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Old Posted Jul 10, 2017, 1:49 AM
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So I guess they chose not to put the giant marriott symbol at the top of the building? Unless their pulling a trump and wait a year after it opens.
     
     
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So I guess they chose not to put the giant marriott symbol at the top of the building? Unless their pulling a trump and wait a year after it opens.
If you scroll all the way to the right on the second to last photo, you can see the supports for the signage protruding through the curtainwall. I think we will still see a Marriott logo yet.
     
     
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I hope they maintain these better. Dirty and burnt out lights make the place look poor as hell.
     
     
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If you scroll all the way to the right on the second to last photo, you can see the supports for the signage protruding through the curtainwall. I think we will still see a Marriott logo yet.
They've already installed a giant red "M" on the lake side of the building; no idea about the west side.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2017, 3:07 PM
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A red 'M' is being installed atop the west face at the southern end.
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2017, 3:15 PM
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For reference, this is the lake (east) side, taken 7.14.2017

     
     
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The roof of the stadium is now lit up at night as well.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 21, 2017, 3:04 PM
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The roof of the stadium is now lit up at night as well.
Really? Im not going to be in the city for a few weeks. If anyones in the area at night can you take some pictures of the roof lighting?
     
     
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You can always just pop on to the webcam and scroll the timeline back to a night pic. Itll give you a solid view of the lighting on the stadium. Not as good as in person but it scratches the itch

https://app.oxblue.com/open/clarkcon...mccormickplace
     
     
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Since no one else mentioned today how $55 million of TIF money went from McCormick Place to Navy Pier...

How city power players diverted millions in blight-fighting TIF cash to Navy Pier
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration signed off on an elaborate financial shell game that obscured payment of $55 million for renovations at Navy Pier with tax dollars reserved to fight urban blight, records show. The bookkeeping jiujitsu appears to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the controversial tax-increment financing program, which critics say has been widely abused and not used for its intended purpose of spurring development in or near economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

A joint investigation by the Better Government Association and Crain's Chicago Business finds that the administration began filtering the money in 2014 through a hotel project at McCormick Place, capitalizing on its Near South Side location as a rationale for tapping funds reserved for struggling communities.

Emails and internal documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that officials at the city as well as the governing body of the lakefront convention complex knew the planned 1,205-room Marriott didn't need the financing. But they also knew that Navy Pier, 3 miles away and a vast distance from any urban blight, did.

Those officials, the records show, created a paper trail for the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority—the agency commonly known as McPier that runs the convention center and owns Navy Pier—to obtain the money, ostensibly for the hotel construction. It was paid out in installments from tax-increment financing accounts filled with revenue cleaved from property tax collections. Shortly after each TIF payment, MPEA shifted the same amount of money to Navy Pier Inc., a private nonprofit set up by the authority in 2011 to operate the popular lakefront tourist destination.
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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...s-to-navy-pier
     
     
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Well that's beyond fishy... Also, very unsurprising coming from Chicago
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does anyone else think it's.. too blue?
     
     
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Kind of surprised that a building of this scale doesn't have a window washing apparatus.




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The metal cladding wall going up the tower is hideous. The rest of the tower looks good.
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Yeah, what was the point of that blank wall again? Is something else going to border it? Seems like lost lake views.
     
     
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Yeah, what was the point of that blank wall again? Is something else going to border it? Seems like lost lake views.
A data center is planned for the adjacent plot that will cover the blank wall.
     
     
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A data center is planned for the adjacent plot that will cover the blank wall.
Well not quite - yes a data center was planned but the Fire Code specifies a certain number of stories above the adjacent building must be Fire Code X, glass wall at that rating is very pricey, thus the blank wall.
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