Height: 612 ft
Floor count: 46
Location: North Clark, North Dearborn, West Kinzie
Construction end: 2009
Architect: Lohan Anderson, LLC
Developer: Mesirow Financial

Website (http://www.353clark.com/)

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Corner of Kinzie and Clark
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Yeah. It will be a three tower compex I think (River North Center). One office (tallest) and one tower for residential and one for a hotel. Actually, I think BVictor posted a while ago that at the next Planning Commission this project would be discussed. In fact, it might be today or tomorrow according to my memory.

That's awesome; those are some nasty parking lots at the moment.

Info mentioned from Thursday's Plan Commision Meetting, and yes the project was approved....

OFFICE TOWER

The office building will be 42 stories and 631 feet from upper Carroll Avenue. Now remember that Upper Carroll Avenue is the heighest street on the block, so this building would stand about 640 feet or so above Kinzie Street.
A September 1 ground breaking is planned, and the building is currently 68% leased for ~1.2 million square feet.

There will be a 4' setback on Dearborn Street to allow for a wider sidewalk.
There will be underground parking and loading. The loading dock entrance will be on Kinzie Street in order to preserve the transit right-of-way on Lower Carroll Avenue.

The office tower will also have street front retail on Kinzie Street.

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HOTEL

Has an increase of rooms from the original proposed amount of 340, to now 525. An April ground breaking is planned. I asked who the opperator was, and they said they didn't have one; however the title block on the renderings clearly stated Springhill Suites and Residence Inn.

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RESIDENTIAL TOWER

47 Stories, 498 Feet

37 floors will be condo, the other 10 will be parking, retail and restuarants.

The Sex Shop on Hubbard Street will remain :naughty: The other two buildings on the block will go.

More info will come later on the residential tower. It will come back to the Planning department at a later date, however the developer has stated that he plans to open a sales center for the condos in the next 90-120 days.


There was opposition to the hotel by a member of the hotel worker's union. He sounded off like any typical NIMBY and Naturas shut him up by proving some of his argument wrong. Naturas called the site an ugly hole in the neighborhood.

Also approved by the Plan Commison was a rather large and extremely controversial project for Pilsen. It will go up on a vacant Industrail site between Sangaman Street, 16th Street, 18th Street and roughly Newberry Street on the east. The proposal has 2 6 story midrises on 18th Street with street level retail. 14 townhomes and 2 10 story midrises along the Metra Viaduct at 16th Street. The buildings will be clad in brick and metal panels.

Great to hear about the Pilsen project. Is it possible... Has the city changed its mentality of "everything above 5 floors (outside DT) is deplorable"? Were there any renderings provided?

^Yes, Victor will likley post pictures soon.

And also, City Hall is greatly warming up to taller buildings especially downtown and along transit lines. Tall and thin is in, because it impacts the neighborhood less with shadows and blocked air and provides for a better skyline than short and squat. The city is now actively supporting TOD development outside downtown and Daley even proposes to allow density bonus near el lines.

Anyway back on topic....

^^^super cool Shawn great news thanks for update can't wait for rendering.....you and vic always do such a great job

Shawn, thanks for all the info.

I am really excited about this new development on north Clark. That part of River North REALLY needs some new development. I look forward to Victor's renderings.

Also, I agree with you about the city gradually warming up to higher density TOD. Even a year ago I would never have imagined Daley talking in public about TOD/high density development, but the transit train is finally catching on in Chicago. I look forward to other smart developments.

Here are photos of the renderings that I took for 351 North Clark at last weeks plan commission meeting.

Photo of a rendering of the south elevation - 2006-2-16
http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/02/436949.jpg

Photo of a rendering of the north elevation - 2006-2-16
http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/02/436904.jpg

And here's a rendering for the River North Center Hotel which is apart of the complex.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/02/436966.jpg

^^^^BVic what happened to the pics?

^^^^BVic what happened to the pics?

Nothing, they show up fine for me...

Hmm I'll try IE see if I see it ???

Tried IE and I get the broken pic link sign.....not sure what the deal is....have you tried refreshing your browser?

^^ The missing picture is the one with south elevation.

Man I don't see any....I've tried Firefox , IE & Netscape and I get nothing....strange days indeeed....most peculiar momma

I don't know what happened. Something must have happened witht he link because it was showing up just fine. The photo hosting site is still up so...???!!!

You can right-click on the red x to open up the menu and then click on Properties. Highlight the url address on Address field and paste it to your internet browser.

Hope they work better.

You can right-click on the red x to open up the menu and then click on Properties. Highlight the url address on Address field and paste it to your internet browser.

Hope they work better.
thanks

BVic's pics won't hotlink unless you already have the pics cached. You'll have to use hyperlinks. You'll notice that the pics will show in the thread after you back up.

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/02/436949.jpg

http://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2006/02/436904.jpg

I kind of like the top of the hotel portion, although it is a bit sub-par all in all.

I will reserve my judgement on the office portion for now...

Commission Endorses $600M Mixed-Use Plan for River North Block
By Mark Ruda
Last updated: February 22, 2006 08:05am

One of the last, large vacant land parcels left in River North is poised for a 2.2-million-sf mixed-use development. The $600-million-plus project will include a 300-unit condominium tower at 63 W. Hubbard St. with 35,000 sf of retail space, a 525-room hotel at 400 N. Dearborn St. in addition to a 42-story, 1.1-million-sf office building at 351 N. Clark St.


The developer, Kinzie Development South, LLC, is seeking zoning changes that would let it build an office building 62% larger than currently allowed, while the proposed condominium and hotel portion of the project is 48% larger than allowed. However, Kinzie Development South is earning density bonuses for public parks, underground parking and upper-level setbacks. Existing zoning under a planned development approved in the 1980s allow a 300,000-sf office building, 340-room hotel with 100,000 sf of retail and office space. The project was endorsed by the plan commission.

Continued here
http://globest.com/news/480_480/chicago/143173-1.html

So the hotel is around 500 ft, the office is around 650 what is the condo?

They have been doing soil testing at the site for the past week...I guess this is starting to move forward finally?

Yes, it's moving forward rapidly. Bovis will be the GC and the company I work for, Trainor Glass, is hot after this job, for the exterior skin, which I believe is all glass. Once it gets rolling, they want a floor enclosed per week.

They have been doing soil testing at the site for the past week...I guess this is starting to move forward finally?

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^ Here's a picture from Sept. 14.

I am all too glad those lots that would make some sunbelt cities jealous will gone in River North. Right now it just really breaks up the vibrancy and ubranity of River North and now it will just be a continuation of the awesome development going on along the river. Hopefully it will be a great ped area to stroll around in after all is done.

^^^Between this, River North Center Hotel, and hopefully Dana Hotel (State and Erie) it will be wonderful to see these ugly River North surface lots disappear! I always thought it was bizarre how just one block west of State the skyline just seems to collapse. Anyways they have some very small renderings of the lobby, ect. at

http://www.epstein-isi.com/portfolio/office/office_10.htm

September 26, 2006

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^ The parking lot at 351 North Clark has been cleared and an excavator is on site. Hopefully site prep will start soon. The pictures were taken at lunchtime.

Well this has all happened rather quickly!

http://midwest.construction.com/news/building/default.asp

$400 Million Mesirow Tower to Break Ground

Chicago firms Jenner & Block and Mesirow Financial have announced they have signed leases to co-anchor a $400 million office tower to be built at 351 N. Clark Street.

Together, they will lease more than 700,000 sq. ft. in the 1.1-million-sq.-ft. building designed by Dirk Lohan of Chicago-based Lohan Anderson LLC and Chicago-based A. Epstein & Sons International Inc.

The 45-story structure will be built between Clark and Dearborn streets on the south side of Kinzie Street and will contain 25,000 sq. ft. of retail space fronting Clark, Kinzie and Dearborn streets, underground parking and amenities for the building's tenants including a health club and dining facilities.

It will feature the latest evolving technology for employee safety, comfort and security.

Occupancy for the new structure will be third quarter of 2009.

Mesirow Financial, a diversified financial services firm, will occupy approximately 345,000 sq. ft. on floors 4 through 16.

The building will be developed by a partnership led by Mesirow Financial Real Estate Inc., a division of Mesirow Financial. Richard Stein and Mike Szkatulski head the real estate division.

Mesirow Financial Real Estate Inc. has been responsible for some noteworthy buildings in Chicago, including the AT&T Corporate Center, The USG Building and the Metcalfe Federal Building.

Jenner & Block LLP is a law firm headquartered in Chicago with more than 400 lawyers.

Noticed in this thread that the equipment arrived on site at the end of September. Has there been much work done before today? Looks like they were just getting started on excavation.

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Steely, Is this is site prep now?

is there a quaker oats building near there?
thats what i see just south of the corner on yahoo maps,
i see that its an okay building but just funny to see it named on the yahoo maps, as ive never heard of it.
is there some significance to it?
it sounds cool, its on emporis

Quaker Oats HQ.

Great to see. I'm bumping this baby up to site prep.

Quaker Oats HQ.

yeah i know but,
i just think its funny that yahoo put this building on the map,
dont you guys?

yeah i know but,
i just think its funny that yahoo put this building on the map,
dont you guys?

^ Dude, will you stop writing versus? You're not friggin Chaucer!

yeah i know but,
i just think its funny that yahoo put this building on the map,
dont you guys?

Actually Quaker has moved to the West Loop (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=100402). I don't know why the old Quaker Tower is so well known, but it is. This is the old one: http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117323.

November 7, 2006

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It's about time we saw a rendering! This one works for me! Certainly better than the River North Center Hotel going in across the street.

^ Dude, will you stop writing versus? You're not friggin Chaucer!

Verses?
Curses!

nice rendering
me thinks a bit too much glass, but a nice addition
to the near north side
cant wait until im back in town, im in wausau, wi right now until further notice
doing locum tenens for marshfield clinic
but will be back in shytown early next year
and im fixing up the place i will be in, in chicago so
that is exciting
i have to get them to rhyme or just write in haikus! :nuts:

that's a nice addition for the skyline

Verses?
Curses!

nice rendering
me thinks a bit too much glass, but a nice addition
to the near north side
cant wait until im back in town, im in wausau, wi right now until further notice
doing locum tenens for marshfield clinic
but will be back in shytown early next year
and im fixing up the place i will be in, in chicago so
that is exciting
i have to get them to rhyme or just write in haikus! :nuts:


^ You're still in Locums? Damn! I almost started Locums but bailed on them in the last minute--they were royally pissed. I got a 'permanent' position :lol:

^ locums is fun, and i will be in my permanent position hopefully for the rest of my career, so its a fun start before the long haul,
but will be in chicago proper soon to work and live, so i will be very happy,
are you moving back to chicago urb?
i will post my pics of wausau and merrill, wi soon :)

^ locums is fun, and i will be in my permanent position hopefully for the rest of my career, so its a fun start before the long haul,
but will be in chicago proper soon to work and live, so i will be very happy,
are you moving back to chicago urb?
i will post my pics of wausau and merrill, wi soon :)


^ You bet your arse I'm not staying in New York. The problem is, the best positions for the field we are in aren't in the big cities. I may have to do the far-flung exurb thing--YUCK!

And just to stay on topic: I can't wait for construction to start on this thing

I love this building. Granted, the design isn't revolutionary, but it's nice and sleek and will fit in very well amidst its neighbors (which will include 300 N. La Salle).

^ You bet your arse I'm not staying in New York. The problem is, the best positions for the field we are in aren't in the big cities. I may have to do the far-flung exurb thing--YUCK!

And just to stay on topic: I can't wait for construction to start on this thing

dont mean to be too off topic either but what the hey......
with subspecialities in medicine i think its better to work in small cities
than exurbia, perhaps rockford, milwaukee, madison
its tough, my friend who is a urologist works and lives in quincy, il
four hour train ride to chicago and hopefully airport will fly direct to chicago again,

Can we change the title of this thread to 353 North Clark?

Some other images:
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As spyguy mentioned, the name of this building should be changer to 353 N. Clark.

The height of this buildings is 46 stories and 611'-8"

Done and done. Spy, thanks for those renderings. I'll add them to the front page, as I like to make sure the first page of each project thread has current renderings.

From saturday

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Does anybody know the name or have info on the project going up across the street from 353 North Clark. It would be on the NW side of Clark and Kinzie. It's going up pretty fast. I believe it's supposed to be a hotel.

January 19, 2007

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^ Ahhh, HELL yeah. Nothing like a clean site just ready to sprout into action. I can hear the highrise that's about to come up just roaring beneath the soil, saying "LET ME OUT!"

On a side note, those old 19th century buildings in the background (around the middle of the pic) look nice. I hope some of that stuff remains to keep some of River North's charm

Me too, I am very worried of such buildings getting encroached upon in the not so distant future. That would be a major loss in my opinion and would really take away from a cool contrast and variety that hopefully should always be there. Unfortunatly the way things go I could see some developers wanting to demolish them instead of developing one of the many lots in the area. .

I don't know about the drawbacks but I almost wouldn't mind a preservation district to protect them.

Does anybody know the name or have info on the project going up across the street from 353 North Clark. It would be on the NW side of Clark and Kinzie. It's going up pretty fast. I believe it's supposed to be a hotel.

Dont know. Are you sure its on the NW side of Clark/Kinzie?

February 15, 2007

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^ River North Marriott Suites in background.

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^ Looks like more soil testing is taking place. They’ve been doing this on and off for at least six months. Must have found something interesting.

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/2280/353northclarkhs8.jpg


Anyone wanna take bets on how much longer the icky Westin will be around?

March 8, 2007

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March 9, 2007

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^Great photos and nice to see this one U/C now (these past few days have been busy!).

Anyway, more renderings coming your way.

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1968/mainlgdt5.jpg
^Nice plazas on all sides (Clark, Dearborn, Carroll, Kinzie)

Some might find this building dull, and I'd agree with that the general shape isn't very interesting, but I think you'll have to wait for the finished product to see how good it will look.

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^You can see that the facade will be pretty unique

Lobby canopy
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Lobby and exterior + landscaping
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Corner of Kinzie and Clark
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7034/extcrnlghg4.jpg

Anyway, more renderings coming your way.
^ I don't recall seeing some of those before. The building looks impressive. Great find spyguy!

Now we're fucking talking!!! I love this building. The size is awesome. It's really going to stand out in its context.

We can expect caisson drilling to being MONDAY, according to a construction worker with whom I spoke.

They were taking some pictures on Lower Carroll-- anyone know what that is about? Traffic?

Pandemonious at SSP has confirmed caisson drilling. This one is officially under construction!!!

http://www.cpnonline.com/cpn/regions/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003565038

Law Firm Adds Floor to Chicago HQ Lease
March 29, 2007

By Ethan Fry

Chicago-based law firm Jenner & Block L.L.P. inked an expansion this month to take another floor of space at 353 North Clark, a 1.2-million-square-foot, 45-story Class A office tower due to come online in the Second City’s River North submarket next year.

Jones Lang Lasalle’s Gary Kostecki, who is leasing the building for developer Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc., told CPN today that with the building now about 66 percent leased through two anchor tenants, attention will turn toward smaller users. Floor plates in the building are about 27,000 square feet, he said, predicting a lease in the two- to three-floor range before focusing on smaller tenants.

“We’ll probably do one more medium-size deal, then full floor deals,” Kostecki said.

Jenner & Block will occupy 417,000 square feet in the building, which will also include retail, storage and underground parking. Mesirow will occupy 345,000 square feet in the building.

New office buildings in the city are drawing rents between $45 and $50 per square foot, and the market recorded 3.3 million square feet of positive net absorption last year, its highest annual level since 2000. Overall Class A rents downtown averaged about $35 per square foot at the end of 2006.

Jones Lang Lasalle, who will manage the property upon its completion in late 2009, also recently secured 95 percent of the project’s development cost--pegged at at least $400 million--with financing from Babson Capital Management, Transwestern Realty Finance Partners, Mass Mutual and Hypo Real Estate Capital Corporation.

Kostecki and Steve Smith of Jones Lang Lasalle represented Mesirow in the deal. Bob Chodos of Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler represented Jenner & Block.

The next Friends of Downtown Brown Bag presentation
Thursday, April 5th at 12.15
Chicago Cultural Center
Millennium Room, 5th floor east

353 North Clark

Rux Currin from Mesirow Financial Real Estate and Dirk Lohan of Lohan Associates will discuss the new 1.1 million square foot office tower now under construction on the block bounded by Kinzie, Dearborn and Clark. The tower, designed by Dirk Lohan and A. Epstein & Sons, will be the new home of Jenner & Block and Mesirow Financial. In addition, the building will include retail, health club and dining facilities. Hear about the design and development process of this addition to the growing River North office market.

April 5, 2007

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April 13, 2007

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Hines sues Mesirow over use of private drive

Rival developers Hines Interests L.P. and the real estate unit of Mesirow Financial are tangling over a private drive next to a Mesirow-anchored office tower under construction in River North.

The Mesirow building doesn’t have the right to use the private drive, which is the planned entrance to the 45-story building, according a lawsuit filed by the Hines-controlled owner of the next-door office building at 321 N. Clark St.

The complaint was filed against an affiliate of Chicago-based Mesirow that is developing the nearly 1.2-million-square-foot tower, which has an address of 353 N. Clark St. and is to be co-anchored by Chicago law firm Jenner & Block LLP.

The complaint, filed last week in Cook County Circuit Court, could be merely a case of a disgruntled property owner seeking to gum up a rival development. A dispute over the project between executives of Mesirow and Houston-based Hines surfaced shortly after the project came to light in September 2005. The Mesirow-Jenner building is competing for tenants against a Hines building under construction at 300 N. LaSalle St. Both skyscrapers are scheduled to be completed in 2009.

Or could be a case of Hines protecting its rights, and forcing costly design changes — and delays — or winning significant compensation for the use of its property.

Michael Szkatulski, senior managing director with Mesirow’s real estate arm, sounds a conciliatory tone. “This is a little dispute between neighbors about how to handle the roadway,” he says. "We will work through it.”

Hines executives decline to comment.

A key issue is a one-block stretch of West Carroll Avenue, between Dearborn and Clark streets. On the south side of Carroll is the former Quaker Oats building, 321 N. Clark, and Westin River North Hotel, 321 N. Dearborn. On the north side of Carroll is the site of the Mesirow-Jenner building, which is also bounded by Clark, Dearborn and Kinzie streets.

Carroll has two levels. The lower level is a public street. “Upper Carroll” was privately financed and is owned by the office building and the Westin’s owner, which maintain it and pay property taxes, according to the complaint.

The Westin’s owner, New York-based Tishman Hotel Corp., is not a party to the lawsuit.

Although the Mesirow-Jenner tower has a Clark Street address, the building’s entrance would actually be on Upper Carroll, the complaint says. Yet a property agreement that governs the use of the Upper Carroll allegedly doesn’t give the Mesirow-Jenner site the right to use that drive.

The office building and hotel were “the only properties reasonably expected to be using” Upper Carroll, the complaint says. “It was not foreseen that the main entranceway for any future development (on the Mesirow-Jenner site) would be located off of anything other than” Dearborn, Clark or Kinzie, the complaint says.

5-13-07

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Dont know. Are you sure its on the NW side of Clark/Kinzie?

Sorry, I meant the NW corner of Dearborn and Kinzie. It's the Marriott River North.

This building is a breath of fresh air! I'm glad we are getting more glassy highrises built in the city! Now I'll have more to look out at than Harry Carey's!

May 21, 2007

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http://midwest.construction.com/features/archive/0706_TS.asp

353 N. Clark St.

Cost: $440 Million

Demand for upscale, Class-A office space in Chicago is resulting in the 353 N. Clark St. project in the River North area.

In mid-April, the 46-story tower was 66% pre-leased, says Rux Currin, senior vice president of Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, the developer.

Mesirow will also be a tenant and depart its long-time home across the street at 350 North.

Another major tenant is Jenner & Block LLP, a Chicago-based law firm.

Other office and retail tenants are being pursued.

The 1.2-million-sq-ft building will hold offices, retail and 220 parking spaces in two below-grade levels, Currin says. The office entrance will be on Upper Carroll Court and the retail entrance on Kinzie Street - appropriately so because of the increasing amount of retail on Kinzie.

"The site slopes 12 to 13 ft, so it gives us an opportunity to separate the entrances for office and retail," Currin says.

The steel-framed building will be dressed in curtain wall.
Construction began in November, and occupancies will start at the end of 2009. Mesirow will move in 2010.

I'm so happy this building is going up! I used to walk by this parking lot on my lunch, during the hot summer in July, and just be disgusted at how such a great spot was vacant (and how freaking hot it made the surrounding area with all that asphalt!).

What building is being built across the street? I'm happy to see that lot go to!

I'm so happy this building is going up! I used to walk by this parking lot on my lunch, during the hot summer in July, and just be disgusted at how such a great spot was vacant (and how freaking hot it made the surrounding area with all that asphalt!).

I couldn't agree more. Disgust is the way I felt whenever I saw this lot. I never imagined it would be developed so soon and with such a great building.

What building is being built across the street? I'm happy to see that lot go to!

River North Marriott Suites

June 26, 2007

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July 19, 2007

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That pano doesn't look stitched. How'd you manage?

That's just an excellent pano.

That pano doesn't look stitched. How'd you manage?
I've been practicing.:) Several of the recent photos I've posted are stitched together (e.g. Aqua).

The one above turned out okay but isn't perfect. Check out the upper right-hand corner of 321 North Clark.

August 2, 2007

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August 8, 2007

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August 17, 2007

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This tower will look great with the nearby 300 la salle building! They will add lots of glass to the area:banana:

Will this tower be visible from the river?

Will this tower be visible from the river?

Partially. The Quaker Oats Building will hide much of it, but it should be visible above the Westin.

September 14, 2007

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8282/dsc0043yy8.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4739/dsc0035csh6.jpg

September 21, 2007

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2143/dsc0066nb4.jpg

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/2481/untitled1wd5.jpg
Not visible, but there's a section of the tower crane on site

September 25, 2007

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5540/dsc0093nm2.jpg

Crane assembly halted due to rain.

Shots from this morning.

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwFDaz6-jbI/AAAAAAAAJV0/vKVkpFz2RXY/2007_10_01a.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwFDbT6-jcI/AAAAAAAAJV8/z--zJaOV_TQ/P1040863.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwFCPT6-jZI/AAAAAAAAJU4/PB6haFyuQ_g/2007_10_01b.jpg?imgmax=800

Shacks on Deaerborn

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwG36D6-jvI/AAAAAAAAJZ8/MnkjTsuyiiQ/P1040949.JPG?imgmax=800

From this morning

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDoT6-jyI/AAAAAAAAJdA/nyYnQFQ899s/P1040995.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDoz6-jzI/AAAAAAAAJdI/ND6k0QW6frg/P1040996.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDpj6-j0I/AAAAAAAAJdQ/JUDWUMuRt0A/P1050001.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDpz6-j1I/AAAAAAAAJdY/gGTO_ei8u6E/P1050007.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDqT6-j2I/AAAAAAAAJdg/-GUAR8P7074/P1050014.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDqj6-j3I/AAAAAAAAJdo/oZhRe6NCsLU/P1050022.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDrD6-j4I/AAAAAAAAJd0/6lU9wAHXi8g/P1050028.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwKDrT6-j5I/AAAAAAAAJd8/UUSCUgH9rBI/P1050031.JPG?imgmax=800

October 3, 2007

353 North Clark's crane & River North Marriott Suites
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4505/dsc0070tr0.jpg

Name that crane ( 3 sites visiable )

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwTgxD6-kNI/AAAAAAAAJlI/NfRfRYS2x-M/P1050393.JPG?imgmax=800

Chicago

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwTg7j6-kOI/AAAAAAAAJlQ/DPy55Sp9oG4/P1050332.JPG?imgmax=640

New Neighbor

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RwTg7z6-kPI/AAAAAAAAJlY/o1nIWHGS1pM/P1050338.JPG?imgmax=800

October 9, 2007

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4373/dsc0004cs3.jpg

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/8105/dsc2001hm7.jpg

Waiting

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RyJ5VcWt0JI/AAAAAAAALN4/972U9ziSOAA/P1080624.JPG?imgmax=640


Trying to keep it from getting stuck ( the driver insisted he was NOT going to drive onto the site with HIS truck ).

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RyJ6sMWt0MI/AAAAAAAALOs/B_8FVG8KPWw/P1080626.JPG?imgmax=640

Big

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RyJ5XMWt0KI/AAAAAAAALOE/-oKQkgBHqmQ/P1080639.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RyJ5YcWt0LI/AAAAAAAALOQ/6nMfiDrZk9c/P1080642.JPG?imgmax=640

Overview ( note other pieces in upper R )

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/RyJ61sWt0NI/AAAAAAAALO4/Z6OlR3asd0o/2007_10_26x.JPG?imgmax=800

HarryC, thanks for the great action photos. Post some more! Also, feel free to write some longer captions to explain stuff. A lot of us like learning about these things, whether it's a crane or a big piece of a building getting hoisted up. Again, great photos!

Good Morning !

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2038729677_ae6b2cc368_b.jpg

The foundation work continues

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rz5llKJbxWI/AAAAAAAAOGw/XHFidbSL5O4/P1120835.JPG?imgmax=800

Self raising form being constructed

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rz5l4qJbxaI/AAAAAAAAOHY/2Vqety-Gvn4/2007_11_16c.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rz5lzqJbxZI/AAAAAAAAOHM/10pcnA9lj1M/P1120816.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rz5lxaJbxYI/AAAAAAAAOHA/RLbHnYqenkw/P1120811.JPG?imgmax=640

November 13, 2007
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7794/dsc0060gl7.jpg

November 14, 2007
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/135/dsc0015ax2.jpg

Putting it all together

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R0LLbqJbyJI/AAAAAAAAOcg/2rdtVKUWfkA/P1130087.JPG?imgmax=800

Detail ( rebar will be installed between the forms, the black sides will face the new wall ).

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R0LMkKJbyKI/AAAAAAAAOdA/kuyjcKOOkuY/P1130016.JPG?imgmax=800

Self raising form nearly complete.
Waterview on the left - 300 N LaSalle on the right

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R0uJGaJbzII/AAAAAAAAO3E/lUCLI0iNvKU/2007_11_26d.JPG?imgmax=800

- Odd wall - slanted - why ?

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R0uJS6JbzJI/AAAAAAAAO3Q/4OrULsD8Fkc/P1130611.JPG?imgmax=720

- lights in the dark.

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R0uJb6JbzKI/AAAAAAAAO3c/vy2AY7qtWL8/P1130691.JPG?imgmax=720

Even though this one is really plain I think it will be a good filler and add nice density there.

It's not nearly as plain as older boxy buildings around the Loop. Goettsch Partners is the descendant firm of Mies', and therefore I trust their work thoroughly when it comes to glassy boxes, that they will go above and beyond what is necessary.

It's not nearly as plain as older boxy buildings around the Loop. Goettsch Partners is the descendant firm of Mies', and therefore I trust their work thoroughly when it comes to glassy boxes, that they will go above and beyond what is necessary.


This is not Goettsch Partners. Rather, it is Lohan Anderson. Granted, Lohan left Goettsch to form Lohan Anderson a few years ago, but there's a big difference, as all of the large commercial stuff in Goettsch when Lohan was still there seemed to have been designed from the Goettsch-Niles side of the firm, and the institutional stuff was from Lohan. With this tower from Lohan Anderson, you can see the differences from the typical Goettsch commercial work (BCBS, UBS, 111 S Wacker, etc)....

With this tower from Lohan Anderson, you can see the differences from the typical Goettsch commercial work (BCBS, UBS, 111 S Wacker, etc)....

A very simple massing... the curtain-wall design has more emphasis on the vertical... how is this not at least halfway Miesian? I doubt Mies would have approved of the blue-tinted glass, of course.

Trap doors on self raising form, closed until the rebar is installed and the stubs ( which will extend above the poured wall ) are installed.

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R097_qJbz1I/AAAAAAAAPK8/mqD_EZdCNJY/P1130687.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R098L6Jbz2I/AAAAAAAAPLY/xCoUVxhH-PM/P1130687-1.JPG?imgmax=800

Pouring the SE wall

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R097y6Jbz0I/AAAAAAAAPKk/GhhQNZPo4d8/2007_11_29d.JPG?imgmax=800

note use of safety line - even when working in the basement.

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R098eaJbz3I/AAAAAAAAPLo/LSwikNFWtpM/P1140087.JPG?imgmax=800

Putting in raker beams on the SW corner

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R098f6Jbz4I/AAAAAAAAPME/bf8rpBpEtUo/P1140092.JPG?imgmax=720

Working late

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R098h6Jbz5I/AAAAAAAAPMQ/TVmj7DJ4uKg/P1140103.JPG?imgmax=800

353 N. Clark, today

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9570/dsc09189gi9.jpg


http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9540/dsc09192rv3.jpg


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3838/dsc09215nq5.jpg


http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1344/dsc09216ni0.jpg


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9023/dsc09217wc2.jpg


mgJ4mSirZvc

A whole truckload of adjustable forms, they were in place within a few hours.

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R1okK-yirgI/AAAAAAAAQr0/lmtiYk9-xdg/P1150178.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R1okM-yirhI/AAAAAAAAQsA/ecQl2gRde9w/P1150185.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R1okO-yiriI/AAAAAAAAQsM/3olJaJnujKI/P1150186.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R1okQuyirjI/AAAAAAAAQsY/9JFZ7OaDe2s/P1150206.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R1om5uyirkI/AAAAAAAAQs8/CQYWHhEA1t4/2007_12_07h.JPG?imgmax=800

Core is rising - first ceiling/floor being put in.

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6jOyitYI/AAAAAAAARVk/1LQR3QGSFSY/P1150497.JPG?imgmax=800

I suspect that the floor will be used to brace the walls, then the rakers can be removed, and the bottom floor poured ( time will tell ).

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6e-yitWI/AAAAAAAARVM/wRanB0aodZQ/P1150553.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6fOyitXI/AAAAAAAARVY/Jm-4ZzLrHCI/P1150372.JPG?imgmax=720

Cable rails & throw rugs along the sheet pile

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6eOyitUI/AAAAAAAARU0/GwC9SWi6IsE/P1150830.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6euyitVI/AAAAAAAARVA/B9llufNjS9c/P1150834.JPG?imgmax=720


Rakers in t he mud

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6d-yitTI/AAAAAAAARUo/GDsrI3qro0I/P1150760.JPG?imgmax=800

Unknown device

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6c-yitSI/AAAAAAAARUc/wzqQ6swINlY/P1150756.JPG?imgmax=640

Panoramic [ Full set - zoomable http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_N_ClarkS_pan ]

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2crVJmXdSI/AAAAAAAAR5M/yACwGj1mVUc/2007_12_17b.JPG?imgmax=912

Looks like the ramp was removed and then put back in.

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2cq6pmXdNI/AAAAAAAAR4Y/NvYQ65-F4Ew/P1160380.JPG?imgmax=720

Prepared for floor tie in to core

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2cq_pmXdQI/AAAAAAAAR48/3U-RBa9K35Q/P1160383.JPG?imgmax=720

Forms ready

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2cq9JmXdOI/AAAAAAAAR4k/IFKABGC1YOQ/P1160381.JPG?imgmax=800


Many more sets http://buildings.stashandstuff.com/353_N_Clark.html

The core in the morning

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2phcZmXfcI/AAAAAAAASkE/2jQ6JRwR0qY/P1160508.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdPpmXfVI/AAAAAAAASg4/65zY0f3R4uw/P1160513.JPG?imgmax=640

Overview of East end ( coated re-bar, and slanting floor - parking )

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdT5mXfXI/AAAAAAAAShg/kBOlPViyUo8/P1160638.JPG?imgmax=800

Forgot a caisson ? saw this rig come in yesterday, couldn't figure it out until later

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdR5mXfWI/AAAAAAAAShE/j_mgXfqXQA0/P1160634.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdj5mXfbI/AAAAAAAASiQ/T9fcMfVbD2w/P1160678.JPG?imgmax=640

The carpenters built this nice frame, leaving the snow in the column untouched.

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdW5mXfYI/AAAAAAAAShs/Ha-G2bAnFfk/P1160645.JPG?imgmax=720

Many more bars to go

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdb5mXfZI/AAAAAAAASh4/wlc8blDnI9U/P1160646.JPG?imgmax=800

Curiouser and Curiouser

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pdgZmXfaI/AAAAAAAASiE/1CNyagOvlDw/P1160651.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2n625mXfMI/AAAAAAAASeQ/ebEIPzmsnAw/P1160694.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2n65ZmXfOI/AAAAAAAASeo/sHsA3Mb0O6g/P1160698.JPG?imgmax=720

Checking the ends for leaks ( pump rig is off frame on the left )

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pclZmXfUI/AAAAAAAASgs/_5-Ge7YMyP8/P1160686.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2pcVpmXfTI/AAAAAAAASgc/VpwB76qWfgU/P1160682.JPG?imgmax=800

Some sort of catch basin - but not hooked into the sewer system, and going down below the level of the (nearby) river.

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2n69pmXfQI/AAAAAAAASfA/85NGFEFYdjM/P1160706.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2n6_JmXfRI/AAAAAAAASfM/56K5M-Ls6dM/P1160711.JPG?imgmax=640

Good neighbors

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2n61ZmXfLI/AAAAAAAASkk/a7cwPXVIpug/P1160690.JPG?imgmax=800

From SSP

In Solar's last pic of 353 N Clark above, are they pouring the slab with the raker beams still in place? It looks like they've become part of the rebar mat. Interesting technique, although you'd think that a beam that large in the slab would weaken it.

I think that once they pour the concrete and let it cure, it'll create the same lateral forces upon the retaining wall that the raker beams are now producing and then the beams will be cut.

Yes the floor will replace th rakers - same as at 300 N LaSalle and Waterview, and unlike the top-down method being used at 37 block and (soon) at the Chicago Spire.

The rebar is in place, just need to get those pesky beams out and finish the job.

Dec 20 - lunch time ( now )

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2v6S5mXfyI/AAAAAAAASy8/T4jlIPhsXmc/P1160877.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2v6TZmXfzI/AAAAAAAASzI/jOFMiSiz7lU/P1160878.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2v6T5mXf0I/AAAAAAAASzU/r3BYaLuzT1o/P1160879.JPG?imgmax=800

Core taking shape

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x41pmXgKI/AAAAAAAAS6w/QMR6hQIioYQ/P1160941.JPG?imgmax=720

Not sure what to make of the carpeted sheet pile, must be only the top couple of feet - will this help in cutting off the sheet piles later ?

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x43ZmXgLI/AAAAAAAAS68/xvqenZ8CSBY/P1160944.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x46JmXgMI/AAAAAAAAS7M/r0I3N07j0A8/P1160945.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x48JmXgNI/AAAAAAAAS7Y/wut0zRHUEis/P1160947.JPG?imgmax=640

Getting ready for more

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x4-JmXgOI/AAAAAAAAS7k/RLA7jHcwTY4/P1170037.JPG?imgmax=800

Detail of the self raising form
Sitting on these grey pieces ?
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x5ZJmXgPI/AAAAAAAAS7w/e8UfOa1g2Xg/P1160959.JPG?imgmax=800

With the forms apart
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x5apmXgQI/AAAAAAAAS78/2IrKgdUF1X0/P1170044.JPG?imgmax=800

December 19, 2007

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9651/dsc0088yz6.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6159/dsc0086pq2.jpg

Photos from 2006.
Looks like the bridge was redone in the 20th Century. This building was part of the railyards and served by the underground freight system.

Feb 2006
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rv_zHz6-aLI/AAAAAAAAHz8/Jr_bjT8Xpw4/IMG_8018.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rv_zFz6-aKI/AAAAAAAAHz0/xGTyftpOa7k/IMG_8017.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rv_y_z6-aII/AAAAAAAAHzk/J5K1JWUCBpQ/IMG_8014.JPG?imgmax=720

Limestone block, laid against old brick wall and window.
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3bZvZmXhpI/AAAAAAAATjU/xNot8XoRvQ8/IMG_8019.JPG?imgmax=800

At one point in the past few decades improvements were started on the suface lot ( asphault on fill ), never finished.
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3bZ1ZmXhrI/AAAAAAAATjs/M9rTVo8FJm0/IMG_8021.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3bZ35mXhsI/AAAAAAAATj8/OpHxNdlFmOQ/IMG_8022.JPG?imgmax=720

Aug 2006 The old buildings brick wall has been removed to expose the limestone block wall from the bridge ramp.
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3bcuZmXhuI/AAAAAAAATlM/DXqPpN3YTRw/P1010298.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3bcw5mXhvI/AAAAAAAATlY/f9zTCi39hNs/P1010300.JPG?imgmax=640

These are _not_ "Rag rugs" put up by the workers over the sharp steel sheeting.

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2E6euyitVI/AAAAAAAATnQ/Vj-RRa0Wvv8/P1150834.JPG?imgmax=720

This is Voltex The World's Leading Bentonite-Geotextile Waterproofing System -- http://www.cetco.com/bmg/Products/Waterproofing/Voltex.htm -- "Voltex is a highly effective waterproofing composite comprised of two high strength geotextiles and 1.10-lbs. of sodium bentonite per square foot; the most bentonite in any commercially available waterproofing product."

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x46JmXgMI/AAAAAAAATnU/8OjjNmZ-FaY/P1160945.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x48JmXgNI/AAAAAAAATnY/S5wx2w6xRt4/P1160947.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R2x43ZmXgLI/AAAAAAAAS68/xvqenZ8CSBY/P1160944.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R3R0fZmXhJI/AAAAAAAAToQ/zJvGqV0DC64/P1170348.JPG?imgmax=720

Pouring floor [ for large photo click image ]

Jan 02 - rebar ready
http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/38039/2177761070102798085S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2177761070102798085CgbVAw)

Jan 03

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/38371/2666555740102798085S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2666555740102798085imnurg)

http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/38926/2002372168552496799_rs.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2905198220102798085SwTNNt)
Leave no tracks
http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/38685/2657811410102798085S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2657811410102798085oWGukC)
Covering your tracks
http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/36259/2817048450102798085S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2817048450102798085XsQNre)


Closeup of Voltex

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/39174/2018015900102798085S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2018015900102798085HwEFYJ)

Jan 7 - getting ready for the second floor - once it is in the rakers will be cut out.
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4gwlZmXk7I/AAAAAAAAVDU/_PyPEfIifyg/P1180422.JPG?imgmax=800

Jan 9 - top of the climbing form
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4gxIJmXlCI/AAAAAAAAVE8/yzHqa12G3Rs/P1180561.JPG?imgmax=640

Jan 10 - pouring and debubbling ( the backpack powers a big vibrator that helps the cement settle in fully and gets out the air bubbles )
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4gwnZmXk8I/AAAAAAAAVDg/mMVf_X-bPrE/P1180715.JPG?imgmax=800

Jan 10 - overview
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4gxFZmXlAI/AAAAAAAAX-8/0T7ZbNbmpGM/2008_01_10b.JPG?imgmax=912

Jan 11 - panoramic
http://aycu17.webshots.com/image/40096/2006108722372839000_rs.jpg

January 3, 2008

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/116/dsc0102gz7.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8613/dsc0104ah8.jpg

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4wdepmXlpI/AAAAAAAAVVY/NN89TEov0mE/P1190245.JPG?imgmax=720

The core rises
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4wdhpmXlqI/AAAAAAAAVVk/IccKL2Zfhdw/P1190251.JPG?imgmax=800

Starting on the next floor up.
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R4wduZmXlsI/AAAAAAAAVV0/JQ0_5c3XYac/P1190216.JPG?imgmax=800

7:45 am - pouring a floor, the guy with the backpack and wand is using a "dick" which vibrates and helps the cement settle and bring bubbles up to the surface.

[from SSC ]
The "Dick" for those of you not with clean and pure minds. :angel:

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2299/719fa0jsk9laa280xk2.jpg

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QFwrIwhdI/AAAAAAAAV_o/5lnYGpomQCk/P1190852.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QFyrIwheI/AAAAAAAAV_0/ZN5J-Tdx4IU/P1190858.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF07IwhfI/AAAAAAAAWAA/nb2kFT_0IMA/P1190861.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF3LIwhgI/AAAAAAAAWAM/xhQCKROMjgU/P1190866.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF47IwhhI/AAAAAAAAWAY/CjnN9OqbDeo/P1190872.JPG?imgmax=720

10:00 am - seen from above

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QVOrIwhsI/AAAAAAAAWEI/MvtcEGM1Kd0/2008_01_18c.JPG?imgmax=800

12:30 - surface finishing ( a different floor ) guy with the brush is sprinkling water in front of the rotary surfacer.

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF6LIwhiI/AAAAAAAAWAk/ZTw2Sjs_Ozg/P1190892.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF8LIwhjI/AAAAAAAAWAw/aPNewFZUwwo/P1190895.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QF97IwhkI/AAAAAAAAWA8/3I-YoHc_nuU/P1190896.JPG?imgmax=720


1:45pm - pouring on the core

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QGAbIwhlI/AAAAAAAAWBI/pzVVOSMRVU8/P1200070.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QGE7IwhnI/AAAAAAAAWBk/XcK18Y1rMjY/P1200088.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QGHLIwhoI/AAAAAAAAWBw/yYIGjIFHD9s/P1200091.JPG?imgmax=800

4:00pm - forms for the next floor ( these are not on top of the just finished area )

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QGJ7IwhpI/AAAAAAAAWB8/-9x8V_lp5qg/P1200108.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5QGL7IwhqI/AAAAAAAAWCI/SYZ4QD-Ck4o/P1200110.JPG?imgmax=800

Top of this column
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_1BeBp7zI/AAAAAAAAXV4/dXh55iQtRKE/P1200938.JPG?imgmax=640

The edge
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_1DuBp70I/AAAAAAAAXWE/XQDQn0zpxgM/P1200939.JPG?imgmax=720

The forms march on
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_1GuBp71I/AAAAAAAAXWQ/XgNuwYn5cSw/P1200947.JPG?imgmax=720

Beams
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_1LuBp72I/AAAAAAAAXWw/xI9hHMKLSAI/P1200996.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_1N-Bp73I/AAAAAAAAXW8/NXj-2uRfBqA/P1200999.JPG?imgmax=800

Panoramic
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_4GeBp75I/AAAAAAAAXYA/Xn4_DR-AlZE/2008_01_29b.jpg?imgmax=800

From above

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R5_5FOBp8AI/AAAAAAAAX_8/ZKBbPZj9XRw/2008_01_29a.jpg?imgmax=800

Site Prep (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview1Prep)
Caissons (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview2Caissons)
Mat & Core (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview3Core)
2008 (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353ClarkOverview_2008q1)

so is this building going to be entirely reinforced concrete? I thought it was going to be mostly steel. I know it was posted somewhere that it was steel after the bottom, but with all the forms and utilities for pumping concrete, I seem skeptical about that. Someone please put me in my place on this.

Dress warmly.
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6FHH-Bp8cI/AAAAAAAAXlM/7oHyoTfLi10/P1210153.JPG?imgmax=800

The view from lower Carrol.
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6FHh-Bp8dI/AAAAAAAAXls/Rd7pTnY4fYM/P1210119.JPG?imgmax=800

Looking East
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6FIi-Bp8gI/AAAAAAAAXmg/B27tq-VKJG0/P1210210.JPG?imgmax=800

Overview
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6FIFeBp8eI/AAAAAAAAXl8/GvGws7ulROc/2008_01_30a.jpg?imgmax=800


Prep Work (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview1Prep)
Caissons (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview2Caissons)
Core (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353_Clark_Overview3Core)
2008 (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353ClarkOverview_2008q1)

From lower Carrol
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6PZ7eBp-MI/AAAAAAAAYOI/IstkLV8u33U/P1210327.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6PZ8uBp-NI/AAAAAAAAYOU/qzg_RtzBIbM/P1210330.JPG?imgmax=720

The shacks on Dearborn.
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6PZ-uBp-OI/AAAAAAAAYOg/RcXUGYG51sM/P1210346.JPG?imgmax=800

^^ Thanks harry :)

From above
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qAbOBqAlI/AAAAAAAAY9g/7-VYddkJu0Q/2008_02_05a.jpg?imgmax=800

Drilling holes for rebar
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_tuBqASI/AAAAAAAAY54/f78FBNyij7I/P1210549.JPG?imgmax=800

Filling a wall
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_u-BqATI/AAAAAAAAY6E/JI72SoITVEE/P1210554.JPG?imgmax=640


Rebar in the fog
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_w-BqAUI/AAAAAAAAY6Q/Y6Y5QxRMp4Y/P1210557.JPG?imgmax=640


Building the core
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_yeBqAVI/AAAAAAAAY6c/eGwWThVb-YA/P1210561.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qAjuBqAmI/AAAAAAAAY9s/WEkdDxfdcxE/P1210566.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_0eBqAXI/AAAAAAAAY60/DX0wEk1AWFU/P1210650.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_1eBqAYI/AAAAAAAAY7A/DM7cAtlkdoI/P1210653.JPG?imgmax=800

Iron worker - at work - tyeing the rebar cages together
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_z-BqAWI/AAAAAAAAY6o/CW0aCgypuWQ/P1210643.JPG?imgmax=720

Expansion joint ?
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_3OBqAZI/AAAAAAAAY7M/izcbNYjw4Is/P1210659.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_5eBqAaI/AAAAAAAAY7Y/pjatK7HVm2s/P1210661.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_7eBqAbI/AAAAAAAAY7k/kEwOi5FBME0/P1210662.JPG?imgmax=640

Conduit
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p_9uBqAcI/AAAAAAAAY70/VJ4nmEm-AeI/P1210663.JPG?imgmax=720

I kinda like the look of the wood paneling and rusted raker beams.
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6p__eBqAdI/AAAAAAAAY8A/_I6omXsWBOU/P1210665.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qACeBqAfI/AAAAAAAAY8Y/UCarDdBuc9E/P1210668.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qADuBqAgI/AAAAAAAAY8k/nz4AJgKsalU/P1210672.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qAFOBqAhI/AAAAAAAAY8w/kqlIHxik4B4/P1210675.JPG?imgmax=640

Removing the last of the old vaulted sidewalk
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qAHeBqAiI/AAAAAAAAY88/PDIkMY22tr4/P1210679.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R6qAJOBqAjI/AAAAAAAAY9I/OkJckyCHToE/P1210684.JPG?imgmax=720

VERY NICE JOB HARRYc! Keep going, its nice to see this massive working site @ work:banana:.

Started with the arival of a new crane last week
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1vSkQ_BI/AAAAAAAAZr0/oXI7Oe55Iik/P1220066.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1wykQ_CI/AAAAAAAAZsA/zAbruzjG5HU/P1220072.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1yikQ_DI/AAAAAAAAZsM/vpKs-vipzLA/P1220097.JPG?imgmax=720




A temporary path
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T10SkQ_EI/AAAAAAAAZsY/HMWyrMifjfE/P1220353.JPG?imgmax=720
(below)
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7TznCkQ-0I/AAAAAAAAZow/_ev7rND9iqQ/P1220577.JPG?imgmax=576
Now on the sidewalk
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T13ykQ_GI/AAAAAAAAZsw/ed8jZwIShbU/P1220754.JPG?imgmax=800


Destroying history - the shack from the old surface lot, it had been moved around the site for the last 17 mos
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T0IykQ-1I/AAAAAAAAZo8/rAvyn0UiV3s/P1220377.JPG?imgmax=512
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T0KykQ-2I/AAAAAAAAZpI/vBaPK6c6_ks/P1220387.JPG?imgmax=512
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T0NCkQ-3I/AAAAAAAAZpU/LVzL7tRKyjY/P1220391.JPG?imgmax=576
in a happier day ( center )
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/Rv_Vlj6-WxI/AAAAAAAAHXs/QveIAHgR3ts/2006_09_19-a.jpg?imgmax=720

And then there was steel - this is one day's work.
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1EykQ-4I/AAAAAAAAZp0/7L-_6U2rsAk/P1220748.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1ICkQ-6I/AAAAAAAAZqY/cHrVcR_G0Xs/P1220750.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1JCkQ-7I/AAAAAAAAZqk/go57zcMBeGc/P1220751.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1GSkQ-5I/AAAAAAAAZqA/lSBe8YJ92kQ/P1220749.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1LykQ-9I/AAAAAAAAZq8/Lj3sPoKhj5g/P1220753.JPG?imgmax=800

cold steel
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1KSkQ-8I/AAAAAAAAZqw/xZhvedAHAeE/P1220752.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1NSkQ--I/AAAAAAAAZrI/zHKqMW-i1zc/P1220769.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R7T1PCkQ-_I/AAAAAAAAZrU/IeoxBy_Q-P8/P1220772.JPG?imgmax=720

Diesel
http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R8tfG2U_YhI/AAAAAAAAcTg/b6Ysj0yMnv4/P1240795.JPG?imgmax=800

Hydrolic winch ?
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R8tfLGU_YjI/AAAAAAAAcT4/M_XUErYOjTY/P1240815.JPG?imgmax=720

stuff
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R8tfJmU_YiI/AAAAAAAAcTs/il0jidCTIPk/P1240813.JPG?imgmax=800

From above
http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R8th1mU_YrI/AAAAAAAAcWk/ideL3HCnGlQ/2008_02_29b.JPG?imgmax=800

Series (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353ClarkOverview_2008q1)

Not nearly as awesome as harryc's in depth mini-documentaries, but I'm throwing them into the mix none-the-less. From today:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9396/dsc03267zy5.jpg
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2166/dsc03269al8.jpg

March 14 - AM
http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R-Hh3JXSqEI/AAAAAAAAe8c/rb1GDpk80ac/P1260654.JPG?imgmax=800

March 17 - odd core
http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R-Hh45XSqFI/AAAAAAAAe8o/DH2rDOb4Ksk/P1260977.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/R-Hh65XSqGI/AAAAAAAAe80/mdsFQjsdZPM/P1270007.JPG?imgmax=640

overview
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SADqz4d43wI/AAAAAAAAhdM/Sj-TmB-IvMg/2008_04_11m.JPG?imgmax=800

From the NW corner
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SADjn4d43eI/AAAAAAAAhY4/FEdiDY38OO0/2008_04_11o.JPG?imgmax=720

April 7 welding columns
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SADkN4d43gI/AAAAAAAAhZI/KpjKOSdACuc/P1290350.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SADkPod43hI/AAAAAAAAhZU/pFlS6tyLtHQ/P1290356.JPG?imgmax=800

More photos ( from surface lot to today ) Here (http://buildings.stashandstuff.com/353_N_Clark.html)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAQPyENrzlI/AAAAAAAAhw0/OGbIC9A_-zM/P1300252.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAQP0kNrzmI/AAAAAAAAhxA/L3xhl9zDCUM/P1300238-1.JPG?imgmax=800

Thanks Harry for documenting the rise of this tower (and others ofcourse). This one will definitely help to fill a vertical void in River North!

April 11 - mobile crane
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAtHiGdgRCI/AAAAAAAAinc/zfZgO6At37Y/P1300023.JPG?imgmax=640

April 16 - pouring the plaza
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAuHTmdgRQI/AAAAAAAAirE/t9Fz_LHbR38/P1300537.JPG?imgmax=800

April 17 - diesel climber.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAtHNWdgRBI/AAAAAAAAinQ/NUxZqM9SDr4/P1300864.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAtRYGdgRGI/AAAAAAAAios/ZGJwDQ9fAqY/2008_04_17b.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SAuFX2dgRII/AAAAAAAAiqg/dpNy7p5Xn1c/P1300875.JPG?imgmax=800

April 21
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb482ARFLI/AAAAAAAAj1U/zRjvGJR2IXs/P1310282.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4pmARFII/AAAAAAAAj0o/ANXsou0K0vs/P1310280.JPG?imgmax=800

Warn enough to have the windows ope.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4s2ARFKI/AAAAAAAAj1A/DErVn7bFlU0/P1310280-1.JPG?imgmax=640

April 25
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4rWARFJI/AAAAAAAAj00/p_rq3b_43LY/P1310980.JPG?imgmax=640


http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4OWARFEI/AAAAAAAAjz4/8uF1IHuWpW8/P1310975.JPG?imgmax=640

Iornworkers doulbing as valets - using the big crane to lift a trailer over the later arrivals. ( T-Shirt reads Local 1 -Iornworkers Chicago Il.)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4QGARFFI/AAAAAAAAj0E/9WZevNGV3R8/P1310991.JPG?imgmax=640
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb4R2ARFGI/AAAAAAAAj0Q/OvilJ9_-paM/P1310994.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SBb6L2ARFMI/AAAAAAAAj2E/E0y0JLd7C5o/P1320004.JPG?imgmax=800

May 06
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCJYxlEfMvI/AAAAAAAAk_E/FAGrdgO0Y2Q/P1330822.JPG?imgmax=800

May 07
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCJYzFEfMwI/AAAAAAAAk_Q/yWIDczdRJAw/P1340008.JPG?imgmax=800

May 05
Encasing the electrical service in concrete ( PVC in concrete ) - I think this was planned to serve as an access point to the site until the service was uncovered and then hung from these girders.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZg-KCSlgI/AAAAAAAAlVg/kONzgIpSY94/P1330707.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZg_6CSlhI/AAAAAAAAlV4/TavLRO1bhmg/P1330709.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZhBqCSliI/AAAAAAAAlWE/Z-7iSFb9tSk/P1330712.JPG?imgmax=800

May 08
Filling in the space between the basement wall and the sheet piles.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCPD9FEfMxI/AAAAAAAAlBM/iiV8PYFOwcs/P1340077.JPG?imgmax=720

Foam filled ramp.
Raw material
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZd3aCSlaI/AAAAAAAAlTY/ONta8LYegQQ/P1340067.JPG?imgmax=720

Laid down and trimmed - now the wire mesh is laid over.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZd5qCSlbI/AAAAAAAAlTk/xqei-EXoMAQ/P1340072.JPG?imgmax=800

Generous amount of concrete.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZd7qCSlcI/AAAAAAAAlTw/gbnAmmwvtrI/P1340160.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZd8qCSldI/AAAAAAAAlT8/3byZppODjG4/P1340164.JPG?imgmax=800

May 09
Wilkin Insulation Co ( the spray on stuff for the stell beams and columns ).
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZd-aCSleI/AAAAAAAAlUI/cEwxRkei9Vo/P1340284.JPG?imgmax=640

Trimming off the sheet pile ( SW ), the ramp poured the day before will allow trucks to pull through from Clark to Dearborn. The area being filled with concrete is in this path.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SCZeAqCSlfI/AAAAAAAAlUU/rCBB79tVXLs/P1340285.JPG?imgmax=720

May 12
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDRbrY7E9I/AAAAAAAAmT4/oWvPvJnoK4U/P1340755.JPG?imgmax=800

May 13
Self raising core ( we think the silver poles are what actually hold the thing up, 2 on the left are down, grey bracket on the right is one of that pair repositioned up. ).
http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDSwbY7FBI/AAAAAAAAmU8/j5ICsSruvwI/2008_05_13B.JPG?imgmax=800
Flexible form - making the rounded part of the W side.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDSr7Y7E-I/AAAAAAAAmUU/k2bhWlrkPyI/P1340877.JPG?imgmax=800
May 14
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDStLY7E_I/AAAAAAAAmUk/f92oaSoxvuc/P1350078.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDSurY7FAI/AAAAAAAAmUw/8YVWgb1tP8I/P1350081.JPG?imgmax=640

May 17
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SDDSx7Y7FCI/AAAAAAAAmVI/5Il278nObBc/P1360102.JPG?imgmax=800

http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SEitlXY-2lI/AAAAAAAAovE/BwhTcHq66ew/P1380452.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SEit03Y-2mI/AAAAAAAAovQ/BHkQ2slBNx8/P1380457.JPG?imgmax=800

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29766

Restaurant chain to cast first Chicago net
By Thomas A. Corfman, June 10, 2008

Upscale Minneapolis restaurant chain Oceanaire Seafood Room has agreed to open its first Chicago location at 353 N. Clark St., an office tower under construction in River North that caters to people who love to eat.

Friday the 13th a good day to install glass.
1http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SFO1zhIKeUI/AAAAAAAApNQ/jRsJeZhHyFU/P1390760.JPG?imgmax=800

2http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SFO1wPkH0JI/AAAAAAAApM4/Iz3jH5TdIAo/P1390722.JPG?imgmax=800

3http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SFO1xhKUXOI/AAAAAAAApNE/9uz96a_y1yk/P1390728.JPG?imgmax=720

4http://lh5.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SFO1t3feKvI/AAAAAAAApMs/Rz_KCorJDR8/P1390767.JPG?imgmax=800

Update:

Photos by SolarWind on SSP (June 17)
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2973/dsc0081wa3.jpg
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/1253/dsc0178tl2.jpg

With all of these new buildings going up around Marina City the views from those apartments are fast going to crap. My old apartment there in 1999 had a nice Northwest view of the city and this particular building is going to destroy that....

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6984/balconynwmorning2000xn7.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/638/balconynwnight2000ul4.jpg

If you value the views so much, why not move into 353 N. Clark?

^ Can't live there unless you work there ALL THE TIME!

1http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SGG7LksnpqI/AAAAAAAAp_U/CZOthXogjco/P1400144.JPG?imgmax=720

Gross wt 47,379 lbs
2http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SGG7NbDHFgI/AAAAAAAAp_g/sLSH1ZsptEs/P1400145.JPG?imgmax=912

3http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SGG7PPPtgSI/AAAAAAAAp_s/P6hGl7pi11M/P1400148.JPG?imgmax=800

Safely stored away for now.
4http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SGG7QqiPMZI/AAAAAAAAp_4/9oswxclZUUU/P1400925.JPG?imgmax=800

Just a quick thank you Harry C for bringing us up close and personal to all the nitty gritty of highrise construction. I especially appreciate learning the nomenclaure of structural members and machines. :cheers::cheers:

Taken 6/28:
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/4025/3536281kl0.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/9625/3536282ne3.jpg

flickr.com - patrickherek

July 7
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2650277496_db730abb02_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2650268216_5d2c32f24a_b.jpg

nice facade!
i wonder if it is already visible behind Westin when seen from W.Wacker
or a peek thru Marina City's two towers.

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Jul 3 - patterns
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJ0ACgoR8I/AAAAAAAAs38/bMlnJCCyVRQ/P1420641.JPG?imgmax=800

Eco Glass
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJ2wFuEdzI/AAAAAAAAs4Y/VpUuGK7k0WM/P1420639.JPG?imgmax=800

Jul 14 - raising steel
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJzZZGfj-I/AAAAAAAAs3Y/GbHDTiDNo-s/IMG_3016.JPG?imgmax=720

Jul 15 - as seen from (in) 300 N LaSalle
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJzpnb27tI/AAAAAAAAs3k/nYWQa5jWw1I/IMG_3035.JPG?imgmax=800

From Kinzie/Clark
http://lh3.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJz1l56d7I/AAAAAAAAs3w/YpfePFazdC0/IMG_3023_4.jpg?imgmax=720

Jul 16 - Reflecting 321 N Clark
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJ2xm43ANI/AAAAAAAAs4o/fd6ws7IMA1Q/IMG_3192.JPG?imgmax=800

nice facade!
i wonder if it is already visible behind Westin when seen from W.Wacker
or a peek thru Marina City's two towers.

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July 3rd - NE corner of Clark and Wacker
http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIJ5f2rgXSI/AAAAAAAAs50/euTKt6VXl58/P1420631.JPG?imgmax=800

Thanks harryc!, nice shot
but actually i meant a view from more close to Wacker/Dearborn
how about a shot from front of Waterview Tower next time ? :)

or the guy who always take shots of Waterview and 300 N. Lasalle...
can u take a pic of this project from the RR Donelly (not sure if right spelled) please?

thanks in advance

PS: it's not critique! I just love to see the projects from different angles sometimes

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Thanks harryc!, nice shot
but actually i meant a view from more close to Wacker/Dearborn
how about a shot from front of Waterview Tower next time ? :)
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The Clark/Wacker shot is pretty much the view from Waterview, as for Dearborn/Wacker .....

July 22
http://lh4.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIaa9KDJe4I/AAAAAAAAtKo/Iko5nub3-Dc/IMG_3743.JPG?imgmax=720

http://lh6.ggpht.com/harry.r.carmichael/SIaa-p51PJI/AAAAAAAAtK0/Yb1nDSkq0bA/2008_07_22B.JPG?imgmax=800
Full size (http://picasaweb.google.com/harry.r.carmichael/353NClark2008q3/photo#5226034818801024146)

^ Yeah, that's exactly what i wanted to see :)
great shots, Thanks again.

btw... the woman in blue look like she wear a laced corset... :eek:

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Taken today:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/88/353nclarkzb4.jpg

omg:

7/25/2008

http://gct13.com/i/marina-city-chicago-4231-4234-d.jpg

...delete

7 Sept

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/2008-09-07pm1.jpg

Does anyone know what's being built in the lot immediately north of this building?

It appears caisson drilling has been going on for a few weeks.

It's a parking garage, unfortunately. Kinda surprising, since the caissons were easily 7 feet in diameter. Perhaps that's a normal size for parking garages? They certainly seemed huge to me.

As for this building, they've framed out the mechanical penthouse. Does that not make it topped out now?

Any chance they're overbuilding the parking garage with the possibility of using it as a podium for a tower in the future?

I really like this building.

I'm amazed at how Kinzie has changed since 2001 when they started building the Sterling. At least 6-7 highrises have gone up right along that little strech. It was always such a dumpy area too....

Tonight:
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2476/dsc060631259394zk6.jpg

^^Jibba, great shot. I was just sitting at the starbucks on clark yesterday and realized how cool this really looks (Glass wise):banana:

yep, almost there. Tomorrow we are bringing in the windows for the 45th & 46th floor :)

I guess it's ok to post this here regarding the parking garage across the street at Kinzie and Clark. Just spoke to Illini Precast, and ATMI Precast is making the wall panels and whatnot, and JW Peters and Sons is making the big double T's. The wall panels are made in Aurora, IL and the giant T's are made in Burlington, WI. I will update once I hear anything else, but I better get my ass out to Aurora to discuss plans on handling the transportation, and providing a marshalling yard. :)

^Thanks for the info. Sorry I am little ignorant in construction-speak, and I don't know what a "giant T" is. Could you explain to a newbie a little bit? Also, what else do you know about the precast panels? Are they a lot of them, are they the main covering of the structure? Thanks for any information you have, and let me know if I ever get annoying with any of my questions (I have an astounding curiosity about any and all things related to Chicago developments).

lol, no worries bro. the Giant tees are used for long spans. Also, it speed up the construction and provides maximum weight bearing capacity. We especially LOVE moving these cuz they are usually 12'-15' wide, 60-80' long, and 50,000-100,000#. trust me, its badass seeing this stuff goin down the road....especially when they're my trucks ;)

As far as the wall panels, it is what it is.....a wall panel lol....the exterior structure. Now these you can get weight bearing and non-weight bearing. These can be erected year-round. They also offer them in many colors :) Yes, there should be a lot of these too. Usually they range anywhere from 40'-100'. Yes, we have moved these 100' walls before.

Ask away bro, I don't mind schoolin ya bwahahahaha j/k

^Haha, thanks man. And yes, that is extremely bad-ass trucking those giant Ts. Thanks for the explanation.

Today:
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1328/dsc071546178867ln4.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1492/dsc071646212601pj9.jpg
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8669/dsc071616203128qh7.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7111/dsc071656230741pp2.jpg
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1572/dsc071666241253xl6.jpg
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/9277/dsc071696271504zn7.jpg
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2505/dsc071706282271gf1.jpg

Nice shots. The curtain wall looks exceptional in your first photo.

^Once the glass is all finished up and cleaned, I think the tower will look great. Also, the base looks like it should be quite interesting and genuinely contemporary, which I think will be refreshing for that area and a nice compliment to Marina City across the way.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/939/353clark.jpg

Through the rumor mill.....Oceanaire (think Morton's except dedicated to seafood) was supposed to be the main restaurant in this building but has decided to pull out. Once again, a rumor, but a pretty solid one.

Taken on 4/24:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4352/353northclark4242.jpg

a non HDR color shot? who are you and what did you do with hydro?

lol, that is HDR.

Through the rumor mill.....Oceanaire (think Morton's except dedicated to seafood) was supposed to be the main restaurant in this building but has decided to pull out. Once again, a rumor, but a pretty solid one.
The building website (www.353nclark.com) says that The Oceanaire, Ruth's Chris and Rosa Mexicano are going to be in the building. Of the 3, only Rosa has a "coming soon - Chicago, IL" blurb on their own site. I know Ruth's is just up the road on Dearborn - are they still planning to relocate?

I work for a company that is moving into this building in 2010. Very much looking forward to it!

^ I thought Rosa Mexicano was going to Block 37?

June 5th 2009

http://www.izipik.com/images/200906/06/m6oxeujcp9vkm854in-17.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2030/353nclark725.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/2051/353nclark7252.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/2902/300nclark7252.jpg (http://img24.imageshack.us/i/300nclark7252.jpg/)

9-29

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2959/353clark1.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8715/353clark3.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9919/353x.jpg

11-02

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/939/353clark.jpg

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/781/353nclark.jpg

Anyone excited for the Greenway self park garage across the street from the building? Like 353 N Clark and the Marriott hotels, Friedman Properties is also building the parking garage.

http://www.greenwayselfpark.com/
Win free parking for a month!

But really, check out all the green features. Then look at their logo: a car that emits leaves.

I suppose as far as any structure goes (garage, building, house), the "green" features are admirable. I still would rather see an actual building on top of such a prime piece of real estate. I'll reserve judgement on the appearance until it's done.

As far as parking structures are concerned, Greenway Self-Park is one of the most environmentally-conscious and well-designed that I've seen.

11-13

353 N Clark's new neighbor.

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5723/grnwyslfprk1.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8412/353clk4.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3135/353clk2.jpg

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mesirow-headquarters-dec8-,0,7773897.story

Mesirow Financial shows off new digs
By Becky Yerak

For the first time in its 72-year history, Mesirow Financial is moving its headquarters into a new building.

The Chicago-based financial services firm recently began occupying 353 N. Clark St., across the street from its current home office.

It'll occupy floors four through 17 and have options for another five in the 45-floor building.

Taken 12/29:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4232158573_2baaf38f76_o.jpg