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Old Posted Mar 20, 2019, 4:09 PM
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that kinda sums up my feelings as well.

the proposed building is certainly not offensive to me, but i was really hoping for something more magical at this supremely prominent spot.

Hines is playing it safe here. there's nothing objectively wrong with that (that's how successful businesses stay in business), but i imagine the final result will always feel a little bit like a lost opportunity to me.


it's a nice enough tower, but oh what could've been...........
There is still hope for something very tall and iconic at the Spire site still, right?
That is another spot that would really stand out.
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2019, 5:58 PM
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I agree... such a prime spot we were looking for something iconic...we just get a very nice tower...
My feelings on this have bounced around a lot. Now I'm back to "what a letdown". Height is irrelevant. It's not the 835 feet. It's the 835 feet of "meh".

I've also grown less enamored with WPE as its grown. I'm probably in the extreme minority on that. But neither of these really move the needle IMO, after so much anticipation.
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2019, 7:13 PM
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it's just a great spot for an exclamation point and not another part of the great blue glass wall now forming on the river's south branch
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2019, 5:36 PM
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I got nervous when I read this because I thought they scaled it back from 813'.

Just old news different article though. This and 110N will work well together
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2019, 8:57 PM
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Lol... classic Editor being like 6 months behind on things. Same guy that still thinks OCS is gonna be over 1000 feet. His lame millennial joke doesn't even make sense. Gen X was the one that started participation awards

I almost wish we'd just ignore this dude existed tbh
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2019, 9:14 PM
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Lol... classic Editor being like 6 months behind on things. Same guy that still thinks OCS is gonna be over 1000 feet. His lame millennial joke doesn't even make sense. Gen X was the one that started participation awards

I almost wish we'd just ignore this dude existed tbh
To be fair if you Google 'one chicago square height' it still says 1011 feet. But if you run a blog on Chicago architecture you should probably know that kinda stuff and not look on Wikipedia.
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Regarding this project (and Chicago Architecture Blog) they did post drawings in that blog showing where the tower will be located. You can see the room they will have for staging (for those curious)
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Old Posted Apr 8, 2019, 10:33 PM
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It's too bad. I really like Chicago Architecture Blog but they haven't had their shit together this year. OCS and now this
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Old Posted Apr 9, 2019, 8:31 AM
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The extra 150 feet are missed though. Proportions are all off now.
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This is a very crucial spot indeed, even more special than where Trump Hotel & Tower is. Trump looks appropriate for its prime location, but this 835-footer does not.
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Would writing a heartfelt message to the Kennedy family help change their minds to making a taller building? =p Do they still own and operate the space?
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Man and people give me crap about being a height enthusiast...

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but in any case it seems like it's one of those "maximize profit" projects and not a "make a statement" project like Tribune.

I don't think writing a letter would do anything, giving them the extra millions to go the extra feet may
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Man and people give me crap about being a height enthusiast...

Not that there's anything wrong with that, but in any case it seems like it's one of those "maximize profit" projects and not a "make a statement" project like Tribune.

I don't think writing a letter would do anything, giving them the extra millions to go the extra feet may
Let me just dust off the old shoebox here and.... hmmm... that's odd... I know I put my millions around here somewhere. Let me check a few places, I'll get back to you on that one.
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Everything is bigger in Texas except Hines...
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The confluence will have gone from basically just 333 W Wacker and the ugly Apparel Center to now having as high density cluster of big towers as anywhere in the city in just one cycle... insanity!
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Old Posted Apr 13, 2019, 5:13 AM
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I thought this tower was supposed to be over 900ft? What happened? I was excited until I saw that.
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The loss of this site to this particular tower is not just the missed opportunity of a lifetime, but a missed opportunity in a millenia... this has been and will always be the most important building site in the history of Chicago...
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The loss of this site to this particular tower is not just the missed opportunity of a lifetime, but a missed opportunity in a millenia... this has been and will always be the most important building site in the history of Chicago...
Absolutely agree with this.
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