CHICAGO | Wolf Point - West Tower | 493 FT | 48 FLOORS

[chicagogreg]

I know it's been said before, but it will be pure awesomeness to watch this (at least phase 1), river point, and 150 riverside all rise together. When's the last time there were 3 high profile, fairly sizeable projects going up in such close proximity? Should be a treat

[harryc]

[rlw777]

the river point construction cam angle has been moved down a bit and gives a much better view of wolf point and 150 N Riverside sites

http://http://oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/riverpointplaza

[marothisu]

Building permit was issued yesterday to build the actual tower. It says 507 units, 200 parking spaces, at an estimated cost of $105M

[r18tdi]

Lots of activity on site today. Sadly I didn't have my camera handy.

[wierdaaron]

^Just pulled this from the River Point camera:

[munchymunch]

This guys has nice time lapse vids of construction.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SruVewwEp5g

[BVictor1]

04/21/14




04/22/14




04/23/14


The main caisson rid is being disassembled. I was yelling to the construction workers the other day and was told they were going down -80'.

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

04/21/14

The main caisson rid is being disassembled. I was yelling to the construction workers the other day and was told they were going down -80'.

Good set, thanks for getting in there and doing some snooping on our behalf.

[harryc]

Dual Drive - capable of snapping the "kelly bar".


Big a--s belling bit


And some serious reinforcing (is this the bottom of the cage ?)


Michaels (Milwaukee) and their cool platform for doing angled sheet pile (as done across the river).


Hydrolic digging (no not a Wisconsin company) Badger Daylighting


Full set at Curbed Chicago (Thanks wierdaaron).

[wierdaaron]

1957:


From The Man on Five.

[Chi-Sky21]

Oooo...if only they still had that entire area to deal with. DAMN YOU APPAREL CENTER!!

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by wierdaaron

1957:


From The Man on Five.

Merchandise Mart looks like a friggin castle there.

[daperpkazoo]

Today:

[Skyguy_7]

Looks like the caisson rigs are gone. MAN that was fast!

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

Looks like the caisson rigs are gone. MAN that was fast!

I think there's still at least one rig -- it's parked at the south end of the site, just west of the office trailers.

[munchymunch]

Just wondering because on the actual wolf point website it lists tower as 500ft is this accurate or no.

[chief56]

Originally Posted by harryc

Dual Drive - capable of snapping the "kelly bar".


Big a--s belling bit


And some serious reinforcing (is this the bottom of the cage ?)


Michaels (Milwaukee) and their cool platform for doing angled sheet pile (as done across the river).


Hydrolic digging (no not a Wisconsin company) Badger Daylighting


Full set at Curbed Chicago (Thanks wierdaaron).

Chances are the hooks on the rebar are at the top of the cage, tying into a pile cap or grade beam.

[Skyguy_7]

5-8-14, from my iPhone. Please excuse the low res pics.


Tower caissons peeking out. They've also poured all the caissons for phase1 of the riverwalk.


Some old pilings in the foreground.

[rlw777]

on the river point cam. It looks like a piece of a tower crane just showed up on the wolf point site and rebar is going in for the core. http://oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruc...iverpointplaza