CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS - Page 358

munchymunch · #1 Posted **Nov 30, 2014, 9:40 PM**

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great, the name that is listed is "Wanda Towers"

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

UrbanLibertine · #2 Posted **Nov 30, 2014, 10:55 PM**

I'm not an architect so I don't know the terminology, but I think I would prefer a grayish look as opposed to blueish.

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

LouisVanDerWright · #3 Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

I found this sexy version, seems like they messed up copying, but it looks better LOL.

The towers are opposite but it looks great, the name that is listed is "Wanda Towers"

http://onenineelms.com/wanda/

This is a better looking rendering and it looks like they flip flopped the orientation of this building with the tallest portion now to the West instead of the east.

Another interesting thing to note about the form of this tower that I just now noticed is that each one of the "stacks" is staggered slightly more to the North as you go from east to west. This will add a considerable amount of interest to this design and is clearly to generate more corner views to the East down the river towards the lake.

Cyprose · #4 Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 11:22 PM**

The staggering (likely) follows the angle of the street. This was also present in the previous renders.

But besides the flip in this new rendering also compare the top. It is no longer stretched compared to the lower sections and now matches them in story count. Height decrease or increase in ceiling heights on every floor?

Steely Dan · #5 Posted **Dec 1, 2014, 9:11 PM**

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please stay on topic folks.

Steely Dan · #6 Posted **Mar 25, 2015, 1:53 AM**

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Please stay on topic folks. This thread is about the Wanda Vista project. It isn't about New York City or any kind of supertall penis measuring contest.

munchymunch · #7 Posted **Apr 3, 2015, 9:57 PM**

1 photo has Museum park as the center of it, and there a couple with the Trump. So you want another one of them?

munchymunch · #8 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 4:01 PM**

Crains has an article saying Magellan is hoping to raise 100 million for this project through eb-5.

Notyrview · #9 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 4:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

Crains has an article saying Magellan is hoping to raise 100 million for this project through eb-5.

Lol, Crayons, that's perfect.

munchymunch · #10 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 4:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Notyrview

Lol, Crayons, that's perfect.

Lol I changed it before you got me.

I need my computer fixed soon, this autocorrect is killing me.

Steely Dan · #11 Posted **Jul 12, 2015, 4:35 PM**

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Guys this thread is about the Wanda Vista project in chicago. It isn't about new york, or projects in new york, or forumers from new york. Please stay on topic. all further off topic posts will be deleted as well, so don't bother wasting your time.

hawainpanda · #12 Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 8:30 PM**

anyone know how the core will be constructed? will it be 3 sep cores? or a core that continues to taper at the top sort like riverpoint (just has 1 taper)

Ryanrule · #13 Posted **Jul 21, 2015, 8:38 PM**

a balcony is a requirement.

WILL NOT DO without.

ChiTownWonder · #14 Posted **Mar 31, 2016, 4:52 PM**

gotta say i love the Chinese lettering at the entrance, gives it an international feel

LouisVanDerWright · #15 Posted **Oct 4, 2016, 9:59 PM**

While we wait for our friend to render our future skyline, let's have a look at the site. It's getting exciting now:

Delivery of huge sleeves for huge cassions:

Huge rig for drilling huge cassions, they are setting up all the compressors to start running the rock crushing head:

Waiting to be used:

Meanwhile the two smaller rigs are running non-stop. Switching out a head:

Sorry for medicore quality, just trying to fill in the gaps while the real photogs are actually working or something.

HowardL · #16 Posted **Oct 4, 2016, 10:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Sorry for medicore quality, just trying to fill in the gaps while the real photogs are actually working or something.

Pish-posh. Mediocre is not a word to use with this set of shots. This was good stuff.

harryc · #17 Posted **Oct 5, 2016, 2:30 AM**

A bit earlier than LVDW;s great shots, and a bit lower.
Oct 04

Augars to extract the soil

These crew was really cranking with the the drill, up, rotate, spin, rotate, drill routine.

Job Pressure (connecting all the air compressors)

Nifty connection that allows the compressed air to pass down the spinning square drive shaft (bar).

The end of the bar - with a cap for standing it up.

Motor for turning the shaft

Pneumatic grinding bit

City Wide · #18 Posted **Oct 6, 2016, 11:26 PM**

Augars to extract the soil

Maybe some of you deep diggers in Chicago can help me----why do some of the cessions have just the outer sleeve and others also have a separate smaller inner sleeve? I've noticed this in other cities (FMC building in Philly) so I guess its common practice.
Do the sleeves stay in the ground or get pulled out as the concrete fills up the hole?
Lastly, are the piers/rebar actually mechically attached to the bedrock, as in someone goes down into the hole and glues a pin into the rock, or are there enough cracks and fissions in the rock that the wet concrete can 'key' into?

LouisVanDerWright · #19 Posted **Oct 7, 2016, 12:26 PM**

Notice how you never just see a giant cassion sleeve like the ones delivered the other day just sticking 3/4 of the way out of the ground? You will never see that because the equipment couldn't possibly work with a 100' long sleeve all at once. What they do is drill in a 22' wide by 25' long one, then lower a 50' long by 21' 3" sleeve into the existing hole so only 25' is sticking out. Then they telescope that one all the way into the hole and then they bring out a 75' long by 20' 6" one and drill that all the way in. THEN comes the big boy which is say 20' even wide and 100' long and drill that all the way down. Once they've "telescoped" to the right depth they bust out the rock grinders, make their socket, and then lower a permanent galvanized corrugated sleeve all the way into the hole with the rebar cage in the middle a pour away.

I actually wondered about that a long time myself, how do they keep reusing the sleeves? How do they get them out? Why do you never see a super long one just like halfway drilled into the ground? Then I watched them working at this site the other day and saw them dropping a medium sized one into a larger hole and was like "gotcha". I suggest going down to watch this site, it's immensely impressive. Watching a rig like this torque the big sleeves that have hundreds of square feet of surface area against thick Chicago mud is quite a sight.

LouisVanDerWright · #20 Posted **Oct 7, 2016, 12:30 PM**

First they make this:

Then they lower the next longest and skinniest size in (note 12' sprayed on the outside and 11' 3" on the inside sleeve):

Then finally they will lower in the super huge sleeve which is probably like 10' 6" in diameter into the big hole they just made: