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Old Posted Sep 24, 2019, 7:50 PM
kemachs kemachs is offline
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan View Post
in its entire history, the city of chicago has only seen towers 800' or taller constructed on 18 occasions. that's it, just 18 times.

99% of the highrises chicago has built over the centuries have been less than 800' tall.

expecting every single patch of land in downtown chicago to now sprout 800+ foot towers is way beyond unrealistic.
You right. However, doesn't it seem like we've seen significantly less 800'+ proposals since the crash of '08? Does it speak to local and national developers being less bullish on the market here, with a majority of proposals being more conservative, blueglass, semi-boring towers in the downtown area? The one place I'm seeing adventurous architecture is the West Loop. Now that I think of it, the current boom in that neighborhood may mean less 800+ footers; sucking up the demand for office and residential?