CHICAGO | 150 North Riverside | 752 FT | 54 FLOORS - Page 18

ChiTownWonder · #**341** Posted **Jul 24, 2014, 7:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by wierdaaron

They've been signed as a tenant for a while, but this does make me think they got naming rights.

Good. i would rather have a name then an address for the tower. makes it seem a bit more special. what sounds better, 401 N. Wabash or Trump Tower?

intrepidDesign · #**342** Posted **Jul 24, 2014, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder

Good. i would rather have a name then an address for the tower. makes it seem a bit more special. what sounds better, 401 N. Wabash or Trump Tower?

With this particularly, I'd have to say 401 N Wabash.

ChiTownWonder · #**343** Posted **Jul 24, 2014, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Izzi

Groundbreaking ceremony today.

Can we call this UC now?

Kenmore · #**344** Posted **Jul 24, 2014, 7:51 PM**

this is the tower i'm most excited to see rise of the 3 in immediate area...going to be a major transformation.

SamInTheLoop · #**345** Posted **Jul 24, 2014, 7:56 PM**

^^^ Indeed.

^^ No, we in fact cannot. Looks like the namesake of the boy Octavian will be the month of such.....

The Lurker · #**346** Posted **Jul 25, 2014, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder

Can we call this UC now?

But I don't see any caisson rigs. Groundbreaking ceremonies hardly correlate with construction starts. Wolf Point for example just recently had a groundbreaking ceremony but we know of course it has been under construction for months. And if I pondered Sam's thoughts correctly, real construction should start in October?

wierdaaron · #**347** Posted **Jul 25, 2014, 12:28 AM**

The mayor was at the groundbreaking today. 1.5 acres of open space, including an amphitheater. Said it was part of his vision for a more developed riverfront.

William Blair will be an "anchor tenant" with 300k sqft. Nothing was said about naming.

SamInTheLoop · #**348** Posted **Jul 25, 2014, 12:40 AM**

^^ Much sooner than that.......(Caesar Augustus)

r18tdi · #**349** Posted **Jul 25, 2014, 4:08 PM**

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140...struction-site

Really enjoyed the bit where the mayor made a joke about Palestine.

SamInTheLoop · #**350** Posted **Jul 25, 2014, 4:17 PM**

^ Ahh Rahm.

In a similar vein, I remember years ago when David Roeder, former commercial real estate reporter for the Sun-Times, reported on Fifield's first "K Station" tower - and made reference to it wisely being named "Left Bank" as opposed to the rather differently connotated "West Bank"......

BVictor1 · #**351** Posted **Jul 29, 2014, 9:49 PM**

They just got a delivery of steel piles to the site via barge.

BVictor1 · #**352** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 3:44 AM**

07/29/14

Remnants of the previous building on the site...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

07/30/14

Mikemak27 · #**353** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 5:18 AM**

Are they taking those big boulders off the barge and putting them on the site, or were they dug up when they did the reshoring of the rivers edge and being removed from the site?

BVictor1 · #**354** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 5:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mikemak27

Are they taking those big boulders off the barge and putting them on the site, or were they dug up when they did the reshoring of the rivers edge and being removed from the site?

Remnants of the building (which can be seen in the image above) that once stood on the site. The concrete chunks were being loaded onto the barge.

pilsenarch · #**355** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 2:14 PM**

^^^Incredible shot of the Merchandise Mart under construction in the background... thanks!

HomrQT · #**356** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

07/29/14

Remnants of the previous building on the site...

Man I want those bricks!

scalziand · #**357** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 9:14 PM**

^It'd be a real shame if those bricks aren't being used for anything besides riprap.

wierdaaron · #**358** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 9:47 PM**

Are bricks a dwindling resource?

Pilton · #**359** Posted **Jul 31, 2014, 10:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by wierdaaron

Are bricks a dwindling resource?

Old brick is a dwindling resource. Waste not; want not. There is definitely a market for old Chicago brick.

http://www.cdrecycler.com/cdr1113-re...ng-bricks.aspx

Skyguy_7 · #**360** Posted **Aug 5, 2014, 7:37 PM**

Lots of old building material dug up today.. Railroad ties maybe? Looks like some cool old stuff. Izzi get your lens on it!