CHICAGO | Essex on the Park | 607 FT | 56 FLOORS - Page 11

Bombardier · #**201** Posted **Sep 11, 2017, 12:39 PM**

The climbing core has been jumped above the adjacent East-West University building to the south. I believe the top of the core is about the elevation of the winter garden right now. This is starting to really take off.

SolarWind · #**202** Posted **Sep 15, 2017, 9:23 AM**

September 13, 2017

harryc · #**203** Posted **Sep 15, 2017, 7:00 PM**

Sept 14

Next time I will go up that extra ramp to get the excellent angle that Solar found.

harryc · #**204** Posted **Sep 23, 2017, 5:46 PM**

Sept 23

BVictor1 · #**205** Posted **Sep 26, 2017, 11:38 AM**

09/25/17

BrandonJXN · #**206** Posted **Sep 26, 2017, 1:34 PM**

This may or may not have been answered but are they going to upgrade the Essex Hotel?

SteelMonkey · #**207** Posted **Sep 26, 2017, 6:46 PM**

Yes it will. Some excerpts from previous articles

The soon-to-be-landmarked midcentury modern hotel will be expanded from 254 to 271 guest rooms and repositioned as the ‘Hotel Essex.’ Shared amenities include a new chef-driven three-meal restaurant, a bi-level sky bar named ‘SX,’ and a multi-story indoor winter garden with pool and spa.

The hotel renovations, slated to start in late 2018, will be completed at the same time as the Essex on the Park apartment building opens.

harryc · #**208** Posted **Oct 12, 2017, 6:04 PM**

Oct 4

spyguy · #**209** Posted **Oct 14, 2017, 4:25 PM**

HPA

sentinel · #**210** Posted **Oct 14, 2017, 4:42 PM**

^Nice, but that Jahn building looks waaaaaayyyy over-scaled

BVictor1 · #**211** Posted **Oct 17, 2017, 6:14 AM**

10/15/17

Bombardier · #**212** Posted **Oct 17, 2017, 10:35 AM**

Nice shot Bvic! The top framed floor in that photo was poured yesterday. It is the 7th floor which is the winter garden and amenities. Now they will start the high shoring for the slab above the winter garden (floor 11) and simultaneously floors 8, 9, and 10 on the west side of the building. The building steps in above this floor, so it will really take off moving into winter.

Joe Zekas · #**213** Posted **Oct 18, 2017, 2:59 PM**

Essex on thePark by YoChicago, on Flickr

harryc · #**214** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 2:37 PM**

Oct 15

Oct 17

Oct 19

from 777 S State

The Best Forumer · #**215** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 2:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by sentinel

^Nice, but that Jahn building looks waaaaaayyyy over-scaled

Which one is the Jahn bulding?

trvlr70 · #**216** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 3:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joe Zekas

Essex on thePark by YoChicago, on Flickr

What's up with the empty lot direction south of the Ebony/Jet building?

gebs · #**217** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 3:10 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by trvlr70

What's up with the empty lot direction south of the Ebony/Jet building?

Were it not for the height caps thanks to the South Michigan historic district, that lot could feature something like this:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/666...x2-940x627.jpg

Steely Dan · #**218** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 3:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by trvlr70

What's up with the empty lot direction south of the Ebony/Jet building?

it was supposed to be developed into this, but then it got great recessioned.

source:http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/...k-Michigan.php

BVictor1 · #**219** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 3:41 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by trvlr70

What's up with the empty lot direction south of the Ebony/Jet building?

I believe that lot is owned by the Pritzker's.

kemachs · #**220** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 5:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

it was supposed to be developed into this, but then it got great recessioned.

source:http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/...k-Michigan.php

Another article on that project says it actually died before the great recession (in 2005). Not sure which architecture blog is correct.. For those interested, the one I found includes a good bit of the site's history:

http://arcchicago.blogspot.com/2012/...-michigan.html