CHICAGO | Grant Park 3 & 4 | (3) 790' - 73 FLOORS | (4) 900' - 83 FLOORS NEVER BUILT - Page 16

spyguy · #**301** Posted **Sep 5, 2008, 10:22 PM**

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune....eorge-hay.html

Pappageorge, Haymes transforming the city
Blair Kamin

...“I don’t know what happened to them,” said the retired Evanston architect John Macsai, who co-taught Haymes at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “They used to do these charming two-story townhouses. Then they got some high-rises, and they didn’t know what the hell to do.”

“They did some really nice things early on. And hopefuly they’ll live up to that potential,” added Chicago architect Laurence Booth.

Dr. Taco · #**302** Posted **Sep 5, 2008, 11:18 PM**

^ i'm sorry, but my initial uneducated thought is "man, that's a cool looking model of GP3"

Siriusly · #**303** Posted **Sep 7, 2008, 8:55 PM**

What's the tall model?

BVictor1 · #**304** Posted **Sep 7, 2008, 9:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusly

What's the tall model?

One Museum Park which is almost complete

X-fib2 · #**305** Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 1:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

One Museum Park which is almost complete

Of the four models, GP3 appears to the right most, and OMP the third from the right. So, if the tallest model, the one furthest to back and left, could be GP4. It appears taller than the projected 900 feet. It would be great if the park were flanked by facing supertalls, AON on the north and GP4 in the south!

Vexxed8282 · #**306** Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by X-fib2

Of the four models, GP3 appears to the right most, and OMP the third from the right. So, if the tallest model, the one furthest to back and left, could be GP4. It appears taller than the projected 900 feet. It would be great if the park were flanked by facing supertalls, AON on the north and GP4 in the south!

I think the leftmost model is another, larger OMP from a Western-ish vantage point.

denizen467 · #**307** Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 7:30 AM**

re the ^ Blair Kamin blog on Pappageorge/Haymes:
“Then they got some high-rises, and they didn’t know what the hell to do."
ROTFLMAO

denizen467 · #**308** Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 7:34 AM**

By the way, BVic, in your post on Blair Kamin's blog, you referred to OMPW. But you refer to it in the present tense; I think you meant OMPE?

X-fib2 · #**309** Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 3:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vexxed8282

I think the leftmost model is another, larger OMP from a Western-ish vantage point.

Yes I see what you mean. And apparantly at a differeent scale than the other model.

Thymant · #**310** Posted **Mar 13, 2009, 4:43 AM**

Is GP3 going to start construction after OMPW?

BVictor1 · #**311** Posted **Mar 13, 2009, 5:05 AM**

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Originally Posted by Thymant

Is GP3 going to start construction after OMPW?

That's a ways down the road. The developers have the zoning approval, but no units have been marketed. It'll probably be at least 18-24 months (my guess).

lawfin · #**312** Posted **Mar 13, 2009, 5:18 AM**

Maybe 18-24 years

WarriorInternational · #**313** Posted **Sep 16, 2009, 1:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by lawfin

Maybe 18-24 years

There's a soil testing rig working on site now.

Steely Dan · #**314** Posted **Oct 7, 2010, 3:56 PM**

with the news that the developers are now trying to sell this land to other parties, we can declare this proposal officially dead.