CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5

[harryc]

April 17

[harryc]

April 17



Outer caisson ( S edge )


Digging clay


Neighbor


From the El

[the urban politician]

HarryC, your updates are making me very happy

[Ecker]

Emerald








R+D659








Trump & 300 N LaSalle


Echelon (f/k/a Allure) How many consultants do you think it took to pick this color out?




565 Quincy

[Alliance]

I think they should just paint allure the CNA equivalent of Yellow and call it a day.

[Dan in Chicago]

(nevermind; correction already made)

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

Originally Posted by Alliance

I think they should just paint allure the CNA equivalent of Yellow and call it a day.

Yeah, I mean, wtf is that bullshit? Imitation Lagrange? Are they going for that faux stone look? Aged newsprint perhaps? "Bone white"? Is pigmented concrete prohibitively expensive or something? I DON'T UNDERSTAND?????

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

I mean, if they HAD to paint it, and they didn't want to acknowledge the fact that their balls have indeed descended and go with a bold color, why not some kind of brilliant white???? That'd look kind of nice??

[harryc]

April 15 - pouring sidewalk.

[Juan_M2118]

Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G

Yeah, I mean, wtf is that bullshit? Imitation Lagrange? Are they going for that faux stone look? Aged newsprint perhaps? "Bone white"? Is pigmented concrete prohibitively expensive or something? I DON'T UNDERSTAND?????

Exactly, that building is going to look hideous. (and) wait till they paint the

top blue, that color is not a good choice for a (relatively) nice looking building.

Im thinking and thinking, they should just have lefted bare, but then again, we have to see the (finished) product.

[ChiSoxRox]

Is Allure going to stay two-toned? If so, cigarette ash and Reagan-era newspaper are horrible color choices.

Those consultants ought to be

[Nowhereman1280]

They are taking down the sidewalk barrier at 550 St. Clair and it looks super dope. That plain podium actually looks pretty dope now. Especially at night when they have it lit with a blinding white line along the cracks at the edge. The street level interaction, which had been previously hidden behind the barriers looks really good as well.

[harryc]

April 11 - mobile crane


April 16 - pouring the plaza


April 17 - diesel climber.

[Ecker]

Originally Posted by Dan in Chicago

^^That's not Trio, it's Emerald. Trio's visible on the left in the second-to-last photo.

Oops! Thanks for pointing that out. I corrected my post.

[harryc]

501 N State - Palomar

Crane top Apr 17


From the bridge Apr 15


Series

From the fountain Apr 15


Series

[EarlyBuyer]

Great shots harryc!

[the urban politician]

Last updated: April 21, 2008 07:49am
$270M NewCity Set for Summer Start
By Gina Kenny
CHICAGO-Construction is expected to begin this summer on the one-million-sf mixed-use development at the site of the former New City YMCA, at the corner of Halsted Street and Clybourn Avenue. A joint venture between Structured Development LLC, based here, and Commonfund Realty Inc., based in Wilton, CT, are developing the NewCity project. The development is expected to cost $270 million, says Jeffrey Berta, director of program management for Structured Development.

[Breezyfingers]

S. Loop










1555 S. Wabash


Library Tower




Emerald

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Last updated: April 21, 2008 07:49am
$270M NewCity Set for Summer Start
By Gina Kenny
CHICAGO-Construction is expected to begin this summer on the one-million-sf mixed-use development at the site of the former New City YMCA, at the corner of Halsted Street and Clybourn Avenue. A joint venture between Structured Development LLC, based here, and Commonfund Realty Inc., based in Wilton, CT, are developing the NewCity project. The development is expected to cost $270 million, says Jeffrey Berta, director of program management for Structured Development.

booo! ever more suburban development for the north and clybourn area. GREAT.

[Steely Dan]

here's an aerial rendering of the new city project for reference.