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aaron38 · #**581** Posted **May 9, 2018, 1:55 PM**

Welcome to the forum Bobby and thank you. What else can you see from that vantage?

gebs · #**582** Posted **May 9, 2018, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by BobbyChicago

Hey Bobby, what's happening? Yeah, can you put your phone on that window, set it to Timelapse, and leave it filming for the next 12 months? That'd be greeeeat. Thanks.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/...6/lumbergh.jpg

BobbyChicago · #**583** Posted **May 9, 2018, 2:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

Welcome to the forum Bobby and thank you. What else can you see from that vantage?

I can also see the tips of One Bennett Park and Vista Tower peaking out. I'll try to get some pictures of those and post them in their threads.

SolarWind · #**584** Posted **May 11, 2018, 3:34 AM**

Great pictures, BobbyChicago! I like the unique vantage point. Welcome to the forum.

SolarWind · #**585** Posted **May 11, 2018, 3:39 AM**

May 10, 2018

Notyrview · #**586** Posted **May 11, 2018, 1:29 PM**

Nice shots, but ew, i can't believe people like the apparel center painted like that. it looks like aluminum siding. harrible.

left of center · #**587** Posted **May 11, 2018, 1:34 PM**

^ Really no way of prettying up that building, short of a complete recladding or full scale demolition, none of which are happening anytime soon.

I'll take the dead baby blue over the Taco Bell vomit taupe. At least its a change of scenery

Notyrview · #**588** Posted **May 11, 2018, 2:09 PM**

It's horrendous. The original building is actually decent, at the very least honest. it's all these vague attempts at "changing the scenery" over the years that have made it looks downright horrendous.

Kumdogmillionaire · #**589** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:15 PM**

"actually decent"

Imagine actually having an opinion this absurd

(remember this is the same individual who voms at OBP)

donnie · #**590** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

"actually decent"

Imagine actually having an opinion this absurd

"Actually decent"

Thankfully Wolf point is here to erace it from our memory!

Notyrview · #**591** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:25 PM**

I updated my ignore list a few days ago

Kumdogmillionaire · #**592** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:42 PM**

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I updated my ignore list a few days ago

The witch is down to only seeing three commenters now. Safe spaces are empty places

Notyrview · #**593** Posted **May 11, 2018, 4:47 PM**

😎

left of center · #**594** Posted **May 11, 2018, 8:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Notyrview

It's horrendous. The original building is actually decent, at the very least honest. it's all these vague attempts at "changing the scenery" over the years that have made it looks downright horrendous.

I'd argue that the addition of windows a few decades back (possibly late 90s?) to the floors below the hotel portion constituted a massive improvement.

Source: blogspot.com

IrishIllini · #**595** Posted **May 11, 2018, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by left of center

I'd argue that the addition of windows a few decades back (possibly late 90s?) to the floors below the hotel portion constituted a massive improvement.

Source: blogspot.com

Up until pretty much this year the backdrop for that photo would have looked nearly the same.

donnie · #**596** Posted **May 11, 2018, 10:53 PM**

I think i like the original design better to be honest!

SolarWind · #**597** Posted **May 16, 2018, 3:41 AM**

May 15, 2018

PittsburghPA · #**598** Posted **May 16, 2018, 5:32 AM**

This may be a dumb question, but what will they do with the void in the floorplates when it's time for the tower crane to come down? Wouldn't it make sense to build the tower crane in an elevator shaft?

harryc · #**599** Posted **May 16, 2018, 10:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by PittsburghPA

This may be a dumb question, but what will they do with the void in the floorplates when it's time for the tower crane to come down? Wouldn't it make sense to build the tower crane in an elevator shaft?

The holes from the crane will usually be filled in like the bracing in the garage. They put some stubs of rebar in and pour that small section of floor. Can't be that easy considering how many projects go to great lengths to mount the crane on the outside - sometimes cantilevering it out over the sidewalk.

The elevator shafts are constructed using climbing forms, a crane through the middle would be a tight fit. There is however a style of crane that climbs up the elevator shaft a few pours behind the forms.

PittsburghPA · #**600** Posted **May 16, 2018, 4:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

The holes from the crane will usually be filled in like the bracing in the garage. They put some stubs of rebar in and pour that small section of floor. Can't be that easy considering how many projects go to great lengths to mount the crane on the outside - sometimes cantilevering it out over the sidewalk.

The elevator shafts are constructed using climbing forms, a crane through the middle would be a tight fit. There is however a style of crane that climbs up the elevator shaft a few pours behind the forms.

Thank you!