CHICAGO | St. Regis Chicago (Vista) | 1,191 FT | 101 FLOORS

[chicagodeckerdude]

Originally Posted by Barrelfish

My understanding is that it goes something like this:

• Originally, the narrow parts of each frustrum were going to be even narrower (going from 90ish feet at the widest point down to 70ish feet at the narrowest)
• These got widened so there were fewer difference in floorplans on the wide vs. narrow floors (now more like 90ish vs. 80ish). This brought more usable square footage and also reduced costs (less need to jog plumbinb back and forth, etc.)
• That extra width, combined with the buildings narrow profile + the fact that the middle frustrum isn't directly anchored to the ground (there's a roadway underneath), meant that sway was higher than they wanted during wind tunnel testing
• Therefore, the blow through floor was added to reduce the sway. I think this was after construction was already started, so it was too late to change the design of the tower in a way that would eliminate the need for the blow through

I may be conflating things slightly (maybe the blowthru would have been required regardless of the change in floor plates), but that's the general gist.

That explains a LOT! Thanks!

[SolarWind]

November 25, 2019

[Steely Dan]

^ Hachi machi!!!

I still won't know quite what to make of the blow through floor until it's all done, but damn those pics really show how she's singing. It looks fake in a way (a good way, I think). Instead of making a rendering look like real life, SG flipped it and made real life look like a rendering.

[harryc]

Nov 22

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Nov 27

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

Chicago | Vista Tower by Harry Carmichael, on Flickr

[chris08876]

Via cam today.

[SpireGuy]

What's up with those mechanical floors when looking at Vista from the South? In between the 2nd and 3rd tier, is part black and part glass. Looks kinda sloppy. Almost like an after thought.

[Ricochet48]

Originally Posted by SpireGuy

What's up with those mechanical floors when looking at Vista from the South? In between the 2nd and 3rd tier, is part black and part glass. Looks kinda sloppy. Almost like an after thought.

Agreed. It looks horrible and unfortunately here to stay.

Selling those extra windowed units too a precedent over architectural symmetry.

[eXodius]

^ They should've done what they did with One Vanderbilt with how they used glass even for the mechanical floors. Looks a LOT better than the black bands on this building! Otherwise it'd be better than the renders!

[MorganChi]

Originally Posted by Ricochet48

Agreed. It looks horrible and unfortunately here to stay.

Selling those extra windowed units too a precedent over architectural symmetry.

Whose your source? Cause I heard different from one of the construction workers.

[Bonsai Tree]

Webcam is finally fully back up! With new views from Aqua!

https://www.vistatowerchicago.com/webcam/

[chris08876]

Vista, and also I believe that Cirrus/Cascade is directly below.



DSC_1449 by BartShore, on Flickr

[Ogdenman36]

What a pic!
Please correct me if I am wrong beause I am most likely wrong, but east of AON used to be a 9 hole golf course going to almost the river back in the late 90s/early 2000's correct? It is amazing how much infill!

[SolarWind]

Originally Posted by Ogdenman36

What a pic!
Please correct me if I am wrong beause I am most likely wrong, but east of AON used to be a 9 hole golf course going to almost the river back in the late 90s/early 2000's correct? It is amazing how much infill!

Metro Golf at The Illinois Center



Source: The Postcard Factory Photo: L. Fisher

[The Pimp]

Originally Posted by SolarWind

Metro Golf at The Illinois Center



Source: The Postcard Factory Photo: L. Fisher

I remember the executive course well. But, it never felt like it was going to be permanent thing.

[Skyguy_7]

Great aerial, Chris!

^That golf course is so awesome, not to mention it looks like a well-manicured track. I would've loved to have played it.

This boom is so damn incredible we are literally seeing Chicago being "completed" right before our very eyes. Bursting at the seams so much so that there's no room left to build. Case in point; the deluge of construction spilling over in the next-best place to the loop/downtown, an old, formerly undesirable, meat packing district.

We have two sites in particular that total six tower cranes. I remember in 2010 when there were only two sites with two cranes, IN THE ENTIRE CITY!

[Donnie77]

Can we take a second to admire OBP's lighting scheme?

Very subtle yet tasteful...

[trvlr70]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Vista, and also I believe that Cirrus/Cascade is directly below.



DSC_1449 by BartShore, on Flickr

Vista matches well with the river color.

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by trvlr70

Vista matches well with the river color.

That was the idea, the colors of the glass were supposed to match the hues of the river and lake. Cool.

[cozy]

Originally Posted by Donnie77

Can we take a second to admire OBP's lighting scheme?

Very subtle yet tasteful...

I'll take all day!

[cozy]

Saw Vista from 600 block of S Michigan Ave today and oh boy does she look stunning with all the gear being removed from the roof. so complete. can't wait for the final product

Edit: and wow the exhaust from the roof looks so badass