That's great news. With the new office towers near the confluence, there had been a bit of a plateau developing there. An extra 15 feet isn't much, but it's enough to help Salesforce stick out just enough above its neighbors in the skyline.
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Good news but nobody will notice 15 feet
Shoulda been over 900’ |
^ yeah, +15' is rather esoteric stuff that could only ever matter to stat nerds like us.
And while every single vertical foot added to this project is welcome, in the real world, a 1.8% height increase is relatively meaningless as far as casual observation goes. Now, if we were talking about a >10% height increase, then that would actually start to make a real world difference |
I wish we could switch the Salesforce Tower SF got with the one we're currently constructing. That would've been great. But I'm not mad about this.
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River Point and 150 N Riverside are ~730 ft, so a difference of 105 vs 120 ft. From where the core is now, I think that's enough to have a noticeable height increase relative to its neighbors. More height, something like 900-950, would have been even better. |
Considering the location of this tower at the river confluence, we really should be looking at a supertall. Sad that couldn't be the case, but 850 ft isn't bad, and certainly beats a parking lot with an unabridged view of the Apparel Center. Ill gladly take that extra 15' :)
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of a height difference between its neighbors when you get out a half mile or more. [QUOTE=chris08876;9492644]https://aws1.discourse-cdn.com/busin...b71f983f1.jpeg |
^ but it's still very much in the same ballpark as the others. the extra 15' are not going to make a very noticeable difference to the casual skyline observer.
yes, obsessive eagle-eyed skylines nerds like us will take notice, but it's still not a terribly meaningful height bump in the real world. now if it had been a 150 ft increase..... well that would obviously be quite noticeable. |
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I wanted this to be 950+ feet tall, but that ship sailed when they axed the hotel. When I see pics of this (haven't been to Chicago since the core got above WPS), it looks very prominent. The extra 15 feet helps is all I'm saying. |
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Topped out. I empathize with everyone about 'wishing it was taller', but if you showed the forum this view back in the skyscraper doldrums of 2015 I think most of us would have had to pick our jaws up off the floor. https://i.imgur.com/z8OMYB6.jpg |
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