding on the podium has gotta go

Wheelingman04 · #**4847** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:20 AM**

Looks great!

Rocket1 · #**4848** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:29 AM**

Is 535 St Clair, the 2nd phase of the City Front Plaza project?

i_am_hydrogen · #**4849** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:31 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocket1

Is 535 St Clair, the 2nd phase of the City Front Plaza project?

No, the St. Clair @ Cityfront Plaza is the second phase.

Rocket1 · #**4850** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:34 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

No, the St. Clair @ Cityfront Plaza is the second phase.

Ah-ha.

So 535 is on the other side of Grand Ave?

aaron38 · #**4851** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:34 AM**

Well, 535 St. Clair has done the impossible. It makes the 550 St. Clair parking podium look like a masterpiece.
That "design" is nausiatingly awful. Come on, I have zero architecture training, and I can doodle a better design than that. I think I just might send some hate mail tomorrow.

Is this in SOAR's jurisdiction? Are they going to do something about that? If there's a time for NIMBYism, this is it!

Dr. Taco · #**4852** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:36 AM**

^^^^ I like the dark brown with blue glass. blue and brown is a good combination. and the second rendering is not bad at all

aaron38 · #**4853** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:45 AM**

For the W=A rental tower, it looks much better than I'd hoped for. I like the recessed balconies, it's sleek. The brown and blue do go well together, I agree, and I like the dark stripes at each floor plate.
The crown is boring, and yeah the podium needs work, but as 535 St. Clair can testament, maybe we should just count our blessings? It could be a lot worse.

It's better than Cityfront Plaza Phase II.

BorisMolotov · #**4854** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:52 AM**

It kind of reminds me of Parkview West in terms of massing.

aaron38 · #**4855** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 3:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

so can someone show on a map how this and W=A are layed out? That rendering totally threw me off base of where I though the project was.

Just look at the renders and models on page 1 of the W=A thread. The rental is at the north end of the lot, W=A is at the south end.

harryc · #**4856** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 4:47 AM**

Glass
NE corner

S Side ( alley )

Hangers

denizen467 · #**4857** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 5:53 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BVictor1

319 E. Illinois Street

Some people have wondered about the apartment tower planned for the site directly north of the proposed Waldorf=Astoria Tower. Here are a few crappy renderings. As you can see, the parking garage base needs serious work. The side overlooking the small proposed pocket park and faces W=A is totally blank.

Ugh....

My first reaction was meh. But then I realized we've been spoiled with W-A and ParkView West lately, and most cities would be thrilled to have something like this. So I'm just kind-of meh now.

Who is the architect?

BVictor1 · #**4858** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 8:32 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by denizen467

Who is the architect?

SCB.

I think that the parking base shold be wraped with small affordable studio apartments. It'll solve the problem of the ugly base, and it will allow for visible life and activity for the entire tower.

harryc · #**4859** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 11:59 AM**

Accelerated construction ?

Core
Dec 10

Dec 12

Where the raker beams end.

Crane
Dec 12
Boom

Planning ahead - or leftover from the last job - an aircraft warning light

harryc · #**4860** Posted **Dec 13, 2007, 12:06 PM**

from above

Digging away - how will these be incorporated into the mat ? will they be trimmed off ?