Alta at K Station (at left in rendering below)
Height: 417
Floor count: 41
Location: North Clinton, West Kinzie
Construction end: 2010
Architect: Pappageorge/Haymes, Ltd.
Development firm: Fifield Realty Company

Cirrus at K Station (at right in rendering below)
Height: 378
Floor count: 39
Location: North Jefferson, West Kinzie
Construction end: 2010
Architect: Pappageorge/Haymes, Ltd.
Development firm: Fifield Realty Company

Website (http://www.pappageorgehaymes.com/high-rise/cirrus-at-kstation.php?PHPSESSID=e7df404762385f75736fc9f3fbf8422a)

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Alta at K Station is located at 555 W. Kinzie Street and Cirrus at K Station is located at 365 N. Jefferson Street.

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Size:
1.06 million square feet, Alta 41 stories (417ft), 428 units and Cirrus 39 stories(378ft), 420 units

June 2009

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these endless string of p and h "deco towers" make lucien lagrange look like a genius.

wtf, I've never even noticed these two.

Ugly, but I do like infill on the near west side.

They're not the most stunning buildings, but the Echelon at K Station (completed) along with the new grocery store across the street have done absolute wonders to this neighborhood at the street level. I particularly like how they built(building) them up against the street instead of set back. Parking is hidden along the tracks, retail on the sidewalks. A great project for this community that really connects River North, River West and West Loop.

the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

P/H is on a roll with these two-towers-on-a-shared-podium thing: Museum Park East and West, Walton on the Park (if the north tower is ever built), 600 N LSD.

Developers must like them.

the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

^ Nonsense. This and public housing have practically nothing in common.

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the city spent over 25 years trying to undo the mistake of public housing. now along comes a series of buildings that effortlessly recapture that same sense of oppressiveness.

As someone who cares deeply both about urban poverty/policy and on architecture, you have just annoyed me on both counts. That comparison is a crass one. One the one hand, it callously discounts the massive social implications of public housing (in the same vein of, say, comparing a building to a concentration camp). On the other, I don't remotely see the aesthetic connection between the stark, low-cost architecture of public housing and the (admittedly boring, but harmless) buildings going up here - please do go through the CHA homes and illustrate to me how they share a common aesthetic origin or voice with these. Or do you just randomly like to take strong and rather disconnected opinions on things for no reason other than to feel elitely superior to everyone here?

Or maybe you're being ironic, and I'm missing the punchline.

sorry. but i wasn't talking sociology, just bad design.

these buildings are brutally ugly and boring :(

are these two towers rental buildings?

are these two towers rental buildings?

Yes. The sign in the picture says "Now Leasing".

Not much imagination to these towers, but at least they aren't downright ugly. They're fillers if anything else.

there's no excuse for doing three 400 foot tall "fillers".

Great update from jc5680 at SSP:

K stuff
http://www.j-carlson.com/ancilary/k1025a.jpg

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11-02

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maggiesonmain/ flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiesonmain/4315043522/)

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P/H is on a roll with these two-towers-on-a-shared-podium thing: Museum Park East and West, Walton on the Park (if the north tower is ever built), 600 N LSD.
...and they're all ugly as sin

...and they're all ugly as sin

These are, but not 600 N. LSD!!

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^^ Wow, the building actually looks decent in that shot!

They're not pretty, but I do appreciate anything that pulls the skyline to the west in that area.

YoChicago's Joe Askins shot a video tour of the amenities level (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDN5GGrdJY) and a brief look at the exterior.

I don't see how anyone could seriously call these buildings "ugly."

They may not be as avant-garde as some would wish, but they are clean, modern, graceful designs which form a significant contribution to the neighborhood.

I agree with Calver02

Check out the glass wall at one end of the basketball court in this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwq-2wh7RAo).

Great shot Kevin. :)

http://www.globest.com/news/1712_1712/chicago/301142-1.html

Fifield Sees Lease Demand at New Alta Towers
Last Updated: July 27, 2010 02:38am ET
By Robert Carr

Apartment leasing continues to hold the crown of success in Chicago, with demand stronger than ever, as evident by lease velocity at the two new towers at the $850 million Alta at K Station project. Leasing at the 41-story east tower and the 37-story west tower has hit almost 30 contracts a week for the past several weeks, according to developer Fifield Cos., with demand for the 848 units not seeming to slow down.

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