Aug 17

Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Sealant for the eventual seam ?
Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Cool pics.

The crane should be arriving soon, I suspect.

^Should we expect a large crawler on site until the core is tall enough to support a climbing tower crane?

Aug 20

Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr





Getting ready for a sleeper
Chicago | Sales Force Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8d840f80_h.jpg
Sights by ancientlives, on Flickr

An aerial of the site below. At that height, Salesforce, its really going to add a dynamic punch to the area.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...07758118_h.jpg
City by BartShore, on Flickr

Stunning shot!

Crane sections.

Black and red.

^ Love that vantage point looking south. B of A Tower is making quite an impact

Aug 24

A wonderful site in the morning








A sleeper left hanging


All together now


Note the hydraulics - this is what grabs the corners.


1/2 way there




Heading home - already stacking the tower sections.

Daniel Schell has a bunch of pictures of the tower crane assembly:

https://buildingupchicago.com/2020/0...f-point-south/

^What a time to be alive! Thanks for the photos. I can't recall seeing a climbing tower crane being erected at this stage of construction before. The crane was inserted into the partially-built cores of the trio of new bldgs to the south; same with BMO Harris Tower.

155 N Wacker - 2007

^Your endless archive of photos, and your ability to recall them, never ceases to amaze. Bravo

Aug 26

That is the most insane crane. Unreal the sheer bulk and construction in itself.

And then there's that other crane there to assist in setting up the crane. Beast mode.

I cant believe that roller fit through the crawlspace.

Great set Harry!

Thanks everyone for the great updates

This will be a nice addition....I always thought however this was to be 950+ feet! This would have been a great local for something that tall. Chicago has built a considerable amount of office space in the last 5 years or so.... just wondering if that had something to do with the
height reduction?

The height of this tower has been discussed ad naseum on the boards, but the short story is that the developer cut out a hotel that was in the original concepts for what is now named Salesforce Tower. If the hotel had been included, it surely would have eclipsed 950 feet and might have gone past 1,000 feet. As is, it will be office-only. Great location, good design, good height, kind of an 8/10 overall.

I remember reading that the original "mixed-use" concept also included for-sale luxury condos too?

Regular winter weather doesn't slow things down too much, but there are usually some days lost when old man winter bites hardest in any given winter.


Given how long they spent in the ground for the east tower, that seems unlikely to me, but I don't know the actual construction schedule.

Taken 9/3

https://i.imgur.com/AssG5Fq.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PJ8qSDk.jpg

What a beautiful crane. I'm already sad that it won't be there forever. Also, What a shot!

And just like that...we have a mockup

https://i.imgur.com/l4nP6ZF.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/YvHNB2s.jpg

bonus crane shot from a friend

https://i.imgur.com/JaiVrxs.jpg

^ nice. I guess I was expecting white mullions like on WPE but I like this.

A few more of the finished Mock-up..

https://i.imgur.com/yadAXsX.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/o1zQ7RQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PkxMHUv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/md7F9n3.jpg

Liking it!

I found these visualizations on Yimby and thought they were pretty cool, highlighting the completed Wolf Point once Salesforce is done (bonus as well as the very massive BoA building on Wacker):

https://chicagoyimby.com/wp-content/...M-1536x781.png
Visualization by Jack Crawford, via Google Earth

https://chicagoyimby.com/wp-content/...-1536x1016.png
Visualization by Jack Crawford, via Google Earth

https://chicagoyimby.com/2020/08/new...town-core.html

The vantage point


Aug 31







Sep 3



Aug 31

^*Cue The Dark Knight Rises Theme*

Aug 31

Photo here.

https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...tower-chicago/


A Link-Belt TG-1900 was set up.

Here's my version from the model that I've been keeping for about 15 yrs now (please excuse certain liberties I took):


https://i.imgur.com/qu7uLDp.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/GTCoC3c.jpg

Sept 8







A mocking view






Sept 10




Sept 8

I don't believe I've ever seen this rendering before:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resiz...FYKNLA57IE.jpg

https://www.chicagotribune.com/colum...ivq-story.html

It's a few months old although I don't remember where I first saw it.

Killer long legs though!

Am I just imagining things or are there a lot of buildings going up in several cities that are all resembling one another? This one resemble 110 Wacker doesn't it? Same height a little narrower though. Aside from that it's a nice building....another 100 feet would be OK!

This morning - building the core:

https://i.ibb.co/F4Z9X2K/20200914-100033.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/R3mtNV0/20200914-100940.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/q5ffGs5/20200914-100550.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/ZfWBnkR/20200914-100743.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/TPt18Hq/20200914-100826.jpg

Fairly similar. This is definitely not going to help the blue glass wall being formed when looking at downtown from the west... River Point, 150 N Riverside, 110 N Wacker, now WPS... all 730-820 feet, lining the river in the same direction

My thoughts were if everything is going to have a similar design then IMO there should be a height difference....950' and then maybe something 750-800' breaks up the monotony of a 750-800 foot tabletop skyline! Just my observation.

As I'm sure you know, that's not how free market economics work with regard to skyscraper construction, unfortunately. Would have been nice to see 5 more narrow floors on the final setback along with a spire, which would be close to the original rendering. Maybe we'll get a surprise. If not, womp womp.

literally the one potentially positive thing about aldermanic privilege, but they waste it pandering to NIMBYs and bogus traffic studies

Looks great from this angle. Classy. Would be very happy if it turns out as rendered.

Super awesome construction pics on this page and the renders.

Keep them coming thank you.

i love the cranes and the counterweights

Massive structures in themselves.

One picture has over 110 tons of counterweights.

The tower cranes and that massive multi axil self moving crane is just mind boggling. Men are still building great things.

No small plans here other than a 100 foot haircut.

Ill still revel in the addition right in the middle of an upcoming recession and urban issues going way back to the cona.

What a super location. Finally hiding the sun times and the cheap Holiday Inn motel in the sky from the riverboat views.

I cannot wait for another river tour.

Hopefully with a proper Docent that can go off the script and answer questions along the way and has a microphone loud enough to hear. Too many times I have encountered those that can only just read a script and are often hard to hear even if your close enough to them to try to lead their lips.

That said which is the best and most educational tour cruise out there.

When I bring visitors form out of town, often for the first time ever they are always aghast and utterly amazed, to the city I prefer for them to really be educated and have the ability to ask questions about any said building or future building going up or just a general history of the river lake and city streamlessly.

Chicago Architecture Center seems to be the consensus best cruise operator. I've done theirs a few times and really enjoyed it. The one other one I've done (I think Wendella? the one that docks near the base of trump tower) was still good but noticeably a notch down in quality.

^^ Whichever tour BVic guides!

Second that !