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Old Posted Aug 29, 2016, 12:28 AM
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Shot today during a classic car concours, something Chicago has been unable to pull off for two years

Some culture, and yes that is a 1958 Ferrari 250 TDF worth millions of dollars that was restored 20 miles north of Road America by Motion Productions, the best in the business.


     
     
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a different angle:

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this glass really shines at sunrise, from SSC:

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Sunrise on the NML tower.







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i moved the posts about JCI's rumored HQ tower over to that project's dedicated thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=215305
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a recent shot from the lake via flickr:


_DSF0767 by carolea2014, on Flickr
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this is a really nice angle:


Mini-Yacht docked at Pier Wisconsin by John December, on Flickr
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update:

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Another floor of glass going in around the tower.





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Old Posted Sep 13, 2016, 7:21 PM
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couple of new ones from SSC:





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the glass is almost all the way up!

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here's a sweet drone video of this new tower made by a milwaukee SSC forumer:

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I flew my Phantom 4 earlier today, took some video and threw this together this afternoon. It's not as slick as I'd like it to be, but hopefully you will all enjoy my drone shots/videos as I learn to fly it....


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a view of the new tower from within the skyline:


View of Downtown Milwaukee from Polaris by John December, on Flickr





and new close-ups of the tower's reflective glass on a cloudy day, from SSC:

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some cool reflections of the partly cloudy sky!







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a recent shot from flickr:

Monday Morning On Lagoon Drive, pre-Dawn by In Wonder Photo, on Flickr
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facade installation is almost complete!

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Next row of windows going in today








The first diagonal or triangle window looks nice.
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getting so close now!

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Not much left to go until the façade reaches the top!





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Good-looking building!
     
     
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This building is dare I say, better than the rendering. Absolutely love it.
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part of me wishes this building had a 52-foot spire on its southern "peak."

and part of me doesn't.



looking good, tho.
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This looks great! Really puts Milwaukee up a class IMO, beefs up the skyline nicely.
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almost there!


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I have some more pics!







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