CHICAGO | One South Dearborn | 571ft | 39 fl | Com

geoff_diamond · January 24th, 2005, 11:12 PM

I figured I'd start a new thread for construction progress on 1SD. So, here's everything I've taken so far (including some early renderings) and some new shots (taken today) at the very end. Please please please feel free to add to this *cough* Devyn *cough* !!!

rendering of the east facade

rendering of the base (looking southeast)

rendering of the entire structure (looking northeast)

construction status: 8/2004

construction status: 10/2004

window detail: 10/2004

construction status: 12/2004

construction status: 1/2005

More to come at some point.

Monadnock · January 25th, 2005, 12:58 AM

Wow! This building appears to be much better than I'd dared hope, especially after seeing the heavy black (granite?) facade on the Dearborn side of the site. It is very light - I especially admire the design's deft handling of different opacities of glass on the curtain wall.

ThirdCoast312 · January 25th, 2005, 01:39 AM

I'm curious to know how parking ever got to be included in the design of the buliding. I thought no parking structures were allowed within at least block from the elevated loop structure. Am i wrong or did the developer just pull a few strings?

geoff_diamond · January 25th, 2005, 01:56 AM

I wasn't aware of that rule ThirdCoast... is it part of the new code? Couple of things though: 1) the building isn't within a block of any elevated lines (the closest would be on Wabash - a block and half away). 2) The approval and construction of 1SD started before the new code took effect anyway, so, it would have been grandfathered in.

Rivernorth · January 25th, 2005, 02:29 AM

well... you have the Dearborn Street Subway right there... im sure that still counts

If 1SD has no parking, then all the better. People should take Metra/CTA to work in the Loop.

ThirdCoast312 · January 25th, 2005, 03:09 AM

this has been a code around along time, that's why you don't see parking structures in the center of the loop elevated structure, except for underground garage at the federal center. to clarify what i meant is that no parking is allowed within the loop elevated structure, except garages are allowed within one block of the inner loop structure, haven't you guys ever wondered why parking garages seem to cluster in certain areas around wells and around lake street, well now you know, because that's the closest parking garages can get to the inner loop. But perhaps that zoning code doesn't exist any longer or as i said the developers could of pulled a few strings like creating a plaza (an unneeded one at that, there's one across the street) in exchange for a parking within the building.

24gotham · January 25th, 2005, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoff_diamond

I figured I'd start a new thread for construction progress on 1SD. So, here's everything I've taken so far (including some early renderings) and some new shots (taken today) at the very end. Please please please feel free to add to this *cough* Devyn *cough* !!!

construction status: 10/2004

Geoff, Thanks for the update and pics!

This building is turning out OK, save for a large amount of black granite. As for the parking thing, I have to agree that they probably got some kind of exception in order to get approval for the parking, and the plaza may have been the deal maker. While I would agree we don't really need another plaza, this one isn't very big, and it is directly on the corner, so I think it will be nice. I also like the fact that they had enough sense to set the building back from Dearborn St, so as not to obliterate the view of the Inland Steel building (which is one of my favorites in the Loop).

I am guessing you took this pic (of my apartment

) from your balcony. (only the arrow is pointing at 1SD.) If only you had let me know, I could have left a light on or something.

geoff_diamond · January 25th, 2005, 06:52 AM

Ahh... sorry for the misunderstanding ThirdCoast. Now what you said makes lots of sense

Anyway Dev - next time I'm gonna take a shot I'll give u a holla so you can hang ur bald head out ur window

... oh... btw... I lost ur card somewhere along the line... u should shoot me an email or sumthin.

Packerguy · January 27th, 2005, 08:11 AM

Thank you for the pictures of One South Dearborn. It is going to be another nice building in the loop.

northsidesoxfan · February 22nd, 2005, 05:24 AM

Two pictures from the east taken on 2-21-05. First one is from Randolph. Second is from Millennium Park.

AJphx · February 22nd, 2005, 12:27 PM

thanks for the update!

yep its visible from the park, although, I wonder how much further up it has to go?

itsnotrequired · February 22nd, 2005, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AJphx

thanks for the update!

yep its visible from the park, although, I wonder how much further up it has to go?

I don't think it will be going up much higher. The concrete core hasn't changed height for months. I imagine any additional height would come from some mechanical enclosures on the roof.

geoff_diamond · February 22nd, 2005, 07:30 PM

Yeah, she's pretty much topped out.

BVictor1 · February 22nd, 2005, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoff_diamond

Yeah, she's pretty much topped out.

I think that it will be considered topped out once the last steel beam is in place, but you all are correct. It's not going any higher.

FarNWburb · February 22nd, 2005, 08:52 PM

AJphx... just a visual referance for you. The Bank One Center (131 S Dearborn) at the left of the top pic is 39 floors and 580 feet tall. One South Dearborn is 39 floors and 571 feet. Pretty much exactly the same height.

geoff_diamond · February 23rd, 2005, 05:26 AM

I know Butler... that's why I said "pretty much"

7 World Trade · February 25th, 2005, 04:17 AM

can't wait to see how the top of the building will turn out. it should be quite interesting to see...

geoff_diamond · February 25th, 2005, 08:26 PM

Just a quickie shot I grabbed on my way by this afternoon.

northsidesoxfan · March 4th, 2005, 11:22 PM

I present one of the weakest photos ever posted to the forum. I took it from a friend's apartment near North and Wells. Snapfish's automatic reduction in resolution adds to the pathos.

geoff_diamond · March 5th, 2005, 04:38 AM

There's absolutely nothing wrong with that picture

But, I'll a crappy one of my own that I grabbed today on my way by. The steel columns that will frame the white curtain-like feature at the top have begun to appear (although, you really can't see them in this shot).

January 24th, 2005, 11:12 PM	#1
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	CHICAGO \| One South Dearborn \| 571ft \| 39 fl \| Com I figured I'd start a new thread for construction progress on 1SD. So, here's everything I've taken so far (including some early renderings) and some new shots (taken today) at the very end. Please please please feel free to add to this cough Devyn cough !!! rendering of the east facade rendering of the base (looking southeast) rendering of the entire structure (looking northeast) construction status: 8/2004 construction status: 8/2004 construction status: 10/2004 construction status: 10/2004 construction status: 10/2004 window detail: 10/2004 construction status: 12/2004 construction status: 12/2004 construction status: 1/2005 construction status: 1/2005 construction status: 1/2005 construction status: 1/2005 More to come at some point.

January 25th, 2005, 02:29 AM	#5
Rivernorth Vertigo City Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 207	well... you have the Dearborn Street Subway right there... im sure that still counts If 1SD has no parking, then all the better. People should take Metra/CTA to work in the Loop. __________________ LIVE from Chicago!

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northsidesoxfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 50	I present one of the weakest photos ever posted to the forum. I took it from a friend's apartment near North and Wells. Snapfish's automatic reduction in resolution adds to the pathos. Last edited by northsidesoxfan; March 4th, 2005 at 11:33 PM.

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January 25th, 2005, 12:58 AM	#2
Monadnock Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 23	Wow! This building appears to be much better than I'd dared hope, especially after seeing the heavy black (granite?) facade on the Dearborn side of the site. It is very light - I especially admire the design's deft handling of different opacities of glass on the curtain wall.

January 25th, 2005, 01:39 AM	#3
ThirdCoast312 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north side Posts: 233	I'm curious to know how parking ever got to be included in the design of the buliding. I thought no parking structures were allowed within at least block from the elevated loop structure. Am i wrong or did the developer just pull a few strings?

January 25th, 2005, 01:56 AM	#4
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	I wasn't aware of that rule ThirdCoast... is it part of the new code? Couple of things though: 1) the building isn't within a block of any elevated lines (the closest would be on Wabash - a block and half away). 2) The approval and construction of 1SD started before the new code took effect anyway, so, it would have been grandfathered in.

January 25th, 2005, 03:09 AM	#6
ThirdCoast312 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: north side Posts: 233	this has been a code around along time, that's why you don't see parking structures in the center of the loop elevated structure, except for underground garage at the federal center. to clarify what i meant is that no parking is allowed within the loop elevated structure, except garages are allowed within one block of the inner loop structure, haven't you guys ever wondered why parking garages seem to cluster in certain areas around wells and around lake street, well now you know, because that's the closest parking garages can get to the inner loop. But perhaps that zoning code doesn't exist any longer or as i said the developers could of pulled a few strings like creating a plaza (an unneeded one at that, there's one across the street) in exchange for a parking within the building.

January 25th, 2005, 06:52 AM	#8
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	Ahh... sorry for the misunderstanding ThirdCoast. Now what you said makes lots of sense Anyway Dev - next time I'm gonna take a shot I'll give u a holla so you can hang ur bald head out ur window ... oh... btw... I lost ur card somewhere along the line... u should shoot me an email or sumthin.

January 27th, 2005, 08:11 AM	#9
Packerguy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Amboy Posts: 28	Thank you for the pictures of One South Dearborn. It is going to be another nice building in the loop.

February 22nd, 2005, 05:24 AM	#10
northsidesoxfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 50	Two pictures from the east taken on 2-21-05. First one is from Randolph. Second is from Millennium Park.

February 22nd, 2005, 12:27 PM	#11
AJphx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: PHX Posts: 407	thanks for the update! yep its visible from the park, although, I wonder how much further up it has to go?

February 22nd, 2005, 07:30 PM	#13
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	Yeah, she's pretty much topped out.

February 22nd, 2005, 08:52 PM	#15
FarNWburb Rockford, IL Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Comiskey Posts: 23	AJphx... just a visual referance for you. The Bank One Center (131 S Dearborn) at the left of the top pic is 39 floors and 580 feet tall. One South Dearborn is 39 floors and 571 feet. Pretty much exactly the same height.

February 23rd, 2005, 05:26 AM	#16
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	I know Butler... that's why I said "pretty much"

February 25th, 2005, 08:26 PM	#18
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	Just a quickie shot I grabbed on my way by this afternoon.

March 5th, 2005, 04:38 AM	#20
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,660	There's absolutely nothing wrong with that picture But, I'll a crappy one of my own that I grabbed today on my way by. The steel columns that will frame the white curtain-like feature at the top have begun to appear (although, you really can't see them in this shot).