I just walked past that. It isn't a whole, but actually a dirt mound. It just looks different.
Thanks for the explanation. The reflection of that water does give the illusion of digging. I read that Phase 2 would be starting later this year but now its looking like its not. But of course it's not the end of the year yet and there's construction vehicles on that north end parking. I also don't see all the parked cars that were there often.
On one hand the panel detail looks quite cool up close like that.
On the other hand, the "porous, absorptive" veil that was initially promised is nowhere to be found. Its like this is a complete different building than what was shown in the renderings.
Federal Courthouse
From earlier today, standing on the corner of 1st and Broadway, looking southwest. They've started adding two more floors on the east side, and fireproofing of the steel looks to have been finished on the 3rd floor, but not the second.
^ Conversion to apartments, I believe. It's been under construction for some time. At least 6 months.
Looks like the grass at Grand Park has seen better days. I wonder if they're cutting back on watering it because of the drought.
202_Cyclist, fireproofing is a spray-on fire retardant that dries into the light grey color seen in my photograph (compared to the rusty brown-red of the steel floors above), and protects the steel from fire for roughly 3-4 hours, I believe. Doesn't make it fireproof, per se, but provides enough time to evacuate a building and allow for firefighters to put out the fire before the structural integrity is compromised. Pretty standard in fire codes for this type of construction in most countries these days.
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