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RedCorsair87 · #**5901** Posted **May 15, 2019, 6:49 PM**

What a view, but man, so many parking lots!

doomsdayprepper · #**5902** Posted **May 15, 2019, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by BuildingDude

Props to MKA for figuring this complicated structure out! It's one thing to have the vision. It's another to make it real!!

You're not kidding... this article blows my mind... and it's written by the engineers themselves!

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=13221

Elliphant · #**5903** Posted **May 15, 2019, 7:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by RedCorsair87

What a view, but man, so many parking lots!

I'd buy them but all my imaginary real estate investment money is going towards buying up property in Venezuela atm

gebs · #**5904** Posted **May 15, 2019, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Elliphant

Looks like my summer housing view is going to let me watch from bed as Vista gets her glass finished off

30 E Balbo? Nice!

Elliphant · #**5905** Posted **May 15, 2019, 11:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by gebs

30 E Balbo? Nice!

You got it! If only I were a couple floors higher, then the bubble gum moose would be the first thing I see when I'd wake up lol

BonoboZill4 · #**5906** Posted **May 16, 2019, 2:41 AM**

cantilevered scaffolding looks quite precarious...

I'll try to remember to bring my camera tomorrow for close-ups

vexxed82 · #**5907** Posted **May 16, 2019, 11:03 PM**

5/15 from Northerly

2PRUROCKS! · #**5908** Posted **May 17, 2019, 12:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by doomsdayprepper

You're not kidding... this article blows my mind... and it's written by the engineers themselves!

https://www.structuremag.org/?p=13221

I found this quote from the article to be very interesting and new information to this forum I believe.

"The 87th story is 28 feet tall and clad with a grill that will appear solid from the ground while allowing wind to pass through the tower at this elevation. The blow-through effect directly relieves a portion of the wind force but also disrupts the flow and amplitude of wind forces for several stories above and below. Along with the switch to porous roof screens, the net effect of the blow-through level is a 24 percent reduction of the cross-wind lateral response."

So it sounds like the blow-through level will not appear open but will be clad in a grill and the top screen will be porous and not a continuation of the glass. I don't think we have seen renderings that depict these features. Hopefully they are handled well as to enhance the overall aesthetics of the building and not detract from it.

LouisVanDerWright · #**5909** Posted **May 17, 2019, 12:30 AM**

Based on the awesome grills they are putting on the mech levels it will probably look awesome.

vexxed82 · #**5910** Posted **May 17, 2019, 1:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Based on the awesome grills they are putting on the mech levels it will probably look awesome.

I was driving North on LSD today, and saw a face. The grill forms the mouth while the light glass bands higher up form the nose and eyes. Now I can't unsee it

Just found it in this photo from last week

sentinel · #**5911** Posted **May 17, 2019, 1:07 AM**

I'm curious as to why the crown doesn't have the same angle as the rest of the top frustrum.

vexxed82 · #**5912** Posted **May 17, 2019, 3:08 AM**

From today (5/16)

I've been shooting too much lately, ha. I dashed over to Navy Pier in hopes catch the early afternoon storm. The shelf cloud din't quite hold together by the time it got to the city, but the view of Vista was pretty nice. Today only further cemented my position that this building will look its best when it's overcast.

Here are the storm shots I tried to take:

SteelMonkey · #**5913** Posted **May 17, 2019, 3:52 AM**

Wow that glass just pops in those first 2 shots! Agree completely it looks its best under the canopy

dropdeaded209 · #**5914** Posted **May 17, 2019, 7:00 AM**

Late 80s Helmut Jahn would approve lol the colors look similar to his low-rise projects in Evanston and Naperville!

The Lurker · #**5915** Posted **May 17, 2019, 8:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by vexxed82

I was driving North on LSD today, and saw a face. The grill forms the mouth while the light glass bands higher up form the nose and eyes. Now I can't unsee it

Just found it in this photo from last week

Yup there it is. Reminds me of a minecraft character. Excellent shots all around btw

Halsted & Villagio · #**5916** Posted **May 17, 2019, 12:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

Late 80s Helmut Jahn would approve lol the colors look similar to his low-rise projects in Evanston and Naperville!

A couple of things about late 80's Jahn - he was original and he was not afraid to take chances. This tower embodies that. If anything, this tower's glass design is more conservative than 80's Jahn, but at this height and design, there is no other tower like it in world. Original, unafraid, tasteful this tower is.... I love it!

Fantastic BOLD addition to an iconic skyline.

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cozy · #**5917** Posted **May 17, 2019, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by 2PRUROCKS!

I don't think we have seen renderings that depict these features. Hopefully they are handled well as to enhance the overall aesthetics of the building and not detract from it.

Wishful thinking, but they might be able to light the area now! or even allow residents to wander inside... doubt it

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Originally Posted by sentinel

I'm curious as to why the crown doesn't have the same angle as the rest of the top frustrum.

In order to accommodate the sloshing dampers:

SFBruin · #**5918** Posted **May 20, 2019, 4:16 AM**

This tower looks much better in overcast weather than in sunny weather. Just my 2 cents.

harryc · #**5919** Posted **May 20, 2019, 1:30 PM**

May 10-18

Wacker/Clark

Oak Park

jtown,man · #**5920** Posted **May 20, 2019, 1:35 PM**

Chicago may not have the highest or the most skyscrapers...but my God, they have the best skyline. I remember seeing the skyline in person for the first time(as a non-child) in 2004. I was amazed by it and continue to be today. I know you guys are spoiled when it comes to skyscraper construction, but I think you all should be extremely happy and grateful to have such a beauty being built.