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urban_encounter · #**261** Posted **Aug 18, 2006, 4:24 PM**

This tower is going to fit perfectly and add some additional elevation closer to Michigan Avenue.

I think the design is impressive.

SteelCity15 · #**262** Posted **Aug 18, 2006, 5:54 PM**

wow, that rendering showing it in the same picture with the Sears Tower is amazing

chicago2stlouis · #**263** Posted **Sep 5, 2006, 11:23 PM**

any updates?

BVictor1 · #**264** Posted **Sep 7, 2006, 8:49 AM**

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any updates?

I was also told by a worker at the site that caissons propably wouldn't begin until the new year

denizen467 · #**265** Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 6:20 AM**

Eep! There was a whole underworld under there. I know about State St., but how much of the East Loop has that?

left of center · #**266** Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 6:24 AM**

I passed by on the Green Line today to and from the Sox Game (a brutal 9-1 loss) and passed by the construction site. They are really moving along. Glad to see those buildings being renovated. They looked in terrible shape before this, with glass blocks filling the windows. With all the new construction and L track refurbishing, Wabash is going to be amazing in 5 years.

wrab · #**267** Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 1:29 PM**

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Eep! There was a whole underworld under there. I know about State St., but how much of the East Loop has that?

About the entire Loop was jacked up in the mid-19th Century to alleviate flooding. Honest.

Wild Onion Mike · #**268** Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 3:32 PM**

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About the entire Loop was jacked up in the mid-19th Century to alleviate flooding. Honest.

That entire project still boggles my mind.

Jacking the city up out of the mud and changing the direction of the Chicago River; imagine doing either of those projects today, and they did it with 19th century technology. The civic leaders had "big ones." Undoubtedly two of the most important projects in the city's history and reason for it's continued success.

BTW, the Legacy kind of makes you salivate when you see those shots of it in the skyline.

nomarandlee · #**269** Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 6:29 PM**

True, it will make a very big obvious impression from GP and the south. There will be some angles from the north and northwest that it might often be blocked or out of vision I would think.

spyguy · #**270** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 12:17 AM**

Another angle. I can't wait for this one.

Steely Dan · #**271** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 12:23 AM**

^ that looks very sharp. what a thin profile it cuts through the sky from that angle.

SolarWind · #**272** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 12:29 AM**

September 19, 2006

SolarWind · #**273** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 12:31 AM**

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Another angle. I can't wait for this one.

^ Nice! Thanks for posting it spyguy!

denizen467 · #**274** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 1:35 AM**

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About the entire Loop was jacked up in the mid-19th Century to alleviate flooding. Honest.

Amazing stuff. I wish the feat was more apparent somehow from the average pedestrian's viewpoint.

the urban politician · #**275** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 1:38 AM**

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September 19, 2006

^ What happened to the bottoms of those facades? Are we to assume that they will be replaced, or should we expect something else?

Latoso · #**276** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 3:38 PM**

They are being dismantled and restored to be put onto the base of the new structure when it rises. The rest of those facades will be coming down soon as well and for the same reason.

wrab · #**277** Posted **Sep 20, 2006, 5:09 PM**

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September 19, 2006

I'm surprised, given all the buzz about Sullivan's 150th anniversary etal, and given all of the foot traffic that Legacy is bound to create, that the Jewellers' Bldg (partly visable at the far left of the photo) is still looking so neglected. Does anyone on this board know who the owner is, and if the bldg has a brighter future than its current condition would suggest?

jjk1103 · #**278** Posted **Nov 2, 2006, 8:19 PM**

...I was by the site yesterday and they have made substantial progress on the "facadectomy". It looks like the outside facades are now shored up and seroius demolition can begin.

Nowhereman1280 · #**279** Posted **Nov 2, 2006, 10:32 PM**

There has been alot of talk about how well Legacy fits into the skyline and I agree completely. I think the reason why it fits so well is actually due to a combination of 55 Monroe (no matter how ugly you think it is) and the Chase building. The legacy's massing just fits so well into it location. It is the same with as 55 Monroe, but wayy skinnier and taller, which provides contrast as well as a stacking effect. I really like that contrast, I think Legacy makes 55 monroe's dominance of the skyline dimish and actually makes 55 Monroe look quite good.

The other reason legacy looks so natural in the skyline is that it is lined up with the Chase building which has height and a north-south width and is nearly lined up with Legacy to the West. There has always been the similarly shaped profile of Chase looming in the background so Legacy looks like its always been there to us, because there has always been a similarly shaped shadow back there.

I can't wait for this one to be built, any word yet on when they are planning to start with the actual building, not the preservation and site prep?

BVictor1 · #**280** Posted **Nov 3, 2006, 9:58 AM**

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...I was by the site yesterday and they have made substantial progress on the "facadectomy". It looks like the outside facades are now shored up and seroius demolition can begin.

I was over there as well, and they only have the steel shoring up for the northern most of the 3 small buildings thus far.