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OMP
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http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/712/dsc05101ub5.jpg
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way to hide the concrete!!!
think they'll paint it reflective blue to "match the glass"?

Taken today:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1903/omp5314ib9.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/cbotnyse/my%20photos/DSC_0055-3.jpg

Taken today:
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6583/1mp614dt7.jpg

it makes a huge impact on the skyline!!!

more like a huge thud.

:gaah:more like a huge thud.

that huge slab of concrete running at the side of the building is completely reprehensible.

Im still on the fence with this structure. I guess it's because the structures opposite to it are far superior.

more like a huge thud.

are you serious?

that huge slab of concrete running at the side of the building is completely reprehensible.

It's in the process of being cladded. The concrete won't be visible.

^^ Speaking of cladding, do you know how far along this is? Nobody seems to have any pictures of this and I haven't been to the South Loop in a few months.

Edit: Is that the cladding visible in the lower left of you picture above, i_am_hydrodgen?

Only 3 floors worth has been clad on the SW concrete wall. It's been taking a while and will probably continue to take a while. It looks great though IMO.

thank GOD. at least that'll make it look a little more respectable, but in my humble opinion, the exposed concrete was merely a symptom of the greater disease: lack of sophistication/experience. at night it will still be a black facade- only now with spandrel glass on it.

all in all, there are only certain views of this tower that flatter it and then just barely. in my world, that's still called a wasted opportunity. a building with this height should look good all the way around, not just from designated scenic viewing points....see Trump if i'm not making my point here.

whens the West section going to rise ?

The crane went up a few days ago.

The crane went up a few days ago.
A while back, if memory serves, the developers went back to the city to make that tower taller and thinner; any final disposition of that request? Or better still, does anyone have recent or revised renders?

Thought this might interest some of you...

Dear South Loop Neighbor,

The City of Chicago Plan Commission is set to review Central Station Towers 3 & 4 on Thursday, June 19.

Last fall we discussed this project and you provided your feedback and conerns. We took that feedback to the Alderman and were told a Citizens Advisory Committee would be formed to review 2nd Ward projects in the future. It appears this project has not been reviewed nor your feedback taken into consideration.

It is a basic principle of urban design and city planning to avoid shadowing public space. The developer's own master plan and Planned Development ordinance promises not to shadow public or private open space, and sets a 400-foot height limit for this area. The Near South Community Plan, adopted in 2004, included the same height limit. Chicago's zoning ordinance forbids approval of a Planned Development that does not comply with adopted plans.

If you are concerned about the 780-foot and 900-foot towers proposed for Roosevelt Road between Indiana and Michigan Avenues, please contact Alderman Fioretti TODAY.

Urge him to remove the project from the Plan Commission Agenda and seek further public input. These buildings, as proposed, will significantly shadow Grant Park, Chicago's most significant open space. Most of the area south of 11th Street will be in dark shadow most of the year.

A letter has been posted to our website for your use:
www.southloopneighbors.org

Send your signed letter via fax and/or contact the Alderman's office directly at:

2nd Ward Office: 
Phone: (312) 263-9273

Fax: (312) 786-1736
City Hall Office 
(312) 744-6836

ACT TODAY!

Thank you ? Mike Kelly for South Loop Neighbors

I say we take him up on this and,

ACT NOW!!!

oy....these people make me almost as sick as bad architects.....DPD made them go that tall. there's no way they'll chop them down.

they'll get them entitled at that height, but there's probably no way Enterprise will build them that high unless they wait about 5 years for the demand to come back around.

right now they are their own worst enemy, STILL trying to sell out some of their own buildings that are STILL under construction and word on the street is that they may have overextended themselves.

Any updates on this? I understand their concerns, and I too would not like to see a part of our city park covered in shadows, but I am a huge fan of this development, and I like the idea of a Southern wall to the park to go along with the Northern and Western walls

west? you want to wall off the lake?

I thought the lake was east.

oh yeah.never mind.i was thinking the michigan ave wall's east elevation.duh

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7691/2762805541279509cc23bbi3.jpg
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Taken today:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8453/sloopskylinega0.jpg

Taken tonight:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7845/omp918vl4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Putting cladding on the core is taking forever!

Today:
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5919/trumpandwacker1019696wv6.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/3849/dsc073561242948rs9.jpg

1-31-09
OMP on far right. It's easy in this pic to see how high the glass progresses as indicated by the golden reflection of the sunlight.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/1636/dsc0179ls1.jpg

^^ Nice!

yep, sometime in March is when we will get more windows in to deliver.

That shimmer is not from the core cladding, it definately does not go that high.

done right ?

Not quite done. Still working on the core cladding. See OMPW thread for recent pics.