CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS - Page 299

kolchak · #1 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 9:37 AM**

Regarding Vista, does anyone know the status of the hotel component?

Steely Dan · #2 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 2:43 PM**

off topic posts moved to the general discussions thread: https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/sho...d.php?t=208431

chicagodeckerdude · #3 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 5:07 PM**

I used to work for Mid American Elevator/USA Hoist. I installed mast climbers and did some scaffolding etc. Some buds who still work there sent me pics the crane operator and they took on top of Vista.

IrishIllini · #4 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 8:08 PM**

It feels like Vista has been u/c for at least a decade.

Steely Dan · #5 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 8:23 PM**

^ ~3.5 years now.

1st caisson was drilled on Sept. 22nd, 2016.

bhawk66 · #6 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by chicagodeckerdude

I used to work for Mid American Elevator/USA Hoist. I installed mast climbers and did some scaffolding etc. Some buds who still work there sent me pics the crane operator and they took on top of Vista.

Wow! I'm not even sure what I am looking at. It doesn't seem to add up. So foreign looking. Thanks for sharing these. Very cool.

harryc · #7 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 9:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by chicagodeckerdude

I used to work for Mid American Elevator/USA Hoist. I installed mast climbers and did some scaffolding etc. Some buds who still work there sent me pics the crane operator and they took on top of Vista.

A unique set - ty

Chi-Sky21 · #8 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 9:50 PM**

You could not pay me enough to do that. Looks so precarious.

chicagodeckerdude · #9 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 10:26 PM**

found couple more he sent me.

gebs · #10 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 10:36 PM**

Yikes, sweaty palms.

KWillChicago · #11 Posted **Jan 30, 2020, 10:56 PM**

A lot of you guys are in the buisness, have you heard any horror stories of those workers getting stuck in skips for a prolonged time like the ones we hear of interior elevators? Height+weather+time=yikes.

chicagodeckerdude · #12 Posted **Jan 31, 2020, 12:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by KWillChicago

A lot of you guys are in the buisness, have you heard any horror stories of those workers getting stuck in skips for a prolonged time like the ones we hear of interior elevators? Height+weather+time=yikes.

I had a short stint in 08 as a Union Local 4 laborer before the economy crashed and I got laid off. Like I said my same buds that are installing the hoists. We took those skips up n down daily. But I mostly had to go up on the mast climber and attached the track and framework to the building. Pretty sketchy when the winds are blowing and you're hanging off the edge reaching out over a couple hundred foot drop minimum while your bud is holding onto your belt from behind. Those skips safe for the most part from what I know. Never had an issue on my end. Couple guys had fallen off buildings and hurt themselves doing various other things and one worker fell to his death that year but noting to do with these devices. I wish I would have had a chance to ride up Vista. I did get the chance to ride up to the roof of Trump during construction and hang out for a while. That was cool.

cozy · #13 Posted **Feb 1, 2020, 7:12 PM**

chicagodeckerdude, such awesome pics. thanks for posting.

is your username due to any time spent on a decking crew?

chicagodeckerdude · #14 Posted **Feb 3, 2020, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by cozy

chicagodeckerdude, such awesome pics. thanks for posting.

is your username due to any time spent on a decking crew?

maybe my distant ancestors because my last name is Decker

harryc · #15 Posted **Feb 3, 2020, 8:15 PM**

Jan 27

Chciago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Jan 31

Chciago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Rooted Arborial · #16 Posted **Feb 4, 2020, 1:11 AM**

Has there been any discussion of how the design of Vista tower is related to (derived from?) Constantin Brancusi's "Column" in the Museum of Modern Art in

New York?

Steely Dan · #17 Posted **Feb 4, 2020, 2:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial

Has there been any discussion of how the design of Vista tower is related to (derived from?) Constantin Brancusi's "Column" in the Museum of Modern Art in

New York?

yes, there were many people making that connection when the design was first revealed 6 years ago.

Zerton · #18 Posted **Feb 6, 2020, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rooted Arborial

Has there been any discussion of how the design of Vista tower is related to (derived from?) Constantin Brancusi's "Column" in the Museum of Modern Art in New York?

The comparison has been made before.

Local architecture critic Blair Kamin has mentioned it.

Here's another article that mentions it.

KWillChicago · #19 Posted **Feb 4, 2020, 1:54 AM**

So the lava lamp shaped glass is going all the way down to wacker?

Jonathan Washington · #20 Posted **Feb 8, 2020, 1:11 AM**

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