CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 231

SolarWind · #**4601** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 5:33 PM**

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SolarWind · #**4602** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 5:35 PM**

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SolarWind · #**4604** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 6:36 PM**

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the urban politician · #**4605** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 6:50 PM**

^ Thanks for all the updates, Solarwind. The podium turned out much, much nicer than I had initially expected. Also, I'm kind of stoked about that mural on the side. Anybody know who did that? A nice splash of color, I'd like to see more of these on the banal sides of podia in the city

Jibba · #**4606** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 7:01 PM**

MiCa

Viceroy

Randomguy34 · #**4607** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 8:10 PM**

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MiCa

The towers look great! I find it odd that they chose to go with a name like "MiCa". Did they not learn from Fifield and "NoCA"?

Jibba · #**4608** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 8:22 PM**

I think they are turning out well, though they are a bit monolithic-looking. My preference would be that they leave the slab edges unpainted as it would help articulate the volumes, but they will look slick as big black volumes.

marothisu · #**4609** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 9:05 PM**

They look good, even if out of place. I'd love to see that area with a handful more midrises between 6 and 10 stories.

LouisVanDerWright · #**4610** Posted **Jul 8, 2016, 9:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jibba

MiCa
Viceroy

This is going to be sick. I'm glad the streaks didn't get VE'd down. Can't wait for glass.

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Originally Posted by marothisu

They look good, even if out of place. I'd love to see that area with a handful more midrises between 6 and 10 stories.

They don't look so out of place with the 6 story monolith down the street. And there's more where that came from with a lot to follow up and down the entire corridor. Milwaukee Ave is becoming a significant continuous midrise neighborhood. Congress theater went from the largest building for miles, to on the smaller side of things in the matter of a year.

Chi-Sky21 · #**4611** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 2:46 AM**

Saw MiCa from inside Logan Bar and grill..through the skylight. Pretty cool vantage point while having a beer.

ardecila · #**4612** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 3:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

This is going to be sick. I'm glad the streaks didn't get VE'd down. Can't wait for glass.

Yeah, I like seeing Viceroy with the 1970s highrises in the background. Harry Weese was looking for a way to break up the box and hit upon big bay windows. 227 E Walton and 55 W Chestnut are really elegant buildings that've held up over time.

Viceroy is like the 2010s version of that bay window trend. Other buildings like 545 McClurg and 130 N Franklin have similar articulation of form. I love the texture and depth it adds to the skyline compared to the usual Pappageorge and SCB econoboxes, which are boring AF be they precast or glass.

BVictor1 · #**4613** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 5:30 AM**

07/08/16

marothisu · #**4614** Posted **Jul 9, 2016, 6:34 AM**

Viceroy has popped up decently fast. It's on floor 6 of 18 total now - meaning it should be halfway through with its height in a little bit. I'll be interested too to see how the facadectomy works out.