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Chi_Coruscant · December 24th, 2005, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

Okay, well I walked past the Waterview Tower site today. I spoke with one of the parking attendants and he told me that he's heard January 2nd the lot will close. There is more good news, I noticed green settlement marks painted around the site. That means that construction is not too far off. You always get those marks around sites right before work begins. Maybe Shawn can shed a little more light on what I mean by settlement marks. They're a good sign though...

Should we take the words of parking attendants at face value?

BVictor1 · December 24th, 2005, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PrintersRowBoiler

Do you mean Julie Marks (in Chicago, they are called Digger). The color green is the symbol for sanitary sewer. If that's the case, rule of thumb is you have 2 weeks to start work.

Well, they will probably begin some kind of work. Caisson work I believe is probably a month off still. THey have to pothole the site for debris and other stuff. I know that there were settlement marks at the One Museum Park site back in September and they didn't begin drilling caissons until about 2 weeks ago. I will just be happy that something is happening at the site. Any type of work is progress.

sloid · December 26th, 2005, 05:21 AM

chicagogeorge · December 27th, 2005, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by sloid

YES!

spyguy · December 27th, 2005, 01:58 AM

Perhaps you didn't see it, but that was announced a while back.

chicagogeorge · December 27th, 2005, 02:31 AM

No I knew Shangri-La was coming..... I just like seeing it advertised

spyguy · December 29th, 2005, 12:12 AM

Great news, if true. Budman is reporting that construction should begin January 3, 2006!

forumly_chgoman · December 29th, 2005, 03:35 AM

I truly hope so....at least it will add a little joy to the negative news of berghoff's closing....it will be cool to have 2 1000fters going up at the same time.....hopefully it will be 3 or 4 w/ Calatrava, and Mandarin

edsg25 · December 30th, 2005, 09:15 AM

Is it my imagination, or do the ad's give an even more detailed of the bldg's exterior than what has been shown before?

geoff_diamond · December 30th, 2005, 09:19 AM

The rendering in the ad looks about on par with the latest renderings that have been floating around here (at least to these tired eyes).

BVictor1 · December 30th, 2005, 09:33 PM

I got this message from a friend....

Butler,

The ceremonial groundbreaking has been pushed back to December 31 at 10am.
As you can imagine, coordinating schedules between different government
officials and corporate executives can result in some last minute schedule
changes. The lot already has fencing up and work will still begin on
Tuesday.

...I've just driven past the site, and green canvas fencing has gone up on the southside of the lot. I will be driving down there tomorrow to see if I can collect any type of information and to snap photos.

Azn_chi_boi · December 31st, 2005, 05:05 PM

So its in less than an hour...

Someone go down there and get some pics, please?

BVictor1 · December 31st, 2005, 06:36 PM

Here are some photos that I took yesterday...

Fencing at the main entrance.

Fencing along the alley side.

Settlement marks in the alley.

chicagogeorge · December 31st, 2005, 07:32 PM

Happy New Year!

simulcra · January 1st, 2006, 12:28 AM

:O at long last! the parking lot will finally be gone!

Jules · January 1st, 2006, 03:03 AM

Nice!! Killing two birds with one stone, the death of another evil parking lot and the birth of a beautiful, very tall scraper!

Azn_chi_boi · January 1st, 2006, 03:51 PM

I agree... plus Waterview will rise up from the ashes of the parking lot!

The Urban Politician · January 1st, 2006, 10:20 PM

I saw a picture (in the hotel I am staying in near Midway) of the north loop in the late 80's/early 90's and it is amazing how many vacant lots existed on the east-west section of Wacker. The Wacker Dr streetwall has really come along nicely and relatively recently.

This is the last piece of the puzzle...

wickedestcity · January 1st, 2006, 11:30 PM

^almost. i would realy like to see somthing nice go up at the ex-wolf point location

geoff_diamond · January 1st, 2006, 11:44 PM

I'll probably be berated for saying this, but, I wouldn't mind seeing something replace General Growth's building on the west side of N/S Wacker (I think it's at Washington?).

December 27th, 2005, 02:31 AM	#46
chicagogeorge Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South suburban Chicago Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 111	No I knew Shangri-La was coming..... I just like seeing it advertised __________________ for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B.html Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments.html But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes.... Procopius http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false

December 31st, 2005, 07:32 PM	#54
chicagogeorge Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South suburban Chicago Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 111	Happy New Year! __________________ for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B.html Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments.html But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes.... Procopius http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false

January 1st, 2006, 12:28 AM	#55
simulcra Cynical post-collegiate Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 937 Likes (Received): 0	:O at long last! the parking lot will finally be gone! __________________ Mmm... forbidden donut...

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December 26th, 2005, 05:21 AM	#43
sloid Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mississauga, Canada Posts: 141 Likes (Received): 3

December 27th, 2005, 01:58 AM	#45
spyguy Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,947 Likes (Received): 6	Perhaps you didn't see it, but that was announced a while back.

December 29th, 2005, 12:12 AM	#47
spyguy Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,947 Likes (Received): 6	Great news, if true. Budman is reporting that construction should begin January 3, 2006!

December 29th, 2005, 03:35 AM	#48
forumly_chgoman BANNED Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 768 Likes (Received): 0	I truly hope so....at least it will add a little joy to the negative news of berghoff's closing....it will be cool to have 2 1000fters going up at the same time.....hopefully it will be 3 or 4 w/ Calatrava, and Mandarin

December 30th, 2005, 09:15 AM	#49
edsg25 BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,399 Likes (Received): 0	Is it my imagination, or do the ad's give an even more detailed of the bldg's exterior than what has been shown before?

December 30th, 2005, 09:19 AM	#50
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,578 Likes (Received): 0	The rendering in the ad looks about on par with the latest renderings that have been floating around here (at least to these tired eyes).

December 30th, 2005, 09:33 PM	#51
BVictor1 Chicago's #1 Fan Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,968 Likes (Received): 0	I got this message from a friend.... Butler, The ceremonial groundbreaking has been pushed back to December 31 at 10am. As you can imagine, coordinating schedules between different government officials and corporate executives can result in some last minute schedule changes. The lot already has fencing up and work will still begin on Tuesday. ...I've just driven past the site, and green canvas fencing has gone up on the southside of the lot. I will be driving down there tomorrow to see if I can collect any type of information and to snap photos.

December 31st, 2005, 05:05 PM	#52
Azn_chi_boi BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bridgeport + Chinatown, Chicago Posts: 4,269 Likes (Received): 0	So its in less than an hour... Someone go down there and get some pics, please?

December 31st, 2005, 06:36 PM	#53
BVictor1 Chicago's #1 Fan Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,968 Likes (Received): 0	Here are some photos that I took yesterday... Fencing at the main entrance. Fencing along the alley side. Settlement marks in the alley.

January 1st, 2006, 03:03 AM	#56
Jules Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,564 Likes (Received): 1	Nice!! Killing two birds with one stone, the death of another evil parking lot and the birth of a beautiful, very tall scraper!

January 1st, 2006, 03:51 PM	#57
Azn_chi_boi BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bridgeport + Chinatown, Chicago Posts: 4,269 Likes (Received): 0	I agree... plus Waterview will rise up from the ashes of the parking lot!

January 1st, 2006, 10:20 PM	#58
The Urban Politician The City Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,968 Likes (Received): 0	I saw a picture (in the hotel I am staying in near Midway) of the north loop in the late 80's/early 90's and it is amazing how many vacant lots existed on the east-west section of Wacker. The Wacker Dr streetwall has really come along nicely and relatively recently. This is the last piece of the puzzle...

January 1st, 2006, 11:30 PM	#59
wickedestcity BANNED Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,570 Likes (Received): 0	^almost. i would realy like to see somthing nice go up at the ex-wolf point location

January 1st, 2006, 11:44 PM	#60
geoff_diamond Live from the Loop Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,578 Likes (Received): 0	I'll probably be berated for saying this, but, I wouldn't mind seeing something replace General Growth's building on the west side of N/S Wacker (I think it's at Washington?).