Are there any examples of recent skyscrapers using terra-cota? I'm trying to picture what that would be like. I can only think of classical and art-deco buildings with terra-cota.

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That’s silly; Personally, I’d be thrilled with even a 1,200’ tall building if it was well-designed....but then again, my number is just as arbitrary as yours, so, oh well..

They already have the foundation to support something ridiculously tall, so it would be strange to me if they didn’t take full advantage of it.

Others can speak more on this issue, but isn’t the foundation the most significant cost element to going that high? Of course there are other marginal costs to additional height—e.g. less usable floor space on lower levels, maybe more complicated logistics—but those seem relatively inconsequential. But maybe I’m wrong.

You saved me from typing out my exact thought. If it's taller than Sears then I'll be ecstatic, but I'd take a couple well designed true supertalls over one big sky penis.

I thought because of its relatively centered location East/West in relation to the downtown area it did bring a balance to the skyline

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vGwCDm3r3m8/maxresdefault.jpg

http://cdn.coda-craven.org/wp-conten...d-1280x800.jpg

And from a North/South viewing it sort of bookended the skyline to the lake.

http://s25.postimg.org/r1bj94edr/IMG...608_212206.jpg

https://www.designboom.com/tools/WPr...s/11y/cal1.jpg

When the Sears Tower and JHC were built, they were said to stick out until the city filled in more around them. This site already has some momentum behind it. I hope they go bigger than 1500'.

If we got something the quality and scope of this building I'm sure we'd all be happy.

This is my thought exactly. If it’s 1300-1400 feet it’ll look like the tallest building in the skyline from the lake front. It’d be the biggest game changer since the Sears tower. Tribune tower is also going up at about 1,400 ft if that stay the same. So this could be incredible.

Why is everyone so focused on the view from the lake?

Yes that’s the postcard shot, but most people most of the time are actually viewing the skyline from the other direction. It’s the view from the Kennedy that really counts.

Shouldn't be too long now. Rumor from about a month ago (sorry, I have been out of town a lot lately) was that official news can be expected before late spring.

Design firm's name will not break any past precedents here, but their approach to this particular project might.

With it still being mostly centered in our skyline I think it looks balanced from either way.

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1CQu....00_20AM.0.png

If you were to add One Bennett Park, Vista, and Wolf Point South, then it really makes the center the new peak, pulling attention away from the N/S extremes. It's a literal transformation of the skyline in 10 years.

^To the point that if you erased Sears from skyline and history, and then proposed it now in 2018, people might find it odd to have such a tall building so far to the south. Transit nodes notwithstanding.

Sorry it is the view from the El that counts !

there are so many units coming online in the next year, really feel like this is still a full cycle off

Also the new Tribune building and of course the Trump Tower. I understand it's not likely that a 2000 footer is headed to the former Spire site. But it really would not be out of place or throw off the balance of the skyline.

I’m a transit fan too, but that diagonal angle is the best...

http://assets.diningchicago.com/medi...jpg?1484505943

Maybe. Business relocations are driving some serious downtown unit demand so the building may continue for a bit longer to keep up with corporate investment downtown.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business...overty/556649/

Here's some massing done at 1,500 feet. Some angles it looks amazing, others not as much an impact. 2,000 feet would fix a lot of that but that's probably wishful thinking.



https://images2.imgbox.com/80/70/tus18uXu_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/6f/fc/okRnlWJX_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/1f/c7/akOjYtus_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/f4/a5/131ZlIK2_o.jpg

https://images2.imgbox.com/11/4f/yk1E9PJP_o.jpg

My favorite view will always be the one coming from the South no the Dan Ryan/I90, but I'm biased as that was my view whenever I would come back home from school. Regardless, those hypothetical renderings of the skyline in 5-6 years make me as excited as a fat kid left alone in a candy shop. Oh boyyyyyy here we come.