Height: 450 ft
Floor count: 35
Location: North Franklin and West Ohio
Construction end: 2009
Architect: Hartshorne + Plunkard Architects
Developer: Woodland Development, LLC

Website (http://www.silvertowerchicago.com/default.asp)

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April 13, 2007

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May 1, 2007

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Where is this? South Loop?

River North, around Ohio and Wells I believe.

Is the design Retro posted the design they are going with?

I saw some pics somewhere of a model that looked like a big version of Prairie Pointe in Central Station. The post said it was a model of Silver Tower....

Its good to see a glassy tower getting underway in rivernorth! I'm sick of all the towers like the elysian ( :puke: ) <- lol

Is the design Retro posted the design they are going with?

I saw some pics somewhere of a model that looked like a big version of Prairie Pointe in Central Station. The post said it was a model of Silver Tower....

The pic above is what's on both the official website (www.silvertowerchicago.com) and the brokers website (http://www.atproperties.com/07/devDetail.php?id=67). Would be shocked if it turned out looking any different.

Well I guess if you got to copy something in Chicago, it might as well be Contemporaine and Skybridge.

Well I guess if you got to copy something in Chicago, it might as well be Contemporaine and Skybridge.

I just hope they don't copy the construction quality of Skybridge as well. I hear nothing but negative grumblings from people who looked at units there.

The pic above is what's on both the official website (www.silvertowerchicago.com) and the brokers website (http://www.atproperties.com/07/devDetail.php?id=67). Would be shocked if it turned out looking any different.

Retro only posted shots of the back of the model, which DOES look similar to Prairie Pointe in massing. You can see a little bit of the front in one of the shots, though, which does look like the rendering as far as I can tell.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=2733136#post2733136

scroll down to post 1956

Silver Tower is under construction. I saw drilling for a caisson on the east section of the site at 11:55 am today.

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Where is this? South Loop?

corner of Ohio and Franklin river north

corner of Ohio and Franklin river north

It's definitely good to see the western side of River North see more and more development.

June 19, 2007

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Thanks, Retrograde. Nice pic!!!

It's definitely good to see the western side of River North see more and more development.

I agree. I really like the looks of this building. funny, I used to park in this lot at my old job. parking lots are a thing of the past.

August 2, 2007

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caisons are done??? :banana:

Tower crane going up today.

Tower crane going up today.
September 14, 2007

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Silver Tower's crane is in the middle & 300 N. Lasalle is on the left

I need to get some pics of this site. lots of action there recently

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Hi all -

First time poster, long time follower of this site (and this thread). Architecture & real estate runs in my family, and I purchased a unit in this building as soon as sales center opened up (ARG! The delays).

I have a number of pictures I took at the site on 9/16/2007, but I can't figure out how to post them on here :bash:

Can someone help? I've read the FAQ section, and attempted to add the pics a number of times but to no avail. I'll edit this post and add the pics once I figure out how to do this.

Sorry for the initial tease :bowtie:

P.S. I'll be taking pics every 1-2 weeks depending on progress at the site and will add onto this thread.

hi :hi: add your pictures to a site such as www.photobucket.com then you can add the code in your reply. let us know if this helps. I'd love to see your shots

Thanks Chicagophotoshop! That site did the trick.

Photos taken on 9/16/2007 (sorry, not the best shots as I pulled over really quick on my way to the office - they'll be better next time around):

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cool pavo, good pics. get that camera over the fence. dont be shy :D

get that camera over the fence. dont be shy

LOL, will do Captain. Next time I'll spend a little more time getting some decent angles and shots in. I'll post again in a week or two.

I love that shot where you can see 300 n lasalle and rr donnelly- excellent shot!

I got over the fence this time, but way too many materials and supplies are in the area so it's tough to get good angles and wide shots from the ground. I'll have to start climbing on top of equipment & trailers next time.

New pictures taken at 10:00 AM on 9/23/2007:

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^Did you enter the site in order to take those photos?

nice shots dude. place is a wreck.

September 25, 2007

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Who the hell is the builder for this? What a disastrous job-site!

A lot of the links to the pictures in here are broken, here are some I found about this project

View of the artistic rendering:
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Here is the building that was replaced by this condo building (Although it looks like it is in the picture above):

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Here is the building that was replaced by this condo building (Although it looks like it is in the picture above):[/B]


No, that loft bulding is not being torn down. It is the Bowne Building, located at the southeast corner of Ohio Street and Orleans Street.

Here is the building that was replaced by this condo building (Although it looks like it is in the picture above):[/B]


No, that loft bulding is not being torn down. It is the Bowne Building, located at the southeast corner of Ohio Street and Orleans Street.

Am so confused. I thought this was being built in a Parking lot that has been open for years? That building on the same lot to the west use to have a restuarant/bar in it which I could see change through out the years. So are they going to be tearing that building down (same lot west of the present building sight)?

October 31, 2007

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No, that loft bulding is not being torn down. It is the Bowne Building, located at the southeast corner of Ohio Street and Orleans Street.

Am so confused. I thought this was being built in a Parking lot that has been open for years? That building on the same lot to the west use to have a restuarant/bar in it which I could see change through out the years. So are they going to be tearing that building down (same lot west of the present building sight)?

I went by this daily on the brown line. I remember the lot and when I saw them rip it up and start doing prep work thinking "thank god".

I'm pretty sure they didn't tear anything down, but I was out of town for 9 weeks this summer, and could have missed something.

It was a parking lot.

I'm assuming (hopefully) that the Bowne building won't be used for parking.

Does anybody know for sure?

The first floor is surely retail space. I thought the above floors were going to be residential after they failed to get any takers for office space. So perhaps the parking for the Bowne building will be in Silver Tower's garage...

December 12, 2007

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The core is just visible to the lower right of the crane and 300 N. LaSalle is under construction to the left.

January 3, 2008

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flickr.com - patrickherek

July 7
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thanks for posting. looks like they are at a point where they can go straight up now.

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August 11, 2008

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Contempor-plain

August 2, 2007

http://img464.imageshack.us/img464/1333/dsc0078copyii5.jpgOMG, the people living on that building at right must be very depressed now...,
first they had balcony w/o sun (northside) and now their view is blocked by a parking lot.
... not to forget abt the exhaust fumes.

nonetheless i like this project; brings more height to this area

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From the weekend

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Blue glass on Silver Tower

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Silver Tower - better-than-average top:
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I thought it was supposed to be a green roof, but maybe not. We'll see.

Same general angle as Flub's shot:
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Weather permitting, we're going to be shooting video and photos from Silver Tower tomorrow.

Anyone have any questions they'd like asked or suggestions for shooting?

Weather permitting, we're going to be shooting video and photos from Silver Tower tomorrow.

Anyone have any questions they'd like asked or suggestions for shooting?

can I suggest taking me with you LOL jk. can't wait to see the views, they must be great.

Weather permitting, we're going to be shooting video and photos from Silver Tower tomorrow.

Anyone have any questions they'd like asked or suggestions for shooting?

What parts will be painted, what parts will be clad, and any exposed concrete?

Thanks, looking forward to the video.

I don't see any exposed concrete, at least not from 3 blocks away. Most of the concrete has already been painted white. Not sure about any cladding, but it looks like they're almost done. You can see a couple corners on the very top that are not yet painted.

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Silver Tower postponed us into next week.

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Photo by Joe Askins, our managing editor. Larger version at Flickr (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/3813967243_fb2fb021e0_o.jpg).

Video from the penthouse level (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj905rEi1cA).

^Excellent. That may be the best angle on the skyline possible from any attainable vantage point. It really shows off everything quite well.

WOW awesome panorama!! Very very good indeed, Chicago rocks! :okay: :cool:

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Larger image at Flickr (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3857776892_a21f79500a_o.jpg). Photo by Joe Zekas.

I'm pretty bleh on this building, but it looks pretty ok in that shot. What a wonder reflective blue glass is.

The top few floors are staggered a bit, and the balconies do add some depth, which means it's not a completely boring rectangle. And, most importantly, it's not beige. I think it's above-average filler for River North.

10-27

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