CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 892

emathias · #**17821** Posted **Sep 27, 2020, 4:54 AM**

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Talking history, wasn't trump supposed to be tallest in the nation until 9/11 then they decreased the height? But another 75' on the spire would have been better.

I don't know if it was ever a serious goal, but it was definitely tossed around as a possibility.

harryc · #**17822** Posted **Sep 27, 2020, 2:10 PM**

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harryc · #**17825** Posted **Sep 27, 2020, 10:01 PM**

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rgarri4 · #**17826** Posted **Sep 27, 2020, 10:50 PM**

Via Power Constructions Linkedin. I guess both of these broke ground 5 days ago.

harryc · #**17827** Posted **Sep 28, 2020, 12:13 AM**

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harryc · #**17828** Posted **Sep 28, 2020, 12:20 AM**

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jc5680 · #**17829** Posted **Sep 28, 2020, 1:17 AM**

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maru2501 · #**17830** Posted **Sep 28, 2020, 4:15 PM**

on 450 n LaSalle, did we figure out the deal with the little white building there that used to house English?

I thought it was going to be a demo but they clearly built around it

Barrelfish · #**17831** Posted **Sep 28, 2020, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by maru2501

on 450 n LaSalle, did we figure out the deal with the little white building there that used to house English?

I thought it was going to be a demo but they clearly built around it

AFAIK the white building was always separated from the latest development plans and there were no plans to demo it. I think it may be landmarked in some way? (the facade is egyptian revival). IIRC there were plans pre-COVID to turn it into a dispensary.

Drcastro · #**17832** Posted **Sep 30, 2020, 11:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by Barrelfish

AFAIK the white building was always separated from the latest development plans and there were no plans to demo it. I think it may be landmarked in some way? (the facade is egyptian revival). IIRC there were plans pre-COVID to turn it into a dispensary.

This was answered earlier in this thread (I asked). It is landmarked.

maru2501 · #**17833** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 3:01 PM**

thanks

Mr Downtown · #**17834** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 3:20 PM**

Images showing new massing for 601 S. Dearborn are going around. Still FitzGerald. Not, IMHO, an improvement. Nor do I think Landmarks will think this belongs on Printing House Row.

maru2501 · #**17835** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 4:05 PM**

can't tell too much from that, but at first glance it does appear to be a hospital in Ohio

sentinel · #**17836** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 4:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

Images showing new massing for 601 S. Dearborn are going around. Still FitzGerald. Not, IMHO, an improvement. Nor do I think Landmarks will think this belongs on Printing House Row.

Ugh..looks...not good. I hope Landmarks agrees. It does not belong anywhere.

Chi-Sky21 · #**17837** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 6:26 PM**

I am just curious , what is the reason the streets are every halfblock there? Dearborn station? I always wondered about Plymouth and Federal streets and why the grid changes there.

BruceP · #**17838** Posted **Oct 1, 2020, 8:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chi-Sky21

I am just curious , what is the reason the streets are every halfblock there? Dearborn station? I always wondered about Plymouth and Federal streets and why the grid changes there.

I understood that when the streets were laid out, the plan was to make Dearborn similar to a boulevard, with the half-blocks between Dearborn and Plymouth and Dearborn and Federal landscaped parkways from Jackson to Dearborn Station. But, it just didn't happen.

Skyguy_7 · #**17839** Posted **Oct 2, 2020, 1:33 PM**

A raw 19th floor of the new 145 S Wells

View-obstructing columns should always be clad in mirrors!

10023 · #**17840** Posted **Oct 2, 2020, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

A raw 19th floor of the new 145 S Wells

View-obstructing columns should always be clad in mirrors!

As long as they’re not interior columns, and turn some poor office drone in a hurry into a bird.