CHICAGO | 1000M (1000 S Michigan) | 805 FT | 73 FLOORS

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by streetline

It might look interesting if the rectangular base didn't flare out at all, and instead the curvy top portion continued down the south side of the base, narrowing until it vanished just above the roof to the south. That way you'd get a purer rectangle for the streetwall, and the curvy part would seem more rooted, as if it were something growing out of the base (or perhaps candle dripping down it's side)...

That's where the cantilever and load transfer from the tower is located.

[streetline]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

That's where the cantilever and load transfer from the tower is located.

Yeah, the basic structure of the building wouldn't change much in my suggestion. You can see from the size of the building's waist and super-columns at the mid-level amenity deck where they need support below, and I wouldn't mess with that.

It's just that the facade of the sloped section below would be pushed back from the front (where there isn't tower above anyway) and finished to look like a continuation of the curved section above rather than the straight section to the north.

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by streetline

Yeah, the basic structure of the building wouldn't change much in my suggestion. You can see from the size of the building's waist and super-columns at the mid-level amenity deck where they need support below, and I wouldn't mess with that.

It's just that the facade of the sloped section below would be pushed back from the front (where there isn't tower above anyway) and finished to look like a continuation of the curved section above rather than the straight section to the north.

That could effect the number of units that they need or want.

[Tom Servo]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Minor render updates...






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Ugh. Just awful.

[BVictor1]

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...for-17-million

May 11, 2016
Site for planned 73-story tower sells for $17 million

By Alby Gallun

Two New York developers that plan a 73-story residential tower on a vacant property across from Grant Park paid $17.2 million for the site, the latest in a series of deals that illustrate the real estate market's recent roller-coaster ride.

A joint venture between JK Equities and Time Equities bought the parcel at 1000 S. Michigan Ave. last month from First American Bank, Cook County property records show. The site has been on a wild trip over the past decade or so, with its value soaring during the condominium boom, crashing after the bust and heading back up as the residential market bounced back.

The sale also serves as a sobering reminder of the punishment the condo bust inflicted on banks. Even though the property has jumped in value, the $17.2 million price is well short of the $25.3 million First American said it was owed on the site back in 2010, after winning a foreclosure judgment against Chicago developer Warren Barr, who had planned a 40-story condo tower there.

[Kngkyle]

^^ Another noteworthy bit from that article:

They plan to open a sales center for the condos in first-quarter 2017, most likely in the Lightner Building, a property they own next door.

So we are pretty far off from this one potentially breaking ground. Lot's of time to fix that design...

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Would be a great design...


if we were located in the tropics

[UPChicago]

Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

Would be a great design...


if we were located in the tropics

huh?

[ChiTownWonder]

Originally Posted by UPChicago

huh?

He's saying that it looks like something to be built in Miami or other sunbelt cities.

[brian_b]

Some sort of soil boring machine (on tracks instead of wheels) was being delivered to the site this morning, but someone apparently forgot to tell the parking lot operator and they were having a bear of a time finding a place for the trailer to fit.

[The North One]

Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

Would be a great design...


if we were located in the tropics

How DARE you! Chicago is the Miami of the north!

[UPChicago]

when will we have "nanners" for 1000 S Mich?

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by UPChicago

and when will we have "nanners" for 1000 S Mich?

1000 South Michigan would be more than a year off.

[UPChicago]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

1000 South Michigan would be more than a year off.

I wonder if 1000 S Mich will make this cycle......

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Originally Posted by UPChicago

I wonder if 1000 S Mich will make this cycle......

I kind of hope not, this building is just a bigger, but still recycled design of his building in Streeterville. Such lazy designing on his part

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

I kind of hope not, this building is just a bigger, but still recycled design of his building in Streeterville. Such lazy designing on his part

Now just imagine it aged 20 years. All cloudy and faded and streaky.

[colemonkee]

It bears a stronger resemblance to 50 West Street in NY, which, if they use similar materials, would be a fantastic addition to the Chicago skyline. Not quite the original, but if it ends up anything like the NY version, it's still world class.

[Steely Dan]

^ agreed, this one is far more similar to 50 west street in NYC than jahn's streerterville tower.

i only hope that jahn continues to refine the base on this project in a fashion similar to the way 50 west meets the streets.

[Mr Downtown]

^And have to go back to Landmarks? I love how folks like BVic think if they wish really, really hard . . . the Better Design Fairy will visit during the night.

[munchymunch]

Landmarks committee shot themselves in the foot, first design was way better.