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

[BuildThemTaller]

Originally Posted by vexxed82

I do stitch images together (to 'fit' more into the scene) on occasion. Particularly with Vista and other tall buildings, I need to stack two photos vertically to fit it . BUT I typically keep the settings the same so the brightness/color of the photos are identical for a seamless blend of the frames.

That said, do you mean, like different photos taken on different days?

I don't know if I'm explaining this very well as I don't have the words for it. I was thinking about a gradient of Vista from different days and putting slices of each day side-by-side to get a view of how the tower changes in different lighting. Something a bit like this:

[Toasty Joe]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

I don't know if I'm explaining this very well as I don't have the words for it. I was thinking about a gradient of Vista from different days and putting slices of each day side-by-side to get a view of how the tower changes in different lighting. Something a bit like this:

this photographer likes to do stuff like that, granted it looks within the same day but similar effect... can see Vista in the right side of the first one:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHWgWytlOHh/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKICX3BlHNE/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfX4U6FuMf/

[vexxed82]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

I don't know if I'm explaining this very well as I don't have the words for it. I was thinking about a gradient of Vista from different days and putting slices of each day side-by-side to get a view of how the tower changes in different lighting. Something a bit like this:

Ahhh. I got ya, I made this one smooth blend (below) between a day and a night shot some time back. In your example the individual Alices vary a lot more than mine might, because I'd probably try to normalize the white balance/color grading so each slice is more neutral.

I suppose I could do it in horizontal slices instead of vertical, but it would require to be in a very precise spot multiple times. It can be done, but I think a comparison of a multiple photos at different times of day would prove more effective since on any given day the reflections slightly differ from the base to the crown.

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[cozy]

Originally Posted by Razorback

Those are some amazing photos. Does your friend have a sharable social media account (preferably Instagram)?

yessir! https://www.instagram.com/aeriformchicago/

he did most of the aerials for "Chicago From The Air" with Geoffrey Baer, super cool stuff.

[Razorback]

Thank you sir!!! I wanted to make sure he received the credit for his work!!!

Originally Posted by cozy

yessir! https://www.instagram.com/aeriformchicago/

he did most of the aerials for "Chicago From The Air" with Geoffrey Baer, super cool stuff.

[chris08876]

I love winter!

Vista is very much a winter tower. Goes well with the cerulean lake in the spring, the dark blue lake of the summer, the green radioactive river during Saint Patrick's and the cold, depression blue lake of winter.


Chicago Skyline - Sunset by Ben Conrad, on Flickr

[Royaley]

Nice to see you all these images and also I have got the idea to make the posters of some pictures to stick at the walls of my lash bar

[cozy]

Originally Posted by chris08876

I love winter!

Vista is very much a winter tower. Goes well with the cerulean lake in the spring, the dark blue lake of the summer, the green radioactive river during Saint Patrick's and the cold, depression blue lake of winter.

Yess. I feel like the seasonality of this tower is a huge part of its appeal. Always responding to it's surroundings. My favorite part of the winter is the massive exhaust plume it adds to the skyline

[chris08876]

Frozen river. by Brian Kay, on Flickr

[donnie]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDrjBlOb1GM

[SteelMonkey]

Originally Posted by donnie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDrjBlOb1GM

Sweet vid thanks for posting

[iLeunamme]

Like I said, pictures don’t do this beauty justice. That video is living proof. Now if you haven’t seen it in person, save your judgement until you do.

[harryc]

Feb 16







The louvers abide






Another example of a mech floor that ( at the time ) everyone ganged up on.

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by harryc

Another example of a mech floor that ( at the time ) everyone ganged up on.

I see what you did there...

[Toasty Joe]

Originally Posted by harryc

It'd be cool if the exterior of the blow through floor had this pattern and it was lined with lights (that could change color like JHC)

[SIGSEGV]

Originally Posted by Toasty Joe

It'd be cool if the exterior of the blow through floor had this pattern and it was lined with lights (that could change color like JHC)

If there was a way to avoid residents being bothered by the diffuse emission it might make sense...

[Tombstoner]

Originally Posted by Toasty Joe

It'd be cool if the exterior of the blow through floor had this pattern and it was lined with lights (that could change color like JHC)

I have been thinking exactly that as well. It's such a distinctive motif that could be used more extensively (blow through + louvers) that would better integrate the those and make them look less out-of-place/like an afterthought or necessary evil. Not so sure about the lighting...

[left of center]

I have some vague recollection that the city does not allow illumination of blow through floors for whatever reason. Otherwise I think that's a great idea.

Edit: Yes, I remembered correctly:

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/7/17...-design-update

These sorts of wind breaks are not uncommon on very tall and very slender skyscrapers. New York’s 432 Park Avenue utilizes five such gaps across its 1,396-foot elevation. With the Manhattan supertall, however, these spaces were always part of the plan so they double as mechanical floors and feature attractive nighttime lighting.

This will not be the case with Vista’s blow-through floor. According to CAB, by law the space cannot be illuminated. The result is likely to appear as a dark horizontal band across the Studio Gang/bKL-designed building’s uppermost extremity.

[chris08876]

Winter Storm Has Passed by Yevgeniy Fedotkin, on Flickr

[The North One]

Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial

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The article is about one of the tallest, very expensive, new (it has only been occupied for 5 - 6 years) celebrated examples of poor design

on "billionaires row" and how many extremely rich people are becoming fed-up with its problems.

It is as much about the poverty of celebrity judgement as it is about the building which is now the epitome of the blow-through

necessitating bad design.

After huge amounts of controversy associated with 432 Park during its creation and in its short occupancy, it is becoming the "hanging

chad" of design.

The now-formerly-known-as-Vista building may come off better because it isn't as tall and it has a large base, but the blow-through style

belongs in the dustbin.

Agreed.

It should also be pointed out that this is the second major tower with a critically flawed design in Chicago that was done by Studio Gang. I really think they have no business designing tall towers and I'm not sure how they keep getting clients.

That blow-through is embarrassing, how the hell do you make an oversight like that?