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george · #**1621** Posted **Sep 29, 2009, 10:30 PM**

9-29

left of center · #**1622** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 4:11 AM**

you know, sometimes its really not that bad... you just gotta step back. waaaay back. and view it from a distance

Crush_Buds · #**1623** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 5:43 AM**

Is there anything in that fez hat at the top? A creepy library for its wealthy owner??

george · #**1624** Posted **Sep 30, 2009, 1:12 PM**

^This explains it.^

Quote:

Originally Posted by spyguy

http://midwest.construction.com/features/archive/2009/0909_F2_RoofMountedDamper.asp

Liquid Assets: Roof-Mounted Damper Stifles Sway
in the Windy City.
By Paula Widholm

Chicago’s newest hotel/condo tower houses one of the nation’s first tuned liquid dampers, a system to ensure stillness inside when gale winds whip around outside.

James2390 · #**1625** Posted **Oct 3, 2009, 3:09 PM**

I work around the block from this, so I have been keeping a close eye on its progress. This has turned out much better than I expected it to, though the brown material on top can go.

wrab · #**1626** Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 11:21 PM**

10/17

the one and only · #**1627** Posted **Oct 17, 2009, 11:59 PM**

wow thats beautiful wrabbit

BVictor1 · #**1628** Posted **Oct 20, 2009, 4:44 PM**

10/20/09

metroXpress · #**1629** Posted **Oct 20, 2009, 5:30 PM**

The progress looks fantastic!!

andydie · #**1630** Posted **Oct 26, 2009, 7:40 PM**

hello friends and skyscraperfans,

here comes my newest update for the nearly finished Elysian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a83qES9xgOQ

Enjoy in HQ

Music: Kyau and Albert - 7 skies (Club Mix)

wrab · #**1631** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 12:11 AM**

Thanks BVic for the night shots & George for the closeups.

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KB0679 · #**1632** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 12:35 AM**

Looks like a giant fez on top that's missing its tassel. Otherwise, I like the actual tower.

sentinel · #**1633** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 3:32 AM**

^^It's funny, I think a lot of forumers have commented on the resemblance of the crown to a shriner's fez - but I agree that the actual tower itself has grown on me. Why not have a little glaring, over-indulgent decadence in Chicago once in a while?

woodrow · #**1634** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 3:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentinel

^^It's funny, I think a lot of forumers have commented on the resemblance of the crown to a shriner's fez - but I agree that the actual tower itself has grown on me. Why not have a little glaring, over-indulgent decadence in Chicago once in a while?

I agree, but if they hadn't value engineered the roof it would have been the perfect overthetop to the over-indulgent decadence. Still like the silhouette of the tower.

sentinel · #**1635** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 3:45 AM**

^^Agreed - I really wish they had also gone with the darker/black window frames - I know many fellow forumers have bemoaned this fact many times in the past, but it's really become (for me, personally) more of a nuisance as the building has neared completion.

KB0679 · #**1636** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 5:05 PM**

^Yeah, darker window frames would have made it pop more with the contrast with the actual exterior material.

northbay · #**1637** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 5:36 PM**

wow. pleasantly surprised at how well this building turned out. i expected much worse. modern representations of classical or traditional architecture are hard to do well.

Onward · #**1638** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 6:41 PM**

Nice under the radar tower. Not the greatest nor the worst. You guys up in Chicago are spoiled.

Vertigo · #**1639** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 6:52 PM**

Is the crown finished?

It seems like I remember the rendering showing some decorative embellishments on the slanted sides.

the one and only · #**1640** Posted **Oct 27, 2009, 9:15 PM**

i think it has a small resemblance to the Park Tower