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Kumdogmillionaire · #**661** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^^ 400 N LSD presentation is next tuesday, not tonight.

Yeah, I made a quick edit since I forgot to mention I was thinking of the 78's date, since well... both are Related. Either way I stand by the prediction haha

AlpacaObsessor · #**662** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

60 minutes or less before the news might start breaking from my favorite peeps who are able to attend. Here's my humble predictions:

- Two towers, one shorter than the other, which is all but confirmed by everything we know... so that's hardly a bold claim

- The main tower will kind of look like a choad, and use much of the foundation from the Spire.

-The second tower will be MUCH smaller. Thin and under 700 feet. The main will be under 900 feed.

-They will have terracotta involved at the base and run up to the top, where both will have weird pyramid tops like they belong in Philly or Charlotte

-At least 4 people throw tomatos at Related during the presentation

-An old woman faints, and a dog dies in the crowd only moments after the bad designs are released

-They start to VE the design during the presentation, small children and women begin to cry now.

-The financial markets crash

-And worst of all, I, and at least 3 other people get into a slapfight here.

Hold me ladies and gents

Guess I'll go ahead and post my contrarian prediction:

-Related Midwest proposes two 4000' towers clad in pure 24k gold
-The building shakes as the crowd erupts into a chorus of applause
-Towers go up in record time
-It is now 2021, Oprah Winfrey is president of the United States and Chicago holds a AAA bond rating.

Edit: added some words

left of center · #**663** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:09 PM**

You forgot the primary building materials for both towers will be sacks of potatoes. Two towers built almost entirely of potato, as a testament to Chicago's Polish population.

Only the best from Related!

AlpacaObsessor · #**664** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by left of center

You forgot the primary building materials for both towers will be sacks of potatoes. Two towers built almost entirely of potato, as a testament to Chicago's Polish population.

Only the best from Related!

I reckon this would be a big selling point for their condos too. Hungry? Just punch a hole in the wall, dig out a potato, boil it, and you got a meal. You never have to go grocery shopping ever again! Brilliant plan if you ask me.

left of center · #**665** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:22 PM**

^ And the great thing is that the potato superstructure, isolated from and not exposed to oxygen, will slowly begin to ferment anaerobically! Need a drink? Punch the wall, and hold your glass as some high quality *distilled in Chicago* vodka pours out!

Kngkyle · #**666** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by AlpacaObsessor

I reckon this would be a big selling point for their condos too. Hungry? Just punch a hole in the wall, dig out a potato, boil it, and you got a meal. You never have to go grocery shopping ever again! Brilliant plan if you ask me.

Not only that, but after awhile, the potatoes will start to replenish themselves to provide even more potatoes.

AlpacaObsessor · #**667** Posted **May 10, 2018, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kngkyle

Not only that, but after awhile, the potatoes will start to replenish themselves to provide even more potatoes.

So a self growing potato tower then! 4000' feet when the tower opens, with a possibility of it eventually organically growing to reach the lower stratsophere in our lifetime. Truly ambitious

Khantilever · #**668** Posted **May 10, 2018, 11:10 PM**

Check out Related's new promo video for the 78. I may be wrong, but I think it uses some of what may end up being in the eventual promo for the Spire site.

The first 30 seconds have a very different feel--sound, atmosphere, pace, voiceover--than the rest of the video, which is basically the same film they released months ago for the 78. The opening shot flies in over the Lake and positions the Chicago Harbor Light right where the towers will be. The rest showcases prominent buildings along the River. The last few seconds before transitioning to the old 78 video again features the Spire site with the narrator quoting Burnham (with more modern language) "our sons, daughters and grandchildren are going to do things that would stagger us".

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/c...development-ryan-ori-20180510-story.html

harryc · #**669** Posted **May 10, 2018, 11:11 PM**

2007

BVictor1 · #**670** Posted **May 11, 2018, 1:03 AM**

Article in tomorrows Tribune...

BVictor1 · #**671** Posted **May 11, 2018, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by 21C CHI>LA

the tribune is full of articles everyday.
no need to tease us. we "geeks" (used with affection and respect) need some answers!

Not a tease, a heads up.

Maybe some of those geek questions will be answered by said article...

JK47 · #**672** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

Not a tease, a heads up.

Maybe some of those geek questions will be answered by said article...

Haven't seen anything as of yet. Perhaps this evening.

BobbyChicago · #**673** Posted **May 11, 2018, 5:28 PM**

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...ire-site-development-20180510-story.html

Under a proposal developer Related Midwest is expected to unveil at a community meeting Tuesday, a 1,000-foot-tall tower and a slightly smaller, but similar 850-foot tower would be erected on the dormant 2.2-acre site at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, according to city sources familiar with the plans but not authorized to discuss them publicly. The towers would house condos, apartments and a hotel, the sources said.

JK47 · #**674** Posted **May 11, 2018, 5:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

Not a tease, a heads up.

Maybe some of those geek questions will be answered by said article...

Nevermind. It's up and it is every bit as disappointing as we feared it would be. The tallest tower is just 1000 feet. Rather this gets rejected.

BVictor1 · #**675** Posted **May 11, 2018, 5:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by BobbyChicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...ire-site-development-20180510-story.html

Under a proposal developer Related Midwest is expected to unveil at a community meeting Tuesday, a 1,000-foot-tall tower and a slightly smaller, but similar 850-foot tower would be erected on the dormant 2.2-acre site at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive, according to city sources familiar with the plans but not authorized to discuss them publicly. The towers would house condos, apartments and a hotel, the sources said.

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A spokeswoman for Related Midwest declined to comment on the project Friday. Renderings of the towers have not yet been made public. A city source who has reviewed the plans, however, said the towers are sheathed mostly in glass, feature multiple setbacks and taper notably toward the top.

BVictor1 · #**676** Posted **May 11, 2018, 5:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by JK47

Nevermind. It's up and it is every bit as disappointing as we feared it would be. The tallest tower is just 1000 feet. Rather this gets rejected.

Rejected? You've not seen it!

Kumdogmillionaire · #**677** Posted **May 11, 2018, 6:06 PM**

Que asco

Skyguy_7 · #**678** Posted **May 11, 2018, 6:07 PM**

"...just 1,000 feet"

C'mon, now you're just sounding spoiled! A massive, 2,000' tall tower was a pie in the sky and never practical for this site, for reasons mentioned on the previous page. I'd rather see the skyline from the lake taper upwards towards TT, Vista and Trump Tower. 1,000' is a good beginning.

nomarandlee · #**679** Posted **May 11, 2018, 6:22 PM**

Yea, 1000ft would be great if it's a nice design. The only development that I have found as inexcusably short given its location was River Point topping out at 700ft. That site deserved an exclamation point as much if not more than LSD/river. RP should have ideally at least been +900ft. Now it just looks like a nice but much less interesting brother to 150 Riverside.

Hudson11 · #**680** Posted **May 11, 2018, 6:30 PM**

definitely not "way taller" then. sadface. Hopefully Childs cooked up something iconic.