CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 885

Kumdogmillionaire · #**17681** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by Donnie77

Can't say i agree. I always liked One M because it reminded me of a knight approaching a castle, specifically at nite with its mask lit...

Haha, I think it gets a lot of unearned hate too, but i see more of an Egyptian sarcophagus

chris08876 · #**17682** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 4:25 AM**

Spoiler due to size (I know Chicago threads they like to keep pic size at minimum). So as a courtesy, see spoiler.

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Topped-Out 369 W Grand Avenue Approaches Completion In River North

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YIMBY has a progress report on the 41-story residential development at 369 W Grand Avenue, with a 449-foot-tall residential tower that recently topped out in southwest corner of the River North neighborhood. The property is a longer-rectangle shape at the southwest corner of W Grand Avenue and N Orleans Street. The site also lies near three bus routes, including a two-minute walk west to Route 65’s Grand & Kingsbury, as well as a one-minute walk east to Route 37 and Route 125’s Orleans & Grand. Nearby CTA L access includes a seven-minute walk southeast to Merchandise Mart Station, which is serviced by the Brown and Purple Lines. Notable nearby locations also include Merchandise Mart, Chicago’s largest building, and a major restaurant scene beginning around two blocks east.

Designed by Brininstool + Lynch, the building’s aesthetic is a rectangular massing with a sleek, contemporary glass facade. The composition integrates a subtle nod to structuralism through its partially visible columns just behind the glass. These column elements are then exposed along the final three floors and the above parapet, revealing an architectural crown that uses subtraction to enhance its design.

The 365-unit tower helps extend Chicago’s high rise scene northwest, providing a sample of other upcoming projects in the vicinity like the development of the River District massive complex.

With the structure’s more recent topping out, a completion date of 2021 seems to be on-target.

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1. Rendering courtesy of Brininstool + Lynch
2. Jack Crawford via Chicagoyimby

harryc · #**17683** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 3:17 PM**

Aug 10

can you smell the chocolate in this photo ?

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RockfordSoxFan · #**17684** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 6:22 PM**

Cant wait for those parking lots to bite the dust. I used to drive down Halsted all the time to make deliveries to UIC. So much has changed in the last 10 years.

harryc · #**17685** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by RockfordSoxFan

Cant wait for those parking lots to bite the dust. I used to drive down Halsted all the time to make deliveries to UIC. So much has changed in the last 10 years.

Form the days of UICC - yeah a bit of change ;-)

harryc · #**17686** Posted **Aug 15, 2020, 7:30 PM**

Aug 10

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southoftheloop · #**17687** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 12:57 AM**

Aug 13

I live for this sort of infill

harryc · #**17688** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 12:50 PM**

Aug 13

Chicago | 450 N LaSalle by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

harryc · #**17689** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 2:32 PM**

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Chicago | 1125 W VanBuren by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

harryc · #**17690** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 3:39 PM**

Aug 13

Just beginning to poke up over the neighbors.

Chicago | 808 N Wells by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

harryc · #**17691** Posted **Aug 16, 2020, 9:54 PM**

Aug 13

Chicago | Old Town park by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

r18tdi · #**17692** Posted **Aug 17, 2020, 7:41 PM**

Anyone know what those brown watertank-looking things at the top of OTP are?

SteelMonkey · #**17693** Posted **Aug 20, 2020, 11:02 PM**

From the webcam it would appear they have started digging Fulton Labs

the urban politician · #**17694** Posted **Aug 21, 2020, 1:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Aug 13

Chicago | Old Town park by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

^ Pardon my ignorance here, but I'm trying to understand how this tower forms a view cap looking north on Wells. Is this looking north on Wells or is this an entirely different vantage point?

Does Wells jog a certain direction at some point?

harryc · #**17695** Posted **Aug 21, 2020, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Pardon my ignorance here, but I'm trying to understand how this tower forms a view cap looking north on Wells. Is this looking north on Wells or is this an entirely different vantage point?

Does Wells jog a certain direction at some point?

That's Franklin - photo taken from the N side of the Merchandise Mart.