I love this building. If it were a little taller it would be my favorite building being built in the city. :banana:

Pretty soon its gonna cover up that Tower IV completely from the north in grant park looking south. This things looking huge.

Any word on OMPW? I remember seeing rumors on this site of a construction start pretty soon.

They just poured the 20th floor

YES!!! Only 45 left!!! Hey, does anybody know if they're going to keep up this pace? This one's supposed to be done in '08, right?

Pretty soon its gonna cover up that Tower IV completely from the north in grant park looking south. This things looking huge.

Any word on OMPW? I remember seeing rumors on this site of a construction start pretty soon.

^^ These two shots are from Pherek on SSP from 3/20.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/img1912qk6.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/img1911rf1.jpg

4-14-07


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Taken today:

One Museum Park
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Central Station
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One question about those images Hydrogen, where do you park your helicopter at night? Always treat us to some of the best angles. Thanks

When its all completed, I wonder if planes will fly into Central Station on clear blue days.

Crane going up on Sunday 4/15/07
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]One question about those images Hydrogen, where do you park your helicopter at night? Always treat us to some of the best angles.

:lol:

One question about those images Hydrogen, where do you park your helicopter at night? Always treat us to some of the best angles. Thanks

LOL. Thanks. I work in the Aon Center (54th floor), which affords me north, south, and west views of the city. I'll eventually be moving to 300 N. Lasalle.

I'll eventually be moving to 300 N. Lasalle.

How dare you end up in that amazing building, but congrats at the same time!

LOL. Thanks. I work in the Aon Center (54th floor), which affords me north, south, and west views of the city. I'll eventually be moving to 300 N. Lasalle.

I was wondering about how you take such beautiful glare and light reflection free photos through glass windows. Whenever I try to take a picture through a glass window, there are always some reflections. I've experimented a bit and a found that they are significantly reduced if I don't hold the lens exactly parallel to the window, but tilt is down a bit, but even then there is still a bit of glare. What is your method?

Well, if you get your lense right up to the glazing, you'll eliminate those nasty reflects.

May 3, 2007

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Looking East from Michigan Ave
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http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/2007%20Buildings/DSCN2752.jpg

From Tower 3 Rooftop
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/2007%20Buildings/DSCN2751.jpg

I think this shows the transfer floor at 26 and the 1st set back.
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Chicagotom, Retrograde, I_am_hydrogen, and Chi649: you are doing great job capturing the shots of a growing skyline south of the Loop.

^^ Thanks

5-7-07

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^^ Chi649 where are you shooting this from? Great perspective. You look to be up 10 or so stories.:cheers:

That's a really cool perspective. Soldier Field looks great in that photo.

^^ Chi649 where are you shooting this from? Great perspective. You look to be up 10 or so stories.:cheers:

You have a great vantage point as well. Are you in Museum Tower?

^ No, from somewhere on the Michigan Avenue Streetwall.

Went out on my bike to that huge open field south of Roosevelt Road and got a lot of great skyline shots.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2819.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/DSCN2822.jpg

5-13-07

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Taken today:
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Damn hydro is that a new camera. Crystal clear shot!

I like this project, it is a good addition to Chicago. I like One Museum Park , but do any of you gentlemen think that from a aesthetic point of view One Museum Park need a Spire?

Spires look good on buildings like chrysler and the Empire state; chicago is not a spire city for we follow this old saying closer than anyone: form follows function. Sometimes they're nice to have, but we have a tradition here of making the most of our space, and not wasting money on spires unless they're absolutely necessary. I wish spires didn't make buildings taller, because it's unusable space that the likes of sullivan and wright would vomit at.

Spires look good on buildings like chrysler and the Empire state; chicago is not a spire city for we follow this old saying closer than anyone: form follows function. Sometimes they're nice to have, but we have a tradition here of making the most of our space, and not wasting money on spires unless they're absolutely necessary. I wish spires didn't make buildings taller, because it's unusable space that the likes of sullivan and wright would vomit at.

This is true. When New York was building fancy towers and turrets on top of its buildings in the late 1800s (Met Life, Woolworth), Chicago built giant bulky box-shaped office buildings like Marquette, Monadnock, and Santa Fe. We use all the space that's necessary.

I like that Sullivan quote. However one must remember that even Sullivan recognize the need for art in architecture. As for Wright, EVEN he designed a tower with a spire ( Illinois mile-high ) While it is true that many of the earliest building were box-shaped office buildings like Marquette, Monadnock, and Santa Fe. Many were not. If fact must tower built in the 1920-1930 were not all box. All had decor, setbacks and even spires. It was not until the 1955 that box-like tower would regain the height wars in Chicago. Form fallows Function did not really entered the city norm until the Inland Steel building. It was with the Second Chicago school ( International style) that box-like structure were the dominate form in the city. Most of the tallest building in the city had light beacons, clocks ,church steples and statues. London Guarantee Building, Chicago Temple Building, Palmolive Building, Chicago Board of Trade, Carbide & Carbon Building, American Furniture Mart, Hotel Intercontinental, Mather Tower, Wrigley Building and etc. I was born and raise here and I know that Chicago is an ever evolving city and through out it's history it not always had a square look and I'm pretty sure that in the future it will look even more different.

5-13-07

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/3610/dsc07760xo7.jpg
Man, that is a nice neighborhood. It's insane that that is within walking distance to Soldier Field. Pretty Cool.

I like this project, it is a good addition to Chicago. I like One Museum Park , but do any of you gentlemen think that from a aesthetic point of view One Museum Park need a Spire?

I'de like to see someone with photoshop put one on one of the rederings. Anyone up for that.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1091/onemuseumparkuu7rh8.jpg

Here is a very quick, crappy, rendering with a spire. I thought that the spire should be placed in the center of the grey part sticking up and that acting as sort of a shield around it, if u can understand that. IMO, it doesn't look too bad.

My less-than-stellar attempt:
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2286/onemuseumparkuu7wd3.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=onemuseumparkuu7wd3.jpg)

But I think it might be nice to cap off the south end of the Grant Park skyline with a nice spire.

I see your spire is as big as mine, now let's see how you can handle it.

IMO, it doesn't look too bad.
Should we really base architectural decisions on things that don't look too bad? Perhaps it would be better if we aimed for things that looked good.

A spire on this building is even more superfluous than most. The tower already has a very well thought-out crown, why would we need to add anything else to it?

I saw OMP yesterday and it really seems to be rising fast now. Also, great progress has been made on the facade, which looks absolutely fantastic. Didn't have my camera on me though :ohno:. I'm starting to get the feeling that this will be one of my favorite buildings in the city when completed. I think the crown is going to look awesome. This deserves a :banana:

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wonderful glass, i love it!!

Just drove by the site again yesterday - looking sharp - the corners are really well done, nice & crisp, like oragami folds.

This is off-topic, but does Chicago have any plans to put those railroads and Columbus Dr. underground? That would really make Grant Park better. Plus, those railroads are ugly.

if this building is finished before Burj Dubai is, can the developer claim that SOM copied them?

^^ what the hell are you talking about

Hello Adrian Smith fan. Nice talking to you.

The concept of this tower owes a lot to Burj Dubai.....although not nearly as $killfully executed.Think of it as a Lexus trying to be a BMW. Anyway, that's what I see in it.

Despite this, I applaud the height. I applaud DPD trying to create the 3rd wall of Grant Park.

Look for another significant transfer floor and set back to happen on the south wing on the Metra side. I was looking at the model and it looks like it takes place 10 floors above the first setback. I counted them pouring 8 yesterday.

Hello Adrian Smith fan. Nice talking to you.

The concept of this tower owes a lot to Burj Dubai.....although not nearly as $killfully executed.Think of it as a Lexus trying to be a BMW. Anyway, that's what I see in it.
It's not surprising to find similarly designed towers sprinkled about the globe. Rem Koolhaus expresses serious skepticism as to the limits of skyscraper design; after all it is finally one basic form--a tower. I think this real limitation can be relieved by incorporating a more encompassing sense of place into a tower's design with details more reflective the spirit of its inhabitants.

6-9-07

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from Millenium Park

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It's nice, but nowhere near as cool as 600 Fairbanks.

^ A little biased maybe Helmet? No but youre right, 600 N fairbanks is tough to beat.

One thing, seems like all the tall buildings going up in the south loop are glass exteriors (at least in the prominent locations). OMP, OMPW, 1720, X/O etc.

...we're only distant cousins at best. :)

Thank GOD developers are finally letting go of the poured/painted concrete nightmares!!!!

I recall seeing the glass on 600 Fairbanks on the curve and I thought that even the Sky 55 curve looked better. Couldn't disagree with you more but respect your Opin

Images taken 06/12/07

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I always wonder if there are a handful of out-of-town Lollapalooza fans who are watching this construction boom as they visit Chicago year after year. Certainly by this July visitors will notice this Goliath rising out of what was once just open air.

The two-tone glass scheme is looking really nice.

this one is gonna dominate the South Loop. wow.

The best thing about it is that there's nothing east or north of it, so it really gets to shine with nothing in the way. From the angle of my pad in Lakeshore East, it almost looks as high as Sky 55 now.

This time of year, you get sun on the north façade. Taken Saturday afternoon:

http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/9131/onempw30jun07mz2.jpg

This one is flying! When is this one supposed to be finished?

Taken 7/7

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9326/ompmp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/airmale007/July72007052.jpg

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Taken yesterday (7/7/7)

July 6, 2007

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/1306/skyline2ho6.jpg

^^ One Museum Park is on the left

^ Im countin they are on 40th or so?

July 6, 2007

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Great shots Retro. You can see the 2nd set back along the Metra tracks. There was a set back on the North facade in the model 2 floors before this one. I'm not back in town until midmonth. Any one have a shot of the North facade?

7-8-07

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1421/dsc08186ad9.jpg

FYI -
Saw some pictures of a building that may be MP3 in SSP - Chicago Boom Rundown thread.

If I'm wrong, I hate to be the harbinger of false hope, but I'd give it an 80% chance that I'm right considering that the illustration shows OMP next to it for comparison... And it is notably taller than OMP.

:cheers:

this is my favorite building. I hope to live in it one day

July 14, 2007

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Something about these P/H towers in the south loop....and not something good I'm afraid. They all seem so soulless and manufactured compared to the Lakeshore East towers. Even this one is kind of becoming a "poser" if you ask me.

They seem to lack a certain level of 'authenticity' that SCB, DeStefano, Booth/Hansen and SOM buildings all seem to inherently possess. I think it's probably because those other firms have a long, rich track record at doing this building type.

I was walking down Michign Avenue yesterday with my daughter and while I can recognize the need for the 'south wall' of Grant Park to be created, I really wish the developers and maybe the city could have found an architect or perhaps different architects to construct that wall, not just giving it blindly to P/H because they meet some developer's bottom line.

7-15-07

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Something about these P/H towers in the south loop....and not something good I'm afraid. They all seem so soulless and manufactured compared to the Lakeshore East towers. Even this one is kind of becoming a "poser" if you ask me.

They seem to lack a certain level of 'authenticity' that SCB, DeStefano, Booth/Hansen and SOM buildings all seem to inherently possess. I think it's probably because those other firms have a long, rich track record at doing this building type.

I was walking down Michign Avenue yesterday with my daughter and while I can recognize the need for the 'south wall' of Grant Park to be created, I really wish the developers and maybe the city could have found an architect or perhaps different architects to construct that wall, not just giving it blindly to P/H because they meet some developer's bottom line.

I couldn't disagree with you more. With the exception of Aqua by Gang, I haven’t seen a building that compares to OMP or OMPW. Even Tower 4 and Sky 55 kick Lakeshores but. Have we comfirmed that 2MP and 2MPW are going to be designed by P/H. Ive never seen anything on that.

I know to each his own but I tend to think that your opinion is in the minority.

God is in the details.

Sky55 IS an SCB building....

The developers aren't bluntly handing projects to P/H, at least not the signature ones, so cool your jets.

...yeah, and there's another one or two down there that are from Legacy Development and not Enterprise Development that P/H hasn't done too, but what's your point?

Mine wasn't to condemn an architect as much as to question giving such a significant and long-awaited architectural step in the progress of this city - that is framing the third wall of Grant Park - to essentially one firm.

Word is that P/H is also designing the 2 unannounced new towers between Indiana and Michigan fronting on Roosevelt St. To me, that's an architectural monopoly that I'd feel more comfortable trusting a more experienced firm with....or better yet, mixing it up with a few other firms to give it a true sense of diversity.

Could you imagine the outrage on these boards if only one firm had designed every building from Michigan AVe. all the way to Lakeshore Drive along Randolph Street? I'm talking about what creates the fabric of a city and in my opinion, it's heterogeneity.

The south wall is 2 blocks long - 4 buildings.

The north wall is 6 blocks long, with 9 buildings.

Even if P/H is doing the next 2 Museum Park buildings (which I didn't know), it seems like they've done quite a good job mixing it up so far. They are undoubtedly giving buildings to several designers on their staff, so I don't think heterogeneity will be a problem here.

On the contrary, it is a defined lack of vision that afflicts most large developments. While identical buildings is something to avoid at all costs, giving multiple buildings to the same firm (assuming that the firm embraces creative differences) ensures that the buildings will relate to each other and form a coherent cityscape, something that few architects working separately know how to accomplish anymore.

7-21-07

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August 16, 2007


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taken yesterday by ozzman
He took this pic from the east balcony on the 37th floor of 1 S. Dearborn.

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August 17, 2007

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Looking south along Michigan Avenue.

8-25-07

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great shots Chi649 I count another 20 stories to go:banana:

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^ Thanks a lot Chicagotom :).

A few shots from 08/26

https://community.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2007/08/555693.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2007/08/555694.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2007/08/555696.jpg

A few shots from 09/03

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/09/557884.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/09/557896.jpg

A few shots from 9/13

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/09/559559.jpg

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September 11, 2007

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Just time enough at the stoplight for a shot:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/Chicago09222007OneMuseumPark1.jpg

Posted in the Boom Rondown on SSP


Got this letter in the mail yesterday:

You are cordially invited by Ald. Robert W. Fioretti to attend a Community Meeting on Thursday, October 4, 2007 commencing at 6:00 pm to be held at Roosevelt University 430 South Michigan Avenue, Second Floor Congress Lounge.

Central Station, LLC will present its plans to the Community for the proposed construction of two high-rise buildings along East Roosevelt Road between South Michigan Ave. and South Indiana Avenue.

Central Station, LLC has filed a zoning application with the City of Chicago relating to the proposed construction of these buildings.

I don't know if i can go but maybe other local people (museumparktom?) can rep. the forum

Taken 9/28:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5539/ompwest928jk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I really wish SCB was still doing these two new towers if only for the sake of diversity in the design.

'Density at any cost' should not be the mantra of these boards. 'Good design' should be.

That is a beautiful building. I'm making it a goal now to move to chicago after I graduate.

Wow this is going to look really nice! It already has an impact on the southern skyline and it isn't even done yet.

October 3, 2007

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4561/dsc0114bq4.jpg

From the SE, this pup really dominates the skyscape. 10/15/07:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/Chicago10152007GP1-1.jpg

From the SE, this pup really dominates the skyscape.

Thats a fantastic shot. Its hard to imagine gp3 & 4 completely blocking out the sears tower. Wow.

Thats a fantastic shot. Its hard to imagine gp3 & 4 completely blocking out the sears tower. Wow.From that angle, they won't.

From that angle, they won't.


gp 4 wont obstruct the view of ST from there? how cant it?

gp 4 wont obstruct the view of ST from there? how cant it?Sorry, I may have spoken too soon. I think a small part of the western side of Sears may be visible though. For all practical purposes though, I agree with you.

Sorry, I may have spoken too soon. I think a small part of the western side of Sears may be visible though. For all practical purposes though, I agree with you.


No problem. I would not complain if anyone could photoshop that picture of what it will look like maybe 5 to 7 years from now. :banana:

A few more images from 10/21/07

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/10/568304.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/10/568306.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/10/568307.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/10/568309.jpg

great shots BVictor1, keep them coming

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5568/179609304174d5363b9bbou2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If that photo doesn't scream "put Children's Museum here, above these hideous train tracks," I don't know what would...

I finally saw this one in person and I absolutely LOVE it so far!

How many more floors to go? I hope a lot, but it's looking really close to being TO

How many more floors to go? I hope a lot, but it's looking really close to being TO

I was over there yesterday and asked one of the construction workers where they were at currently, and I was told that the core is about at floor 62 and the decks thenselves are at ablot floor 60. They need to get to 65, so we're almost there.
From 11/07/07

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from today

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9514/dsc08997da6.jpg

11/25/07

View from the Dan Ryan Expressway
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2007/11/573889.jpg

^^^^
You see a section in Bvic's post of the Crown being constructed. I grabed this from the Roosevelt Collection cam. Sorry for the quality.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l221/Mansmith_2006/GetOneShot-1.jpg

For all you football fans, whenever there is a Bears game at home, they always have the camera angle acing toward the northwest. This baby look like its 3000!!!! feet from the angle they have it. It dwarfs the Sears in the Background. Really cool,

For all you football fans, whenever there is a Bears game at home, they always have the camera angle acing toward the northwest. This baby look like its 3000!!!! feet from the angle they have it. It dwarfs the Sears in the Background. Really cool,



This is an older picture, but I believe the same angle you see on TV you are referring to...


http://www.yoursportsfan.com/gallery/I/2005/01/01/1843.jpg

December 12, 2007

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Awesome photos by Johnny Clark on flickr
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HOLY FRACK!!!!!!!!!

how did he get up there?

dp

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6356/2141850519dd7f3e3e45bdv5.jpg
j03 from flickr

Awesome photos by Johnny Clarkhttp://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5742/214067184763f00ef285bsa2.jpg

now that is what I call a view. :bow::eek::master::drool::drool::drool::drool::omg:

Nice find, spyguy. Taken 12/26:
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2382/omp1226lj4.jpg

Beautiful pics!!!

Any news on OMPW? Doesn't seem to be much happening with OMP's little brother.

^^^^I fricken LOVE that shot for some reason!

Lookin Good

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/8718/21527524827385135393byf7.jpg
tina_buxte from Flickr

From 1-1-08

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BIG!!!!

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BAD ASS picture!

When I last lived in Chicago, there were like 2 dull highrises where that cluster currently is. With OMP, it's a cityscape completely transformed. Thanks for that astounding perspective

Just a quick question, when is this one expected to 'top off', if it hasn't done so already?

Mike

It still has a few "floors" to finish on the crown section, and unless they speed things up, I wouldn't think it'd be topped out until March, at least. (total amateur guess, of course)

This building is so hot, i wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

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This building is so hot, i wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

Middle school??? I think you meant high school... I hope

By the way, on SSP there was a discussion about the crown on this project. Will the crown be as curved as the model or have they changed it???

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USA! USA!

awesome picture,
its on my background now
thanks

Wow..
The way OMP sticks out from that angle against the skyline in back of it is crazy

This is a very photogenic tower.

01/02/08
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01/03/07
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I have a question for you all about the below image.

How do you want the see the core treated?
A. Would you like to see the concrete left exposed
B. Clad it in glass as it's going to be
C. Paint it
D. Other (what's your other?)
https://community.emporis.com/images/6/2008/01/583982.jpg

B. Glass

Glass as well... I wish I could afford to buy a condo in this building!!! Just the views of the Loop and the Lake are worth the price!!

Glass, or maybe panels of metal. I think painting it or leaving it exposed would cheapen its image in this case

its old, but still looks nice

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Taken today:
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Completely out of topic... but wow what a difference new windows on 1130 S Michigan make! That actually looks somewhat nice of a building!

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I got this from a sales person......I couldnt find the other thread with all 3 buildings...



The units will be available at a variety of times. ONE MUSEUM PARK will begin delivering units at the first of 2008. The 1400 building will begin to deliver its units in the Spring of 2008. The 1600 building will begin to deliver units in late 2008. ONE MUSEUM PARK WEST will have availability in early 2009. Museum Park Place South will deliver in late 2009.

is it just me or does this building look like it's 'flipping the bird' to the city?

is it just me or does this building look like it's 'flipping the bird' to the city?


LMFAO! Nice observation, I never would've noticed that...

It's a head-turner alright. When I was in Chicago this past fall, the ride from Lakeview to McCormick Place was great and I remember thinking how bad ass a design and location this building had.

today

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This is some great architecture; not Architecture.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed_projectfeb06,1,7695483.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

I thought this was interesting.

I feel as though, given the massing of this building, it stops about 200-300 feet too soon.

I feel as though, given the massing of this building, it stops about 200-300 feet too soon.


For me, it depends on the vantage point. Some vantage points make it look extremely tall and thin while others, a little too short.

2-9-2008

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I feel as though, given the massing of this building, it stops about 200-300 feet too soon.
It's definitely still got that "chubby" quality to it from certain angles. That was always my biggest concern with this tower. Luckily, from the primary view (looking at it from the north) seems to have been spared as the tower looks pencil-thin and perfectly proportioned.

10 Feb '08:

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^ Great photo wrabbit!

Thks - finally had some sun yesterday.

I'm liking the crown unfinished, with just a skinless steel frame. The choice of skin here will make or break the tower's visual impact. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Anyone have word on the material to be used to clad the concrete core?

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^^that's fantastic!

may i just ask, respectfully, what do you all see in this building? is it a freudian height thing? is it a 'different is good' thing? i'm just curious.

but given that it's built in the city that is the birthplace of highrises, it's relatively ordinary. i suppose what i'm suggesting is that a site this prominent deserved a building with at least the quality of execution that trump chicago has.

the "feel" of central station is that of a vertical suburb, not an urban city and all the height or pasteurized architectural moves in the world can't disguise that. however it's a failure in city planning, not architecture or even development.

.....IT'S A GOOD BUILDING.

but given that it's built in the city that is the birthplace of highrises, it's relatively ordinary. i suppose what i'm suggesting is that a site this prominent deserved a building with at least the quality of execution that trump chicago has.....

I agree with you. It is a good building. It is better than I had feared, though not as good as I'd have liked. But a cut above much of P/H's recent buildings. The fit & finish strike me as first rate. It excites because it is a very tall thing in a place without very tall things. It excites because it extends the cliff wall to the Southern edge of Grant Park. It excites because it isn't Grand Plaza. Lots of reasons for people to like this building, even though it isn't in the same league as 860-880 LSD.

Crown panels going in:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/mp1.jpg

architecture is obviously very personal to everyone and that's what's so wonderful about it. as such, every person isn't necessarily supposed to agree with every other person. that's just life.

if i try to occasionally steer a discussion, i assure you it's never been about me. i am genuinely interested in what people in all walks of life think about urban design and especially residential high rises because of my own professional interests.

however, architectural discussion and/or criticism should be a little more than just saying "dude, this tower's awesome." occasionally, it's ok to have someone say 'why is it awesome?' or even ask 'is it awesome?'

15 Feb, looking SW:

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Construction site for One MP West:

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2/15, NE:

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With friend:

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Taken this weekend by me:

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Is that a UFO or mustard.....:lol: ^^

Is that a UFO or mustard.....:lol: ^^

lol... the damn balloon came out of nowhere. I only noticed it after taking the picture, but by then it was already gone.

lol... the damn balloon came out of nowhere. I only noticed it after taking the picture, but by then it was already gone.

Ahh I see. :nuts:

02/23/08

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OMPW 02/23/08

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Great addition to the skyline, but making it taller would've made it more pleasing to the eye.

C'mon Dance, this bldg is as pleasing as a samba beat. Views are wonderful, from every angle. Bravo! First-class!

Great addition to the skyline, but making it taller would've made it more pleasing to the eye.


I don't know if it should be any taller. It already dominates the surrounding neighborhood, and the scale of the surrounding buildings make it seem even taller, I daresay.

Is there a specific reason why you would consider making it taller more aesthetically pleasing?

Great addition to the skyline, but making it taller would've made it more pleasing to the eye.

Have you seen this building with your own eye? Just curious because it looks alot taller than what the pictures show.

I live across the street from omp, and I have a perfect view of it out my window- too bad I don't own a camera of any sort- but I definitely believe this thing should've been 100 ft taller. It's just an opinion, but it looks a bit stubby from a few angles. I don't think it's too tall for its surroundings, and especially when the other three get built along roosevelt it won't be that tall anymore. Considering the location of the building on the corner of roosevelt and columbus in such prominence, I think it could've used another 100 ft to its height. With that said, I still like the building for what it is.

there already is a 100 foot taller version of it. it's called burj dubai.

there already is a 100 foot taller version of it. it's called burj dubai.:lol: you mean 2000 foot taller version?

OMP's 2 neighbors will be taller than it, which I think wil fit together nicely. I'm ok with the current height, but think its a little too fat!

:lol: you mean 2000 foot taller version?

OMP's 2 neighbors will be taller than it, which I think wil fit together nicely. I'm ok with the current height, but think its a little too fat!

These will definitely help, but I think there remains a vertical "gap" relative to the surroundings that needs to be filled in a bit. Perhaps it is just me, but I would rather have the height variations a bit more carefully graded.

This "lower" height is advantageous for the neighboring condo highrises (to the west), coming soon. Those are slated to be taller

There seems to be a tendency, IMO, of too many people on here to automaticall assume taller=better. But in this instance, I agree with that crowd. OMP is a great looking building, but as you gaze up at the building, eventually coming to setbacks around every 10 stories, it does give the impression the building stops abruptly with the crown appearing immediately after the final setback. There should be another 10 stories to give the design a more natural feel.

^ Nicely put. I tried to elaborate my position on this, but you hit the nail perfectly on the head here.

Popping up over Art Museum:

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is there a burj dubai thread by the way?

^http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=534013

Bvictor1's first pic above (recent post) makes this tower blend in very well with (the new) Soldier Field, don't you think? I think this is a great addition to the south end of Grant Park. Finally, we're doing things in this town more inovative than a rectangular box on top of a square podium- although there are a few exceptions, ya ya ya I know !

This is an older picture, but I believe the same angle you see on TV you are referring to...


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looks like mexico vs usa....

Yea, there was one (USA-Mexico fútbol match) played in Chicago last summer. And another in Houston just a couple of weeks ago. One thing that was very interesting about that match at Soldier Field was that the Cubs and White Sox were playing to a sellout crowd at Comiskey Park at the very same time.

OT, but how many matches and how many years has it been now since the USA lost to Mexico on USA soil?

:dunno:

(IIRC, the only two Mexico wins during that entire streak, including World Cup matches, have been in Mexico City.)

Mike

Some from today 3/10/2008
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it's just not coming together like i'd hoped it would. to me it feels like a really good tribute band, not the 'real thing'. trump's building - to me surprisingly feels like the 'real thing'. maybe it's just SOM's experience at doing high rises shining through?

double

^I'm inclined to agree. The tower as a whole just seems so disjointed. At the time that the renderings first surfaced I thought that the various forms, setbacks, and facades that were thrown together in the design made the building interesting. Recently, however, it has dawned on me that the building is still "interesting" but the word now takes on all of the negative connotations and not really any of the positive ones. The word "haphazard" seems to come to my mind when I look at this building now.

I think the East elevation looks better than the North, especially from close-up/looking up. Hopefully, when the scaffolding is removed from the West side, the profile from the North will lighten up a little more.

I think that the crane is coming down.
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I was a volunteer this morning at the Shamrock Shuffle 8K run. I worked the finish line, handing out bananas to the racers. I brought my camera along and still had the skyscraper forums in mind!

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^^ That's A LOT of bananas! :lol:

^^ That's A LOT of bananas! :lol:no kidding! there were 30,000 runners and even more bananas.

I really do like this building. I know other's did not like the way it turned out, but I personally really like the design. The only thing I wish could happen is to push it up a little north of where it is. It gets left out too many times when the Adler pic location takes a pic of the skyline.

i think the biggest problem with this building is that in order to really 'enjoy' it, one has to go to a specific viewing spot designated by the architect because in some views, it looks pretty fat and ill-proportioned. case in point, the southwest elevation from the dan ryan.

a highrise is not an in-fill 6-flat building with one facade. as such, it is responsible for looking good from more than one viewing angle.

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This building is absolutely impressive from it's size, location and nautical theme. A new landmark!

no offense intended. i hope you enjoy your purchase. go with a fixed rate mortgage.

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I would have to agree as well that it's suddenly become something of a landmark on the skyline. Especially from the West/Southwest sides of the city.

You have the usual big 3 buildings, but then Bam, this guy is just hanging out by himself south of downtown. The general lack of tall buildings in the area makes this stand out greatly. Especially from Grant Park, it's all alone looming over the south side.

so by the same methodology, the miglin-beitler tower out in oak brook, illinois is a landmark.

let's draw a distinction between the terms 'landmark', and 'geographic anomaly'.

so by the same methodology, the miglin-beitler tower out in oak brook, illinois is a landmark.

let's draw a distinction between the terms 'landmark', and 'geographic anomaly'.

Yawn... Your commments make me laugh. Give it up. Everybody knows your opinion pertaining to this building. Let's try this....go sit down, close your eyes real tight and pray real hard and maybe just maybe the building will just disappear.

your comments make me curious. how do YOU define 'good design'?

are you part of the added-density crowd? a strong believer in conceptual architecture that someone on this site once said was "first year design school rhetoric"? amazing height? good quality of construction? LEED and sustainable design?

this is a decent building from certain angles; from others it is simply average. it's got height, glitzy top, and everything that on paper should add up to 'good architecture', but it simply doesn't come together for me - personally- completely.

by the way, does anyone know how sales are in this and the second tower? i heard a lot of people weren't closing on their units and were walking away from their earnest money checks.

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2020,
P/H should hire you to photohgraph all their work. This is the most flattering image yet. Like other's have said, this building isn't as impressive from every perspective, but it looks great here.

Nice picture!

4-5-2008

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2020,
P/H should hire you to photohgraph all their work. This is the most flattering image yet. Like other's have said, this building isn't as impressive from every perspective, but it looks great here.

Nice picture!

I actually found that picture at Flickr. There are a lot great photographers on Flickr. If you search Chicago at flickr, theres a good chance you'll find some OMP shots

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does it not bug anyone that they aren't cladding the concrete core with glass?

Is that something that's changed, or was it always supposed to be painted-on fake glass?

As long as it looks (mostly) convincing from the street and doesn't drastically cheapen the rest of the building, whatever. But I'd certainly hate to see painted concrete outside my window if I actually lived there!

Why does the thread title not say T/O? It's definitely topped out at this point.

I would have to agree as well that it's suddenly become something of a landmark on the skyline. Especially from the West/Southwest sides of the city.

You have the usual big 3 buildings, but then Bam, this guy is just hanging out by himself south of downtown. The general lack of tall buildings in the area makes this stand out greatly. Especially from Grant Park, it's all alone looming over the south side.

it's quite a statement, isn't it? It's as if we never expected a building at the south end of the downtown lakefront to create such a presence.

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wonderful shot, hydrogen. I don't think I've ever seen one from this angle that shows off the way the metra tracks start their southeast diaggonal and litterally slice into museum park.

Which bldg on Randolph was this taken from and which floor?

I have really tried to like this building, but IMO it looks Awkward. Maybe when/if the area fills up a bit more it will look better, hidden amongst other highrises. I just think with the width of it, it could have been a bit taller.

go to an AIA function locally and ask someone who works at SOM, P&W, StudioGang, Murphy/Jahn, SCB, Valerio, Goetsch, Smith & Gill or VOA what they think of this tower....the phrase 'wasted opportunity' comes up more than once.

i think it's ok to like this building for all the positives a highrise by definiton should provide a skyline - and that this one DOES achieve in terms of density, park definiton, etc. etc., but given it's exposure and prominence, this building could have been so much more than what it is. i can't help but think what Helmut Jahn, Ralph Johnson, or even Martin Wolf could have achieved on this site with the same budget.

i sincerely hope the lessons learned from this tower will make the towers that follow along roosevelt road better.

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i want to build on something i said earlier. I don't think I've ever seen a building in Chicago throw off the equilibrium the way this one does. Seems like our other towers rose more out of existing parts of the skyline and had the context and the familiarity of the buildings around them to show off their height.

One Museum Park rises so high above a newer and less familiar group of high rises that it can give the impression of this not being Chicago, but some other city from various perspectives. Location and height here are somewhat akin to what you have in Houston or Atlanta where a tall tower rises above a non-downtown portion of the city and changes the landscape in a way a new DT tower would not. In 1MP's case though, the bldg is in the DT area, but so much on the fringe it alters the entire environment radically.

I think the effect of 1MP on the skyline is unique.

so what's the official story on the core?

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i still see a high rise with a 'Rear Elevation'.

Taken today:
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^^ I really wish all of those railroad tracks would be covered up.

No kidding--that and the section of Columbus Drive which runs through Grant Park.

Had some free time but that looks soooo much better!

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee305/Chicago2016/OMPv1.jpg

Haha. The trees are a nice touch.

Haha. The trees are a nice touch.

What can I say, sometimes I can't hold back my artistic abilities, hahaha. :lol:

I hope you don't mind, but I posted your version in the OMP thread at SSC. People over there were also complaining (rightfully) about the railroad tracks.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=3522109#post3522109

^^ That's cool.

I hope you don't mind, but I posted your version in the OMP thread at SSC. People over there were also complaining (rightfully) about the railroad tracks.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=3522109#post3522109

I'd rather see Columbus Drive removed rather than the tracks covered.

^ !!! Just thinking the same - Columbus is the bigger intrusion, being at ground level rather than sunken as are the train tracks.

just drove back to the city from starved rock up i-55....could someone please take a picture from that angle and post it here strictly for purpose of discussion?

Another thing about this tower is that I wish it was a little bit taller bc right now it looks "fat" if you know what i mean...

The top dozen (or so) floors look wider than they actually are, when viewed from the North. Once the construction platforms come down, the top will be a good 15-20 feet thinner. I'm reserving final "fat" judgment until then.

To see this type of height south of congress, let alone roosevelt, is amazing. It also leads one to think of the potential possibilities for this area. Now if the south loop can get a real iconic gem (hmm lets say a mixed-use 90+ story one), maybe around 16th or 18th street, the transformation into mag mile/gold coast south will be well on its way ;)

the city made them go with 65 stories in an effort to create the park's 'south wall'.

density is good. however, given the rich tradition of high rises in the city of chicago, this tower would be more at home in omaha or cincinnati.

it isn't in the same league as anything in river east or even trump chicago, something i thought i'd never give "the donald" credit for. it definitely isn't in the same league as lake point tower- which given its location and prominence, it SHOULD be.

05/03/08

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it definitely isn't in the same league as lake point tower- which given its location and prominence, it SHOULD be.

Thats a good point. While the height is great for the area, its probably a bit of a missed opportunity design-wise. But me personally, Ill still take it.

the city made them go with 65 stories in an effort to create the park's 'south wall'.

Did the designer originally want to go shorter or taller?

and cincinatti? I can see that, but i was thinking Dubai

an architectural firm that designs residential high rises builds to the accepted/negotiated FAR, or floor area ratio, that they can in an effort to maximize profitability. the higher and more salable square footage you can put on a site the better....at least that's how it used to work over the last 10 years.

p/h is one of the best at making good unit plans and projects that sell for their clients, but my problem is that it's also dumbed-down architecture that takes no chances. mc donald's makes cheeseburgers but so does gibson's...which one would you rather have?

......speaking of dubai, could someone post a plan or elevation rendering of burj dubai along side this tower's?

p/h is one of the best at making good unit plans and projects that sell for their clients, but my problem is that it's also dumbed-down architecture that takes no chances. mc donald's makes cheeseburgers but so does gibson's...which one would you rather have?

You're on fire. I have to agree. I live in the area and I see this building every day. It's weak sauce - this location deserved better.