Nice... thanks...
Speaking of buildings downtown: What's with this new trend in the financial district where they are now redoing many of the lobbies to turn them into glass palaces? UBS Tower was one of the first built that way, then there was Deloitte. Now it seems all the older buildings need their own glass entrance.
Endangered historical Chicago buildings 2019... https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/preservation-chicago-most-endangered-buildings Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Interesting article but I'm curious to know (apologies for being misinformed): there are plans to demolish/rebuild the Thompson Center?
The state of Illinois had tried to sell the building and since it is not on the historic register can be torn down if the developer so desires. The building is in pretty bad shape but I hope it gets restored and not torn down. We will see. Alot of people from out of town always like that building and are surprised to hear it might get demolished.
Around the time of the opening of the Thompson Building (then known as the "State of Illinois Building") I attended a luncheon meeting of the American Institute of Architects. At my table were several very well known and highly respected architects. When our conversation got around to the Thompson Building one of them made a comment that has stuck with me. I can't remember which one of them it was, but he said, "You can mark my words, that building will either be demolished or radically reconfigured before its 40 years old." At the time I just dismissed it as a "sour grapes" comment, as lots of Chicago architects were jealous of "Baron Von Hightech" Helmut Jahn, but right now it looks like he might have been right.
I've seen it. (Thompson)... yes in bad shape. It's all single glazed curved glass, Very hot in summer and very, very cold in winter. Plus incredibly expensive to heat and cool. How o you solve that?
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Chicago early mansions. It is sickening how many were torn down, mainly on the south side and near south side south of Roosevelt Road. Rows of them were leveled from the 1950's -1980's, some of the best looking. The same thing is still happening in Detroit now as their downtown has not fully recovered yet but is showing good signs. https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/surviving-gilded-age-mansions-map
Only around 300 feet tall, but it's location in Fulton Market going further west makes it have an impact. Pretty soon downtown Chicago will extend all the way to Iowa at wich time everybody from Iowa will move to Nebraska https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/3/13/18264062/office-tower-800-fulton-market-thor-som Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
A few more photos of the area. That highway in the middle is the Kennedy Expressway where it turns into the Dan Ryan. Alot of buildings going up west of the Dan Ryan. In a few years this little area will be as big as downtown Dallas!! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Latest almost final rendering for Salesforce Tower at Wolfpoint. Covers most of WolfPoint east in this angle. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another hotel for Michigan Avenue at just over 500 feet. https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2019/03/25/another-hotelresidential-tower-wants-to-squeeze-in-on-michigan-avenue/?fbclid=IwAR1-epENIqxOpgBEXWvzDrorH-rP1EeCLITaNe4goc_pWv9rXFqPD2KssWI Image Unavailable, Please Login
They picked the Studio Gang design for the main terminal. Nice but I would like a Calatrava in our city. I know cost overruns and problems come with all Calatrava's but they look so nice. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ohare-expansion-architect-20190327-story.html
Studio Gang does nice work also. Maybe one of the other terminals will be by Calatrava. Here is another Studio Gang building, Vista wich is pretty much topped out. Very slow glass installation. Every floor is at a different angle and a different color of blue green glass. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
We will see if all that wood gets VE'd out. https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/3/27/18284048/ohare-expansion-studio-gang-wins-design-competition
Three projects on the right currently being development for W. Van Buren along the Eisenhower Expressway, all of wich are under construction or will start soon. Downtown is moving much farther west. Image Unavailable, Please Login
This morning trucks arrived at the big round hole between North and Navy pier. First time in years and a sign of change to come.
Gang ORD design photos... Pretty much left the Jahn UAL terminal untouched. The old AA terminal needs to be replaced also due top very tight alley access wich these photos do not represent very well. It looks wider than it actually is in the photo. Also not in the photo T5. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
O'Hare needs a workover. The airport looks totally dated compared to other big airports in the US and abroad.
A rendering of The 78, a mixed-use development slated for a vacant 62-acre riverfront site between Chicago’s South Loop and Chinatown. Related Midwest Image Unavailable, Please Login City Council approves $2B in TIF money for Lincoln Yards, The 78 The votes represent the final legislative hurdle for the transformative megadevelopments By Jay Koziarz Apr 10, 2019, 11:47am CDT On Wednesday morning City Hall approved up to $2 billion in tax increment financing (TIF) to support the massive Lincoln Yards and The 78 megadevelopments. https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/4/10/18304637/lincoln-yards-the-78-tif-finance-committee-city-council