CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS

[pianowizard]

This building is growing so fast! When do you guys predict it will top out? I am always looking for an excuse to visit Chicago, as it's just a 4.5-hour train or bus ride for me. Seeing this building topped out would be a good excuse.

[The Lurker]

Originally Posted by pianowizard

This building is growing so fast! When do you guys predict it will top out? I am always looking for an excuse to visit Chicago, as it's just a 4.5-hour train or bus ride for me. Seeing this building topped out would be a good excuse.

Shit, seeing it U/C is a good enough excuse. In 14 years of watching this site there has never been a reinforced concrete structure that was as fascinating to watch rise as this. Second only to 150 N. Riverside overall

[vexxed82]

Originally Posted by The Lurker

Shit, seeing it U/C is a good enough excuse. In 14 years of watching this site there has never been a reinforced concrete structure that was as fascinating to watch rise as this. Second only to 150 N. Riverside overall

For real. At this point, I'm happy for the curtain wall delay to continue. I think the concrete structure alone is fascinating.

[marothisu]

I'll post some pics later/another day but as I'm in Chicago, I went for a bike ride along the lake. Vista is visible from certain angles at North Avenue Beach and north. I was trying to imagine what it'll be like at double the height. Pretty great. OBP also visible from basically everywhere.

Oh yeah and Vista was peeking out into my hotel room view in Gold Coast.

[Chicago Shawn]

Originally Posted by sentinel

I think that might be '101 (total) floors', as IIRC, there are 3-4 floors below Wacker (lower, lower....lowest? Wacker). This means 98 at Upper Wacker, but +101 floors above CCD

Correct, it is 101 floors, including significant mezzanines, from grade level. There will be a public entrance to the pedway stystem at grade along Field Boulevard, thus the height of 1191’ and 101 floors are the official figures for the building.

[Fvn]

Originally Posted by Bonsai Tree

Wow! Awesome pictures everyone! It seems to me like they might be progressing at a slightly faster pace now that they have hit the first setback. From what I counted in the pictures, they completed another floor in only about 4 days! Which was faster than before. I know concrete takes the same amount of time to set, but they probably don't need to spend all that time doing the forms on the lower section. Hope this trend stays

The lower tier topping off doesn't mean the other part of the tower will necessarily speed up. From what I've observed they're essentially 2 different job sites. I think the main portion has been on a 4-5 day deck cycle for a while now (ever since they got past the lobby area?)

[left of center]

Originally Posted by Chicago Shawn

Correct, it is 101 floors, including significant mezzanines, from grade level. There will be a public entrance to the pedway stystem at grade along Field Boulevard, thus the height of 1191’ and 101 floors are the official figures for the building.

Sweet! Looks like the thread title needs updating then!

[BVictor1]

05/24/18

[marothisu]

Finally got to see this thing in real life yesterday. Damn - impressive. That's one of the most impressive buildings size wise I've seen and it's only like half way up (maybe not even half way). I think it's because you can see the whole thing that it adds to its size. Wide building.. Can't even imagine what it'll be like at nearly 1200 feet. I'll try and post some pics later.

[chris08876]

This thing is frickin massive.


Credit: buildingupchicago

[Notyrview]

Originally Posted by chris08876

This thing is frickin massive.


Credit: buildingupchicago

[gebs]

How far away is the first setback from topping off? It looks like it would be ready for its next inflection point, which is where it would stop and let its two siblings continue climbing.

And once that first "tower" tops off, it's more or less half the distance to the final height ... right?

[Bombardier]

^if you look in that photo, you can see the east core form work has started to be removed. The handrails and forms hanging from the long beams are gone, and just the beams and interior forms remain. That core is topped out.

[chris08876]

I made a very rough comparison of where its at utlizing rendering + pic via same perspective. Redline = estimate.

I don't have photoshop, so its at least something. Did it on powerpoint lol.

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Your red line looks perfect to me. That's definitely where we are. Good work

[The Lurker]

The comparison on the previous page just got me thinking. We're just past half way in height but as a fraction of total volume of concrete, the structure is over 2/3 complete, perhaps 3/4 if we account for the parking/podium levels. My fascination continues.

[left of center]

Will we now see Vista growing in height incrementally faster? Granted, a concrete pour will still require the same drying/setting time, but it still might speed up the crews by a about a day per floorplate (6 days instead of 7) I would think, since they will be focused on one less tower core.

Maybe I'm just impatient....

[marothisu]

^ Excellent photo.

5/28. Vista peeking out into the view from my hotel room this past weekend at Sofitel in Gold Coast (Wabash & Chestnut):

[marothisu]

5/28. Vista from the north side of the river

[left of center]

Jesus.

I almost wish that it won't ever be clad in glass at all; leave it as a massive, hulking, dehumanizing beast of a building. The city will put the heads of its enemies on pikes on the roof... as a warning to all the lesser cities out there...