IIRC part of the Tribune (lower levels?) were modernized into a pretty cool open office space. I wonder what they will do with that. Also happy that it looks like all of the annex buildings will be preserved.

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That hypothetical tweet would almost guarantee this thing got approved...

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Another interesting Reilly quote

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Honestly I hope it looks like the fantasy in this article. https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/...ght-look-like/

While that looks pretty cool, I would like it most if it were built as a modern variation of the Tribune Tower's Gothic design. Kind of like how Holy Name Cathedral has the shape of a Gothic cathedral, but uses modern materials. I would love to see what a building with a shape like Tribune in glass, and 1,400 feet tall would look like.

I feel like its time for Chicago to hop on the skinny skyscraper trend. Having just 4 walls soaring around 1400 ft into the air would probably fit best for this site.

I've said a million times that I don't care about height, but if the roof does indeed fall one foot short of the Trump Tower, I don't see why you wouldn't go another 75' taller and get tallest building in the city status over Sears?

Perhaps it will, or maybe Related will push the Spire site to be the tallest in the city.

It's been 45 years, Chicago definitely deserves a new tallest. :yes:

Great height, wish they could have at least given a teaser render. I know it's still being worked out, but would like to know what they are working with.

Why stop at Sears? Just slap a 389' spire and we've got tallest building in the Western Hemisphere

I'm interested to see how Adrian Smith returns to this area, 30 years after NBC Tower. I imagine back in 1987, he must have assumed Cityfront Center would be fully complete right now instead of the gradual phasing-in that actually happened.

Will we get another attempt at deco, maybe with real limestone like NBC used? Or something more futuristic, glassy and Dubai-like?

Eh, I don't think rail transit was a consideration at all. Those developers figured the upper management would drive in on Lake Shore Drive (the buildings all included moderate parking podiums) while the paper-pushers would take the express bus from northside neighborhoods and get dropped off right on Michigan.

As for people coming from other places, well, it's not that far of a walk from the L or from State Street buses. My brother commutes to the Mag Mile (from Pilsen) and has a pretty reasonable commute going Pink Line->Red Line.

Where do you get half a dozen? There's Vista, One Chicago Square, and Tribune.

The state suggested a supertall for Thompson Center, but there's no developer to actually build it and the state has not moved forward with a sale yet. Even if a supertall ends up being proposed there, it's a whole block - no need to go slender, especially if there is an office component that needs larger floorplates, so that'll be more of a traditional supertall. Obviously there's no public proposal for the Chicago Spire site yet.

To answer your question, engineers routinely share information in conferences and published papers, so the supertalls of Billionaires' Row have paved the way for similar structures elsewhere. Techniques like tuned mass dampers, blow-through floors, ultra-high-PSI concrete, etc have now been refined and a lot of the design risk ironed out.

Considering how close it is to the lake, it may even appear to be taller than Sears from many viewpoints. Especially when it almost inevitably ends up being taller than Trump. I’m guessing 1400 feet is about where it’ll land. This will definitely redefine the skyline

Interestingly, I think the unearthed 400 N LSD design would be a very similar height, assuming that designer followed some parameters set by Related:

[ http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=388 - the source link is now 404'd, hmmm... ]

Hopefully this gets them to change their two tower hedging and go taller, or at least change the ratio.

In the rendering, I like the position of it. Smack dab in the middle. A nice balance between Sears and Hancock.

So I've seen early renderings of this thing a few months back. I'm sure the design has evolved since what I saw, but it didn't have a spire. I would qualify it under the skinny skyscraper trend mentioned. It definitely doesn't look like what's on that Chicago Architecture.org site. I'd also say the top is a glassy modern nod to the neighboring tribune crown. Again, the design may have changed completely from when I last saw it.

I was just going to say I hope this thing has a similar massing nod to Tribune as Trump has to Wrigley from the NE. I live the view of Wrigley with Trump Tower looking behind and matching the massing on a much larger scale.

Describe the design further and maybe I'll draw it like Vista haha.

I love that view.

^^yes no spire please!

That was hyperbole. :)

And while not actually supertalls, One Bennet Park, One Grant Park and Wolf Point South (very close to supertall) are pretty big buildings. So there are a half dozen U/C or seriously proposed 800+ foot residential buildings in Chicago right now. When was the last time that happened?

How come i am picturing 311 S Wacker right now....... :uhh:

aw well...good for chicago