CHICAGO | Aqua | 858 FT / 262 M | 87 FLOORS

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by Aqua Plumber

Aqua plumber, as an inside man you are an asset to this forum.

[Aqua Plumber]

thats a cool shot hawkeye....im going to get a whole bunch of pics one of these days up top from the deck but i think im going to hold out for a while and wait til it gets up there a bit more......and ill bring an actual camera when i do

[ahdude27]

are those the new railings about a third of the way up in the pictures posted by bande? any close-ups? can't tell if they are the same as what we have seen before or not.

[jc5680]

Originally Posted by ahdude27

are those the new railings about a third of the way up in the pictures posted by bande? any close-ups? can't tell if they are the same as what we have seen before or not.

good catch. there are at the very least more railings now. Not sure if it is just the angle but they also look a bit different. Maybe they just have protective plastic on them still.

[alsajano]

All want now, second to second, know the Aqua

It is a song?

I can't remember now.

[alsajano]

Do not you think that this building has music?
Could we create a symphony of Aqua Building?

It would be so nice... I'm a romantic builder

...

And... I have rhythm...

[bande]

Originally Posted by jc5680

good catch. there are at the very least more railings now. Not sure if it is just the angle but they also look a bit different. Maybe they just have protective plastic on them still.

This is the only closeup that I have, it didnt turn out too good though. These were on the south side of the tower.

[alsajano]

Well. A symphony is excesive.
But, a pretty song?

...


Not very addictive.
Inconsequential, just to listen to the lifts and not at any time on radio or TV.

[alsajano]

I can still hear these notes:

We can change the world.

[HowardL]

Originally Posted by alsajano

Well, ... well...., well...

Aqua or tiger?

Eres listo ... I had never quite seen this building that way before.

[Dr. Taco]

Originally Posted by alsajano

I can still hear these notes:

We can change the world.

ok, alsajano, how about just a song BY aqua? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw

[asheesh88]

Hard to tell with the plastic on those railings, but they appear to look a little beefier than what we saw before.

They look a little smoother around the curves too...I don't know, maybe it's just wishful thinking.

Asheesh

[Northwest]

Looks to me like the same balcony railings we saw a sample of before. Through the plastic, you can see the outward facing diagonal supports are still there, and where the curvature is slight, looks like the segments are straight.
Soon we will know for sure...

[BVictor1]

07/30/08

[Aqua Plumber]

[wrab]

^ That's crazy kewl. The pour forms on the roof look sorta like E-ticket ride tracks:

[F1 Tommy]

Wow, those railings might really do the trick. The building looks rather like a normal box from far away. The railings will finally give that 3D look. It always looked great from above or below.


TT

[wrab]

^ Yeah. Very subtle - I missed them on my first look at BVic's pic. Diaphanous. I'm hoping that they stay that way - that they aren't just protective wrapping over something else. Very much in the spirit of S/G's original aqua-tinted curtains, later v/e'd (or just scrapped?) from the project.

[the urban politician]

^ yeah, I don't see why there would be a protective wrapping over them. I definitely like these railings, if this is the real deal. They seem to fit the liquid theme of the building

[Dalton]

The railings look like the same black wrought iron units as before, only it appears the problem with the mismatched bends between adjacent sections may have been at least partially solved, so that they "flow" much better as a single curve. Hard to tell with the protective wrapping on them though.