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PittsburghPA · #1 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 1:17 AM**

I think the same when I'm anywhere with a distant view of the city. Sears, AON, and JHC always have the most impact. No matter what the vantage point.

PittsburghPA · #2 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 2:54 AM**

Haha I wasn't clever enough to realize I was making a pun but it does make sense!

gebs · #3 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 1:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by PittsburghPA

Haha I wasn't clever enough to realize I was making a pun but it does make sense!

Some might even say it will trump 401 N Wabash when it's finished.

rlw777 · #4 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 8:18 PM**

Chicago now has another supertall!!! The core is now 1 floor above 300 meters.

PittsburghPA · #5 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 10:46 PM**

Glass updates on the Northern Elevation. Taken today around 4pm

bnk · #6 Posted **Oct 17, 2018, 11:06 PM**

So little time so much to go, on the glass.

PittsburghPA · #7 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 12:09 AM**

Definitely. Let's hope they start catching a groove. It appears as if they may have already broken a few panes of glass. I could be wrong though.

bnk · #8 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 12:13 AM**

Its going to be a cold winter for the tradesman's inside.

Donnie77 · #9 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:17 AM**

Does my Vista deceive me or am i looking at gorgeous green glass?

Bless you Gang,gang,gang

vexxed82 · #10 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by Donnie77

Does my Vista deceive me or am i looking at gorgeous green glass?

Bless you Gang,gang,gang

Still hard to tell. The panes on the upper levels look pretty blue..but are also reflecting a really clear blue sky.

The panes on the lower levels appear more green, but there's also a lot of seafoamy green accents being reflected in the glass from the Riverview Condominiums.

Best way to tell is on an overcast day when the glass isn't reflecting blue sky.

PittsburghPA · #11 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by vexxed82

Still hard to tell. The panes on the upper levels look pretty blue..but are also reflecting a really clear blue sky.

The panes on the lower levels appear more green, but there's also a lot of seafoamy green accents being reflected in the glass from the Riverview Condominiums.

Best way to tell is on an overcast day when the glass isn't reflecting blue sky.

You'd know better as an accomplished photographer but it appears my pictures don't do any favors for determining the color due to the time of day. The sun was still hitting the lower portions...I think...

Edit: Upon further inspection I think you're spot on. It looks as if the upper portions are reflecting the sky and the lower portions are reflecting Riverview.

vexxed82 · #12 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:22 AM**

bKL posted a shot from the tower of the reflections...

Here's the tweet > https://twitter.com/bKLarchitecture/...96016896622592

aaron38 · #13 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:38 AM**

Those with eyes on the tower will have to report to us the glass color. Beware computer monitor bias.
I still recall when the Curiosity rover first landed on Mars. I viewed the exact same color image on three different monitors. One showed a blue sky, one an orange sky, one a grey sky. The exact same image. I haven't trusted a computer screen for true color representation ever since.

Zapatan · #14 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:48 AM**

Why did they start cladding the class on a completely random part of the tower as opposed to the bottom, like every other building?

I mean, maybe there's a legit reason, just wondering.

bnk · #15 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 1:57 AM**

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Why did they start cladding the class on a completely random part of the tower as opposed to the bottom, like every other building?

I mean, maybe there's a legit reason, just wondering.

Regardless of what level they start on the north face has to be done first.

That is where the winds will blow in mostly...

Winter is coming.

LouisVanDerWright · #16 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 3:38 AM**

In person the glass is pretty clearly green, it fades from emerald to more of a bluish teal/aqua. The really stunning effect is the change in reflective which gives off odd almost rust/orange/metallic hues from certain angles where the reflectivity of the glass peaks. The effect is quite psychedelic in person even though it's mostly just the slab caps now. It's going to be quite interesting to see when they get a full 20 or so floors of it up...

ungerdog · #17 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 4:05 AM**

Taken Saturday from the Blue Cross Blue Shield building during my Open House Chicago expedition...

Donnie77 · #18 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 5:58 AM**

Beautiful shots guys and i guess the bird ledge is black not stainless steel like we thought!

I can live with that.

cozy · #19 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 3:39 PM**

So much talk about the color of the glass, im going to try to put this discussion to bed at the risk of being wrong.

Different sections of the building have entirely different glass.

Notyrview · #20 Posted **Oct 18, 2018, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by cozy

So much talk about the color of the glass, im going to try to put this discussion to bed at the risk of being wrong.

Different sections of the building have entirely different glass.

I know, that's totally what it looks like but i think it's just a trick of changing hue and light/shadow? unless they decided to make the base green and the top blue which i hope is not the case.