hopefully we'll get some sharp crown lighting to define the west wall of the river canyon

June 10th

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June 7, 2022



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June 14, 2022

Vista looks like Picasso come to life!!!!

^^Yes! This. I've mentioned before- St. Regis is always looking at you. From any angle. Kind of creepy, kind of cute

06.18.22

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06.26.22
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06.27.22
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whoa.

Stunning.

Just wow!

Beautiful !!!

^ The most of disappointing part of this is that they could of actually pulled this off since this building is pretty much fully leased and the could of went to this height without fear of being overly ambitious ... the Chicago way these days is just being rather conservative and "good enough" with marquee development locations like this...

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Bravo. Loving the colored lights here. Hopefully SF tower will have some good amount of crown lighting to make this shot even more impressive.

July 8th:

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From this evening's bike ride:

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The glazing has slowed to a glacial pace. Really haven't seen much progress in the last 4 weeks.

On the north side they are further along and actually near the top occupied floors. Yes it's definitely slowed down a bit.

Also on the west side they recently completed another set of louvers.

Glazing been super slow everywhere due to supply chain. Recall these top floors had heights changed late. 900 Randolph hasent even started glazing either.

Yeah, this makes total sense now that you mention it. I walked by 900 the other day and wondered where the glass was at myself. When I bought my condo back in Feb., there was an unfinished interior glass plane that needed to be installed, and it was on back order for so damn long.

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July 12, 2022

7/20/22

We are getting there.

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Yes true, but a lot of buildings are pretty underwhelming in midday sun (especially blue glass). The Willis tower is kind of a monolithic gray blob as well from a distance itself in the sun. This will look marginally better when they get some detailing white strips on the top and I think from renders there may be a little detailing extending a bit lower on the west face. This building will mostly be photo'd at dusk and night via views from the south and east.

PS - At least the louvers look good! :)

Near the top, are those two unglazed "cut-outs" on the southern corners terraces? Wonder if that's the "special" design feature for the K&E floor? That same floor has taller ceilings as well.

I agree, which is why I am waiting to see how the final nighttime product looks with crown lighting. If the nighttime view offers a beautiful well lit top at the end of the river at night, I will forgive the blah blue daytime nature.

We always knew it was going to be a blue box, which is fine I guess. I am disappointed by the lack of detailing -- especially when viewed next to the white fins on WPE. This tower was designed by accountants first, architects second.

This location demands the best Chicago could come up wtih unfortunatly this building is what happens when you make "modest" plans... I would say there is no other site in this city that is as good as this one for a statement building

On some level I agree. More positively, though, think of it like putting a mirror at the end of a long hallway. It's cheaper than a piece of art, but also not the worst possible use of space.

In the middle of the day it tends to look pretty boring, but summer mornings and evenings, when the sun is due east and west, create some pretty interesting views.

Might get some disagreement but...It would be fire if they put some LED installation on the side of the building facing the river. Like Art on the Mart. This is such a focal and important area in the river, I really hope they go all out with the lighting

Or at least get some of this going on

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I wish they went with the old design because of the spire. It's been such a long time since we had a new building with a spire since Trump Tower I think.

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If I was a multi-billionaire, I might build a $1bn project that exhibited the finest architecture because I wouldn't be interested in getting a return on my investment in my lifetime and would have money to burn.

It cracks me up about all of these people throwing off these remarks about how "underwhelming" a building is and why "doesn't someone make a developer, whose ONLY business is to make as much $$$ as possible, build what I WANT".

At least I preface my statements with "If I had the money, I would ...." instead of implying that developers become charities and build, not the nicest architecture, but what THEY (the speaker) thinks is "nice".

This building is beautiful and will make for a stunning presence at the confluence. Why can't people just be grateful that we have something that isn't what its currently now hiding to its north?

The developer is building what makes them the most money - they are a for-profit entity. Sorry, them's the breaks. If you want to realize your dreams, make several $blns in tech and "donate" to the public posterity like people used to do (and really don't any more).

Really it just needs a 150' spire to make it a supertall so we can call it a day.

This building only adds to the "Sunset Wall" that is ever growing looking from the west from the likes of BoA, 150,Wolfpoint and now SF. Almost feels like they are trying to hold back Kong(Sears)

07.22.22
From the boat...
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07.25.22
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Nice pics, BVic!

Looking at Salesforce from the south, it really looks like its begging for one.

7/29/22 - From the brown line
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7/10/22
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That middle shot is pure fire. Must have been early in the morning? The water looks so still...

From today, from the Wild Mile
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THIS! ^ Great shot.

It looks like the floor at the setback with the high ceilings (and two cut-out terraces?) have no exterior fins, while the floors above have more pronounced vertical fins. The gap adds some visual interest -- which this façade desperately needs...

There is definitely a texture change in the glass after that balcony level. See this pic I took below of the east side about a week ago. It's hard to notice straight on though. This is also visible on some of the renderings.

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August 4, 2022

Yesterday
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^not bad at all

Could there be a second riverwalk added to the left side of the river?