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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

^ you're still typing that smack dab in the middle of one of the biggest skycraper buidling booms the city has ever witnessed. 4 towers >800' currently U/C, with a a 5th on the way shortly (that's never happened before, ever, in the entire history of chicago).

and then you throw in plans for the 78, lincoln yards, riverline, 400 NLSD, Trib addition, NEMA II, LSE site I, 1000M, etc. and it becomes crystal clear to me that chicago is absolutely still making big plans.

a disappointing height outcome for wolf point south does not change that reality. it just demonstrates that some are getting spoiled.

I still think we are under performing ..call me spoiled but when i see NYC having like 12t o possible 15 towers over about 1000 ft or higher going up...basically about 3 times the amount of all our buildings UC at 600 ft plus i cant wonder why Chicago isn't building atleast a 1/3 whats going up in NYC..throughout its history chicago was alwasy about half ( or less) of what NYC was buiilding (buildings over 500ft)...if they had 20 buildings over 500ft being built Chicago was about 10... feel like NYC just exploded with the construction on another scale and were just doing OK relative... Thats why i get upset with super prime sites like wolf point just getting 800 ft is such a letdown..what type of prime property can warrant a super tall then?