CHICAGO | 150 North Riverside | 752 FT | 54 FLOORS - Page 93

Ryanrule · #**1841** Posted **Jun 2, 2016, 2:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by pilsenarch

It's allowed, but to make the overall energy code requirements, it's impossible to clad a building in Chicago with any significant percentage of the envelope...

except if they spend more money on more advanced glass.

Clarkkent2420 · #**1842** Posted **Jun 2, 2016, 2:28 PM**

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ChiTownWonder · #**1843** Posted **Jun 5, 2016, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Clarkkent2420

There are new glass types that darken when exposed to sunlight (like eyeglasses) but no "clear facades" that shield solar radiation.

that would be cool, a crystal clear tower at night and then a dark gray/black one in the day. would be expensive though

LouisVanDerWright · #**1844** Posted **Jun 7, 2016, 6:40 PM**

Getting better looking as it gets more complete:

brandon03 · #**1845** Posted **Jun 7, 2016, 8:51 PM**

Derrick crane is being assembled.

harryc · #**1846** Posted **Jun 7, 2016, 9:33 PM**

Going UP - elevator cable - a lot of elevator cable.

Going Down

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Originally Posted by brandon03

Derrick crane is being assembled.

BVictor1 · #**1847** Posted **Jun 9, 2016, 3:50 AM**

06/08/16

r18tdi · #**1848** Posted **Jun 9, 2016, 3:20 PM**

Crane's coming down

BVictor1 · #**1849** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 5:07 AM**

06/09/15

Starting to glass in the east side of the elevator banks.

r18tdi · #**1850** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 2:14 PM**

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Crane's coming down

Not quite... I jumped the gun.

Skyguy_7 · #**1851** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 7:16 PM**

Obviously an older, but cool, photo Via Goettsch FB Page

SolarWind · #**1852** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 2:03 AM**

June 13, 2016

the urban politician · #**1853** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 2:10 AM**

^ I'm all for form=function, but I'm not sure how I feel about those vents. Kind of too "mechanical" looking for such a prominent riverfront site

denizen467 · #**1854** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 6:51 AM**

^ At first I thought you were talking about the photo just above your post, and was going to say those vents are only on the western face, but you're talking about the first of the five photos, aren't you. Perhaps it's less than ideal but they could also be construed as pretty cool.

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I guess this is old news, but the base of the building appears in a drive-by scene in a Honda car commercial airing this spring and also currently. It features the founder of (our very own) Dark Matter Coffee but may be a national spot.

BVictor1 · #**1855** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 3:08 PM**

(06/10/16)

Clarkkent2420 · #**1856** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 6:45 PM**

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urban_encounter · #**1857** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ I'm all for form=function, but I'm not sure how I feel about those vents. Kind of too "mechanical" looking for such a prominent riverfront site

Agreed!

harryc · #**1858** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 10:29 PM**

06/01

06/02

06/07

The big crane has climbed all the way up the elevator shaft, it could climb back down but it wouldn't fit out the doors - so the big crane brings up a little derrick crane.

06/08
on the skyline from Oak Park (you can see the big climbing crane on top)

06/09
Glazing the bottom might look nice - but it poses some challenges.

Glass Wall

6/10

06/09
Coming down

06/13

builder8 · #**1859** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 7:01 PM**

how do they bring down the Crane itself? Can the Derrick crane bring the whole crane motor down?

LouisVanDerWright · #**1860** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 8:15 PM**

^ Yes, the derrick can lower all the pieces of the main crane. The derrick itself can be disassembled by hand into pieces small enough to fit in the freight elevator.