New Calatrava-designed Tower in Chicago to surpass Sears Tower

[BVictor1]

My photos from today's visit to the sales center.

View to the south




View to the northeast





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A few things:
-The building is going to be clad with stainless steel. The glass is going to have a very very light blue tint so that birds will be able to see it and not fly into the structure. The tint will basically not be noticible.
-The core area is going to excavated about 75' down.
-The top residential floor is the duplex on floor 141 - 142
-The garbage chute is going to seperate materials so that items can be recycled.
-The maple ceiling that you've seen in the lobby will actually undulate. The wood will be attached to some type of mechanism that will move like a wave does across water. The wood will be jointed together so that it pivots.

[Cytoskeleton]

post deleted by me. tiresome subject.

[lofter1]

Nice ^

Even better: If you scroll this page up & down medium slow then the building actually looks like it's cork-screwing

[Cytoskeleton]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

My photos from today's visit to the sales center.

Amazing pics, man.

Maybe they could put some models of your boats in ogden slip?

this thing is going to cause some SERIOUS traffic accidents on northbound LSD - right as you come around the corner from grant park, it's just going to come out of nowhere...

[SolarWind]

January 18, 2008

[Zephyr]

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Below is a selective comparison of new skyscraper projects in Chicago, which would inevitably highlight Chicago Spire by default. Absent, of course, are Sears, Hancock, Aon, etc.

Courtesy Yo! Chicago

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[BVictor1]

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...t-1272580.html

It's a tall order but Liam and Natasha get in on the act



By Nicola Anderson
Thursday January 24 2008


What, you might well enquire, have Hollywood movie stars Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson got to do with the launch of the world's tallest residential building?

Stunning in a brown-lacy mini and thigh-high brown suede boots and with the smooth unlined skin of a woman half her age, the 44-year-old actress caused a flurry of excitement amongst photographers yesterday as she stalked into the marquee in Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin, erected for the launch of the Chicago Spire project.

[BVictor1]

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Removing one of the small bulldozes from the excavted core area


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Lowering treads for a crane into the excavated pit of the core area

[Tectonic]

Victor, how deep does this core go?

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by Skylimitone

Victor, how deep does this core go?

Between 75' - 80' deep.

[Tectonic]

OK, Thanks. Great updates as usual.

[SolarWind]

February 22, 2008

[SolarWind]

March 20, 2008

[lofter1]

Looks like the water is still green from St. Patty's Day

[SolarWind]

These are from the Chicago Spire website.