Well that doesn't look good.

How does that still happen? Just lots of rain? Or did the city screw up with the locks and let water in from the lake?

I've actually always wondered whether the Army Corps of Engineers needs to come back and re-dredge the river at some point to keep it flowing the way they've made it flow. Or do they do this regularly as maintenance?

Since someone seems bound and determined not to add any context...

Like much the rest of the region this weekend, downtown Chicago got something like 4 inches of rain on Saturday alone.

Record Rainfall Floods Chicago Area

Heck, across the lake they had to drain a million gallons of water out of Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo:

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Kaytie Boomer

It was simply too much water too quickly, that's all. Flash floods.

There's only a thin sheet of steel between this pit and a major river. You can't pump it out because there's nowhere for the water to go - can't put it into the river, and the sewers are overwhelmed.

Also since they don't have a ramp, they can't easily move the equipment out of the pit. Seems like that should have been factored into the staging somehow.

Oct 16

Pumping out


Drying out


Ready

A couple hours of pumping and mostly back to normal.

I walked by at 5pm and it looked like nothing ever happened regarding the rain. Not sure if the equipment would agree, but at least the water was gone quick.

Looking at another nearby site (808 Van Buren) is is apparent that the river came in, just not that much water in the basement.
Oct 15

October 16, 2017

October 25, 2017

^That's gonna be a deep hole.

Well those rigs are moving. They must be fully watertight.

Nah if you look at the before and after you can see they are different rigs

Oct 17



Drying out





Oct 20

Back at work (with new excavators)


Oct 25



A pressure gauge ?

That 5th shot is awesome harry.

I love the artistry in your photos, harry!

October 31, 2017

Wow, where does all that clay go?

I dub thee New Netherland!

Pretty sweet shot. Really gives you an idea of the insane amount of engineering that is at work to erect these riverfront skyscrapers.

Nov 3




Nov 1



Good Clay


Team Effort




Oct 20

Kinda like getting the bottom bunk - but worse.