CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ Some campaign donations were probably made that alleviated his concerns...

[Mr Downtown]

Wasn't his primary objection to the old proposal that it had a grocery store without adequate provision for truck access? Full-size grocery stores, hotels, and medical office buildings do pose special access challenges. I'm glad the downtown alderman can read a site plan.

[rivnorth22]

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

Wasn't his primary objection to the old proposal that it had a grocery store without adequate provision for truck access? Full-size grocery stores, hotels, and medical office buildings do pose special access challenges. I'm glad the downtown alderman can read a site plan.

I believe that was one of the major concerns yes. And by these renderings, I don't foresee a grocery store (large scale at least) happening as alley photos don't seem to show any loading docks? The alley actually seems rather large and more pedestrian friendly than car. Looking closer I don't even see where parking entrance would be on any side of the building for the multiple levels of parking.

I prefer this design dramatically over the older renderings and think it fits in with the newer River North architecture (3Eleven, Hubbard Place, Kingsbury Plaza, and all the new condos at Wells/Erie & Huron).

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ That's not laziness really. You see that kind of stuff in big cities all the time.

But my biggest pet peeve is delivery people who block alleys

I mean, the alleys aren’t your personal shortcut. They’re intended for service functions, which means they will be blocked by delivery trucks, utility workers, garbage trucks, etc from time to time. That helps keep the streets themselves open.

Take a peek before you turn onto an alley. that way you avoid the hassle of having to back out.

The city doesn’t allow dead-end alleys, so there’s almost always two ways to get to your garage.

[west-town-brad]

Originally Posted by ardecila

I mean, the alleys aren’t your personal shortcut. They’re intended for service functions, which means they will be blocked by delivery trucks, utility workers, garbage trucks, etc from time to time. That helps keep the streets themselves open.

Take a peek before you turn onto an alley. that way you avoid the hassle of having to back out.

The city doesn’t allow dead-end alleys, so there’s almost always two ways to get to your garage.

in my neighborhood we have to have speed bumps in alleys because people treat them like a personal high speed shortcut

[Joe Zekas]

Rapid change in River North by YoChicago, on Flickr.

Illustrating the rapid pace of change in River North, the image on the left was shot on June 28, 2016 and the one on the right on October 16, 2017. The first image has tower cranes for No. 9 Walton, Aurelien, Gallery on Wells and SixForty. The second image has tower cranes for No. 9 Walton and Lennar's Marlowe. The Marlowe crane is being disassembled.

[maru2501]

really amazing since photo #1 is fairly recent itself

[Joe Zekas]

Rapid change in River North by YoChicago, on Flickr.

Illustrating the rapid changes underway in River North, the top photo was shot on June 28, 2016 and the bottom one on October 16, 2017. Residents recently moved into the new towers at 3Eleven and HUBBARD221.

[left of center]

Originally Posted by Joe Zekas

Looks like the parking lots are drying up in that part of town. Guess those — ugly garages are next!

Thanks for the pics, Joe!

[Tom In Chicago]

Removed off-topic discussion. . .

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[Fvn]

Well, I found Renelle on the River's Webcam, lol-- https://public.earthcam.net/belgraviagroup

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Fvn

Well, I found Renelle on the River's Webcam, lol-- https://public.earthcam.net/belgraviagroup

This is a fascinating little development. I’m particularly interested in how this will change the view corridor looking down Wabash from north of Trump Tower.

[Steely Dan]

i moved all of the off topic discussion to the general chicago thread.

please continue there: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=208431

[Notyrview]

Originally Posted by Joe Zekas

Rapid change in River North by YoChicago, on Flickr.

Illustrating the rapid pace of change in River North, the image on the left was shot on June 28, 2016 and the one on the right on October 16, 2017. The first image has tower cranes for No. 9 Walton, Aurelien, Gallery on Wells and SixForty. The second image has tower cranes for No. 9 Walton and Lennar's Marlowe. The Marlowe crane is being disassembled.

Such an improvement. River North is slowly becoming unfugly. C'mon OCS.

[harryc]

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[maru2501]

view from mich ave bridge makes me more curious about the glass

[Siriusly]

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That Ironworker welding the knife connection has the Red Wing Irish Setters on, best boots for squirling the beams. Those and Thorogood's.

Originally Posted by harryc

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I don't know how the Carpenter's erect and take down all that shoring between floors. That job has got be boring and monotonous as hell. Like working on a Turbine Deck.

[Jibba]

Montrose/Clarendon


Atrium Village

[Fvn]

Originally Posted by Jibba

Montrose/Clarendon


Atrium Village

Any pictures of Atrium Phase 2? Caissons should be underway