CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 443

honte · #**8841** Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 1:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Taft

There is something about this photo...you could have told me that it was a render and--had I not known better--I would have believed you. It just looks too "perfect," if you know what I mean.

Taft

I agree with you. I think that section of Streeterville - while none of the individual new buildings are going to make the pages of top architecture magazines - has an unexpected greatness. I really can't complain about the way it's turning out - no thanks to the City, really, but thanks to SOAR and perhaps high hopes of the Spire around the corner.

Or, were you just commenting on Solarwind's photography skills?

cityofblindinglights · #**8842** Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 5:40 PM**

already out with the red and green?

Mr Downtown · #**8843** Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 6:18 PM**

¿Es rojo y verde por el 16 de septiembre, no?

Alliance · #**8844** Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 10:32 PM**

Yup. I can't imagine what else it would be.

(Mexican Independence Day for all the gringos out there)

wrab · #**8845** Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 11:27 PM**

(British School at right foreground)

This tower has some beautiful concrete finishes that my quick snapshots can't do justice to - buttery smooth in some places, heavily textured in others - really first rate.

Also, great to see operable windows on many of these new towers - in addition to providing good old-fashioned low-tech ventilation, they help to break up/enliven the surface.

VivaLFuego · #**8846** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 12:18 AM**

Any word on whether the other SoNo tower will start construction any time soon?

cityofblindinglights · #**8847** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 2:37 AM**

i was on the roof next to the silver tower today shooting a music video, so i snapped some shots...

sorry i have a terrible point and shoot camera

honte · #**8848** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 3:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by cityofblindinglights

sorry i have a terrible point and shoot camera

A guy filming music videos who has a bad Point-and-shoot camera? I love it.

CoBL, thanks a lot for the large contributions you've made. It looks like you're going to give us a lot of unique perspectives, given the track record already.

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Cbotnyse, I think I agree with you now on the glass for 110 Superior. It's not my favorite, but it's made a nice impact on the area from a variety perspective. Silver Tower is looking OK as well.

Ch.G, Ch.G · #**8849** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 4:32 AM**

^ Who's the music video for?

SolarWind · #**8850** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 11:15 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taft

There is something about this photo...you could have told me that it was a render and--had I not known better--I would have believed you. It just looks too "perfect," if you know what I mean.

The image consists of three pictures stitched together with a diminished vertical perspective, so the photo isn’t quite natural, but I found it interesting and posted it anyway.

BVictor1 · #**8851** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 1:49 PM**

An email I received about the Park Monroe

Taft · #**8852** Posted **Sep 16, 2008, 3:42 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolarWind

The image consists of three pictures stitched together with a diminished vertical perspective, so the photo isn’t quite natural, but I found it interesting and posted it anyway.

Maybe that was it. Good work with the stitching, though.

Honte: I agree with you about that section of Streetervilile, but I was referring specifically to that photo.

Taft

Ch.G, Ch.G · #**8853** Posted **Sep 17, 2008, 1:28 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by honte

I agree with you. I think that section of Streeterville - while none of the individual new buildings are going to make the pages of top architecture magazines - has an unexpected greatness. I really can't complain about the way it's turning out - no thanks to the City, really, but thanks to SOAR and perhaps high hopes of the Spire around the corner.

You're totally right, honte. I think it's the textural diversity: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. If only River North had turned out this way...

honte · #**8854** Posted **Sep 17, 2008, 2:42 AM**

^

I agree with you. The really exciting aspect for me is that there is a kind of unspoken thematic context to the designs: Color, tactile distinction, and material diversity (perhaps these together comprise what you refer to as "textural diversity").

One might try to argue that Weese (Time Life - orange and very rough with Cor-Ten) and Schipporeit-Heinrich (Lake Point Tower - Bronze and Green in glazed brick and smooth bronzed curtain) set the tone for this long ago.

It's great that today's designers seem to have picked up on this. The Spire and Hovey's tower, when (

) they both happen, will reinforce this concept.

brian_b · #**8855** Posted **Sep 17, 2008, 1:35 PM**

There was a drilling truck taking soil samples all over this site (surface lot) last month.

jc5680 · #**8856** Posted **Sep 17, 2008, 4:51 PM**

9.16

353 N Clark

Lincoln Park 2520
Still a sleepy sight, but some progress here and there

spyguy · #**8857** Posted **Sep 17, 2008, 7:06 PM**

http://www.suntimes.com/business/roeder/1167682,CST-FIN-roeder17.article

Ronald McDonald's new digs
BY DAVID ROEDER

...Porter plans a 13-story building that would be the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world. It would contain 90 guest rooms and be designed by the firm Antunovich & Associates.
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http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=2166

Chicago: Edition Hotel, 150 E. Ontario St., 270-unit mixed-use hotel, March 2009, $240 million..

HowardL · #**8858** Posted **Sep 18, 2008, 12:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by jc5680

9.16

Speaking of 2520, there are a couple of those little tractors that do demo up on the roof. Showed up yesterday. Looks like the last big bit of demo is getting geared up.

Bellow · #**8859** Posted **Sep 18, 2008, 12:50 AM**

It is very unfortunate that not only with a good context building being lost but a mediocre firm like Antunovich is designing the replacement.

honte · #**8860** Posted **Sep 18, 2008, 2:41 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bellow

It is very unfortunate that not only with a good context building being lost but a mediocre firm like Antunovich is designing the replacement.

Double-whammy, huh? Welcome to the forum, by the way.

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