CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS - Page 240

cozy · #1 Posted **Feb 20, 2019, 3:57 AM**

Evening of Tuesday Feb. 19th

SpireGuy · #2 Posted **Feb 20, 2019, 10:41 PM**

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Vista 2.19 by Chicagooan, on Flickr[/IMG]

Most buildings look better in the sun, but I feel Vista looks better on cloudy days. You can really see the gradient of the glass. Brightens up a cloudy day!

donnie · #3 Posted **Feb 20, 2019, 10:49 PM**

I would like if the school or Vista hired an artist for the black wall!

THRILLHO · #4 Posted **Feb 20, 2019, 11:06 PM**

Grabbed a shot while walking home the other night on the Michigan Ave bridge. I really wish they were allowed to light up the blowthrough floor, it would be a new Chicago icon at night like the Sears Tower antennas or John Hancock strip.

And one from my living room right now. The new GEMS building looks great too.

aaron38 · #5 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 4:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Guys why doesn't Chicago build anything big or interesting anymore?

I know LSE gets a lot of crap, but it is very dense and fun to walkthrough. With Vista activated it should only get better.

cozy · #6 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 5:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

I know LSE gets a lot of crap, but it is very dense and fun to walkthrough. With Vista activated it should only get better.

vista's riverwalk link is going to completely transform the park in a fantastic way (people who live in those townhouses may disagree with me). and with those empty plots, will remain a great spot for us construction fans for years to come

10023 · #7 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 8:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by cozy

vista's riverwalk link is going to completely transform the park in a fantastic way (people who live in those townhouses may disagree with me). and with those empty plots, will remain a great spot for us construction fans for years to come

LSE is always going to be quiet and on the “edge of town” so to speak. Like Tudor City on the far east side of Midtown (rather than Hudson Yards with its massive office buildings). There just isn’t enough over there to pull people through it - no train station, etc. Even Navy Pier is on the other side of the River, and even that’s just tourists.

harryc · #8 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 5:06 PM**

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

KWillChicago · #9 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by donnie

I would like if the school or Vista hired an artist for the black wall!

I wish they would just continue blue cladding all the way down to gems, or a vertical wall garden.

cozy · #10 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 12:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by KWillChicago

vertical wall garden

that would be sick. i vote green

chicubs111 · #11 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 3:01 AM**

whats the floor count at now?

HomrQT · #12 Posted **Feb 22, 2019, 2:11 AM**

Wow, this building looks a whole new level of cool at night.

The Best Forumer · #13 Posted **Feb 21, 2019, 9:38 PM**

not bad... it looks a lot taller than the stated height.

Zapatan · #14 Posted **Feb 22, 2019, 12:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

not bad... it looks a lot taller than the stated height.

Really? I guess it depends on the angle, but it definitely looks tall in any case. It's not like a near 1,200 foot building, with no vanity height shouldn't look really tall.

Upon completion it may still make top 50 (or almost) globally in roof height looking at the current world U/C diagrams

pianowizard · #15 Posted **Feb 22, 2019, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Best Forumer

not bad... it looks a lot taller than the stated height.

In photos or in person? I was there in Nov 2018 when Vista was ~7 floors shorter than it is now, and thought it looked shorter than what I had expected for a building that was probably around 1050 ft tall.

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

Really? I guess it depends on the angle

That may explain it. Back in Nov I saw Vista from just a couple of angles, which could have been ones that made it look short. I will be in Chicago again this coming April and will definitely look at Vista more closely. By then it will not only have topped out but also will have a lot more glass installed.

BonoboZill4 · #16 Posted **Feb 22, 2019, 10:55 PM**

donnie · #17 Posted **Feb 22, 2019, 11:39 PM**

I love how the blow through looks at dark, too bad it won't last do to law....

Am i the only one that thinks Vista will dissappear in the skyline night?