CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 770

harryc · #**15381** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 12:23 PM**

Aug 6

From the rooftop bar of the Hoxton Hotel

Chicago | 800 W Fulton by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Aug 16

Chicago | 800 W Fulton by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

rgarri4 · #**15382** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 1:46 PM**

I've been doing my best to keep my 3d model up to date with all the new proposals in the west loop.
Here's virtual tour.

• Video Link

BuildThemTaller · #**15383** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by rgarri4

I've been doing my best to keep my 3d model up to date all the new proposals in the west loop.

If there was an award for forumer of the year, you'd win.

rivernorthlurker · #**15384** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:18 PM**

Glass is up, digging the black glass. Matches some others nearby.

rivernorthlurker · #**15385** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:21 PM**

Naked eye looks a lot better than my pics. It looks surprisingly tall but I had a really hard time finding the official height. Anyone have a reference?

rivernorthlurker · #**15386** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:23 PM**

Turned out well so I thought I'd post the neighborhood progress.

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Handro · #**15387** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by rgarri4

I've been doing my best to keep my 3d model up to date all the new proposals in the west loop.
Here's virtual tour.

• Video Link

This is so cool! Great work!

RedCorsair87 · #**15388** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 2:45 PM**

^There is still a lot of room for development, but the West Loop is starting to look DENSE.

Thanks for sharing!

SamInTheLoop · #**15389** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Aug 6

From the rooftop bar of the Hoxton Hotel

Great vantage point. Incidentally, Cabra - the Peruvian restaurant up there - is excellent.

BonoboZill4 · #**15390** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 6:13 PM**

rgarri4 outdoing himself as usual... If all these projects get finished, by the time they're done there was an angle that showed how substantial a chunk of the skyline the West Loop would become (and that's not even considering all West Loop buildings between the river and the Kennedy either...)

r18tdi · #**15391** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 6:26 PM**

Red tower crane at 353 West Grand going up rn.

Also Curbed has renderings of 1400 West Randoloh - 21 stores:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/8/22...lyq-union-park

the urban politician · #**15392** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 6:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

Also Curbed has renderings of 1400 West Randoloh - 21 stores:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/8/22...lyq-union-park

^ You beat me to it. I love the design of these

harryc · #**15393** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 6:30 PM**

Aug 17

Chicago | 1375 W Fulton by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Aug 16

Chicago | 1375 W Fulton by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

west-town-brad · #**15394** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 6:48 PM**

https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/08...just-fold-now/

NIMBY developers suing each other to preserve their own property values.

chrisvfr800i · #**15395** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 7:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

You've got to be kidding. You think the Grand on Grand looks better (in any way, any detail) than The Contemporaine? That's just kooky.

The question was: "How do people feel about the Contemporaine's concrete now that it's 15 years old?", right? While my response had nothing to do with the design of the building, I stand by it. The concrete looks like hell. Cracked, blochy, discolored. None of that is in the original renderings I am looking at right now. Also please note, the concrete was never perfect, but it has deteriorated over the years. The building across the street was built at the same time, and its exposed, painted concrete elements look much better.

BuildThemTaller · #**15396** Posted **Aug 22, 2019, 8:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

Red tower crane at 353 West Grand going up rn.

Also Curbed has renderings of 1400 West Randoloh - 21 stores:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/8/22...lyq-union-park

What more could you want in life than beer, tacos, and coffee in the base of your building?

SamInTheLoop · #**15397** Posted **Aug 23, 2019, 12:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by chrisvfr800i

The question was: "How do people feel about the Contemporaine's concrete now that it's 15 years old?", right? While my response had nothing to do with the design of the building, I stand by it. The concrete looks like hell. Cracked, blochy, discolored. None of that is in the original renderings I am looking at right now. Also please note, the concrete was never perfect, but it has deteriorated over the years. The building across the street was built at the same time, and its exposed, painted concrete elements look much better.

Understood the question. The exposed concrete on Contemporaine looks far superior to Grand on Grand’s.

SamInTheLoop · #**15398** Posted **Aug 23, 2019, 12:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

Red tower crane at 353 West Grand going up rn.

Also Curbed has renderings of 1400 West Randoloh - 21 stores:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/8/22...lyq-union-park

These are nice. And hey - residential...actually makes sense....go figure.

jtown,man · #**15399** Posted **Aug 23, 2019, 3:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

These are nice. And hey - residential...actually makes sense....go figure.

Alderman is worried about residents complaining to him about noise from the park.

I live in a building that is directly adjacent to a PBR bar that opens up to an outside patio area. I can hear music(faintly) from the 13th floor facing the opposite direction. Not a big deal. I knew this moving in. Anyone moving into those apartments will have a choice, don't move there if that's an issue.

BonoboZill4 · #**15400** Posted **Aug 23, 2019, 3:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by jtown,man

Alderman is worried about residents complaining to him about noise from the park.

I live in a building that is directly adjacent to a PBR bar that opens up to an outside patio area. I can hear music(faintly) from the 13th floor facing the opposite direction. Not a big deal. I knew this moving in. Anyone moving into those apartments will have a choice, don't move there if that's an issue.

Now that's a weird one... complaining about people using a park and enjoying it

Some of these new city people from the burbs are so weird