[trvlr70]

I'd have to say that The Legacy is stunning because I was literally "stunned" when I saw Solar's first pic. Well done.

[Chicago Shawn]

From the Hancock Observatory 05-04-2009
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/704873.jpg

[Jibba]

^Nice shot Shawn. Legacy looks massive in that photo.

[BVictor1]

05/21/09
https://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/705317.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/705318.jpg

05/22/09
https://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/705321.jpg

[wrab]

Sweet shots, BVic.

That building in the foreground of the first pic is textbook Chicago School.

[BVictor1]

Sweet shots, BVic.

That building in the foreground of the first pic is textbook Chicago School.

Thanks,

That's the Sharp Building. It's also being renovated during the construction of the Legacy. It's going to have classrooms.

[BVictor1]

05/21/09

https://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/705333.jpg

https://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/05/705353.jpg

[J_M_Tungsten]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1025.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1035.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1039.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1069.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1104.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1111.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1112.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1125.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1136.jpg

[jc5680]

5.23
http://www.j-carlson.com/ancilary/legacy523.jpg

[wrab]

5/24

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3561506314_0343d47158_b.jpg

[SolarWind]

May 18, 2009

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1218/dsc0435.jpg

[J_M_Tungsten]

Man, my stuff looks like garbage compared to yours wrabbit, JC, and solar! Great shots all around! Wrabbit, yours looks like a promoting company trying to promote the Legacy as a family friendly building, "Where a family can walk to popular attractions such as the art museum and Millennium Park" :haha:

[viewguysf]

Man, my stuff looks like garbage compared to yours wrabbit, JC, and solar! Great shots all around! Wrabbit, yours looks like a promoting company trying to promote the Legacy as a family friendly building, "Where a family can walk to popular attractions such as the art museum and Millennium Park" :haha:

No, yours are great too since they show us out of towners the new tower from so many different perspectives! :tup:

[denizen467]

That's the Sharp Building. It's also being renovated during the construction of the Legacy. It's going to have classrooms.
For AIC?

[denizen467]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1125.jpg
Future classic.

[J_M_Tungsten]

Thanks denizen and view guy, I try :tup:

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1274.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1275.jpg

[harryc]

Man, my stuff looks like garbage compared to yours wrabbit, JC, and solar! Great shots all around! Wrabbit, yours looks like a promoting company trying to promote the Legacy as a family friendly building, "Where a family can walk to popular attractions such as the art museum and Millennium Park" :haha:

They are great teachers, and your stuff is far from garbage, thank you for the great shots.

[TorancisOMP]

5/24

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3561506314_0343d47158_b.jpg

WOW wrabbit, I love this one!

[SolarWind]

May 19, 2009

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/9150/dsc0252q.jpg

[cbotnyse]

anyone know what the hold up is? The glass seems to have been stalled here for weeks.

[george]

5-28-09

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/334/leg5c.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7008/leg4e.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6551/leg2s.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8938/leg3d.jpg

[BorisMolotov]

is that a bronze pig about to be chained up and slaughtered? if so, i'd say that's quite a disturbing piece of public art. i mean i know we're supposed to reflect on our past, but that MAY be taking things a little too far.

[J_M_Tungsten]

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1310.jpg

[truedaniel]

Thanks denizen and view guy, I try :tup:

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1274.jpg

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt1/JMTUNGSTEN/100_1275.jpg



^ What is that tall black building in the photos? Thanks.

[Steely Dan]

^ What is that tall black building in the photos? Thanks.
Willis Tower

[the urban politician]

^ Formerly known as the Sears Tower

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

^ What is that tall black building in the photos? Thanks.

Was that a joke?

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7008/leg4e.jpg

I don't want to sound like a total reetee but I don't think I ever got what the old facades are fronting: retail, residences or a parking garage?

[the urban politician]

^ I think it's a combination of retail, classroom space, and parking

[nicopico]

Willis Tower

Ouch

[SolarWind]

May 18, 2009
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8657/dsc0433.jpg

May 29, 2009
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9873/dsc0085p.jpg

[wrab]

Legacy, etal - 5/31:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2438/3584092990_56db0facd4_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3343/3584123792_013603aa17_b.jpg

[Chitown]

is that a bronze pig about to be chained up and slaughtered? if so, i'd say that's quite a disturbing piece of public art. i mean i know we're supposed to reflect on our past, but that MAY be taking things a little too far.
It seems to have humanistic features (IE, the jaws), so perhaps it's a reference to the working conditions of the packers, in which case the brutality is warranted.

[wrab]

is that a bronze pig about to be chained up and slaughtered? if so, i'd say that's quite a disturbing piece of public art. i mean i know we're supposed to reflect on our past, but that MAY be taking things a little too far.

The sculptor is Chen Wenling. The pig isn't being slaughtered so much as ravished in a big orgiastic human/pig greedfest.

From the Beijing Asia Arts Center website (not the greatest Chinese-to-English translation, but still...):

"It could be said that Chen's art is strongly neo-realistic. He sensitively perceives the hedonism growing in the society at the age of rapidly swelling consumerism. An artistic language to express, reveal and criticise this worldly reality is what he seeks and he finally finds his channel of expression by resorting to the "biological being" common to both man and animal. His works first present man at the state of certain ecstasy and glee, exposing the true nature of material desire in an ultimately egoistic phase, which can also be regarded as an artistic magnification of scenes from the material life. In many of his works, he juxtaposes the features of man and animal in one sculpture, thus depicts the situation when the demarcation between man and animal or human behaviours and animal behaviours disappears. In terms of the mental state of sculptures, the expression on the face of a man is as simple and obsessed as an animal, whereas the animals are given man-like mental states and desires. No matter man or animal, they all appear to be in a deviated state of mind, happy and stimulated. The juxtaposition of "personification" and "hypostatization" is a method acquired by Chen in his exploration of art. He adopts this method nonstop in his series of works so that it multiplies and gains more value, forming a developing momentum propelled by a self-sufficient driving power within."

http://www.asiaartcenter.org/e_index.php?page=exhib&exhibno=63

Lots more piggies on the site.

[J_M_Tungsten]

That second pic Wrabbit is B-E-A-UTIFUL!

[djvandrake]

That second pic Wrabbit is B-E-A-UTIFUL!

:previous: Agreed. Fantastic. :tup: :)

[wrab]

^ Thanks, djvandrake & J_M_Tungsten. It's the purple from the grape hyacinths. So intense. Pictures don't do it justice. Lurie Garden is really - finally - maturing into something remarkable.

[george]

6-01-09

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7898/leg1.jpg

[hawkeye view]

6/1

http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/8538/june09007.jpg (http://img383.imageshack.us/my.php?image=june09007.jpg)

[wrab]

6-01-09

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7898/leg1.jpg

George, you and I have the same kind of eye. I have an almost identical (unposted) Legacy/CPS combo. Can't tell you the number of times this has happened. Anyway, I've really been enjoying your compositions.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/wjcordier/_1150138-2.jpg

[george]

wrabbit, thanks. I happened to be driving & took my shot through the sun roof. Your shot is noticably a few paces further back, from the sidewalk. Love your work!

[BVictor1]

05/28/09
Layers
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/707730.jpg

[djvandrake]

Oh! I love that shot. Fantastic BVic. :tup:

[jjk1103]

......about 11 floors left to clad........2 more weeks maybe ?

[SolarWind]

June 4, 2009

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9219/dsc0017qgg.jpg

[wrab]

6/6

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/3607849774_558c8938d4_b.jpg

[simcityaustin]

Taken this weekend.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3613623902_4f68b2cc0b_b.jpg

[BVictor1]

05/31/09
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/709366.jpg

06/02/09
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/709367.jpg

06/10/09
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/709377.jpg

http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/709384.jpg

[harryc]

Damm BVic those are nice - the one with the trees has "good composition" or something to that effect.

[Dr. Taco]

thanks for the shots, bvic

here's from my cell yesterday evening

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/jstush04/2009-06-11173755.jpg

looks completed, eh?

[harryc]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8TC_VUmf9Fw/SjQyvMB5NPI/AAAAAAABNRU/LGDc5V7pK3I/s800/P1400619.JPG

[jc5680]

6.14
http://www.j-carlson.com/ancilary/legacy614a.jpg

http://www.j-carlson.com/ancilary/legacy614b.jpg

[SolarWind]

June 12, 2009

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7910/dsc0361hsp.jpg

[wrab]

6/14

With mini-Trump:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/3627030349_1d1f334cb5_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/3626996049_1460c70ac5_b.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3626998751_8bd95d65d5_b.jpg


Sullivan!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/3627815534_0704218c6e_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3627005285_f3ec3bc661_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3653/3627011073_cf1bacd8a2_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3627828190_6b4d266ebc_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3627831494_2681efa609_b.jpg

[andydie]

:previous: great shots wrabbit:tup: Legacy surely is turning out nice. It will be interesting to see how the top will end up looking. Hopefully like the render.

[andydie]

Hello Friends and Skyscraper fans,

its been a bit over 2 months since my last update for Legacy and so here is my newest one for it for you all to enjoy in High Quality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKkhE9QTyrI

Music: Cosmic Gate feat. Emma Hewitt - Not enough time (Andy Duguid Remix)

Relax and have a good time:)

[J_M_Tungsten]

Looking out my window today, it looks as if they are starting on the upper "mechanical floor." the cranes are lifting steel into place! I'm really looking forward to seeing this one getting its lighting, it will defintely add to the night view from the south and southwest.

[jcchii]

it's a great addition

reminds me sometimes of the Pei building in Boston (just a little)

[Jibba]

6/14


Awesome.

[george]

6-24

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9531/leg3.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7898/leg1.jpg

[wrab]

^ Nice shots, George. Thank you, Jibba.

-----

Alley shot 6/23

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3378/3657842768_a7b20b2d34_b.jpg

[george]

6-24

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/5008/leg5.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9994/leg4.jpg

[Tom Servo]

that looks pretty sweet with the windows opened in random spots.

[wrab]

^ Yes indeed it does.

[BVictor1]

06/23/09

http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/712461.jpg

[wrab]

6/24

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3677658277_56af7e71b2_b.jpg

[WonderlandPark]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7898/leg1.jpg

^^ Getting ready for July 4, I see...

[The Pimp]

No.... It's for the Taste.

[J_M_Tungsten]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7898/leg1.jpg

I hope they go up at least one more floor with the mechanical penthouse floors. Ugh, and what is with the Park Monroe? It looks like something that should be in Legoland.

[Chicago14]

I'm actually pleased with how park monroe turned out. It could just be that I had such low expectations, though :)

[Busy Bee]

Yeah I'll have to admit it's not as offensive as I assumed it would be. It's not finished though, but I have a feeling it will be something that won''t be too terrible to live with.

[Thymant]

Is Park Monroe the huge building on the left side of the legacy?

[Chicago14]

Well, that's what the new condominiums at the top of the tower are called. The more modern facade of the condominiums clashes with the office tower, but not as badly as I thought it would.

[TorancisOMP]

Park Monroe actually has some pretty good floor plans.

[J_M_Tungsten]

Yea from what I've seen, the floorplans look pretty sweet. It still reminds me of the Lego buildings I built when I was a kid, with the clear pieces at the top and all! :D

[george]

6-27

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4053/leg6.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7676/leg5p.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6623/leg4p.jpg

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1475/leg1z.jpg

[wrab]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3587/3668163584_4ee6c5518a_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3667491725_ca84f8c03b_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2578/3668259710_2719cae4c5_b.jpg

[harryc]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8TC_VUmf9Fw/Skegn0fdlYI/AAAAAAABVXE/BnMnFS_bK_Y/s800/P1410938.JPG
June 24

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8TC_VUmf9Fw/Skego4NPbaI/AAAAAAABVXM/qHmqwNaE_L4/s800/P1420104.JPG
June 26

[cbotnyse]

I went back a few pages and couldn't find anything, but do we have a real answer why this is stalled? its getting really annoying this isn't getting filled in, with such a prominent spot in the skyline.

[Tom In Chicago]

^Stalled??? I see this building every day on my way to work. . . looks like they're moving right along. . . just within the last week they've been working on the screen-wall that will extend the building to it's top elevation. . . I dunno am I seeing things???

[Chicago14]

It's not stalled, just finishing up slowly.

[J_M_Tungsten]

Did you mean to write this on the Trump tower thread regarding the unfinished mechanical penthouse?

[cbotnyse]

It's not stalled, just finishing up slowly.the windows have been at that level for at least 2 months. that can't possibly be on schedule.

Did you mean to write this on the Trump tower thread regarding the unfinished mechanical penthouse?No actually the riverside park is taking forever to finish up, not just the top.

[george]

6-27

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/599/leg8.jpg

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/7578/leg7.jpg

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8099/leg3p.jpg
I'm drawn to the Bud sign.

[wrab]

LOL. Were you at Taste when you took that? Nice detail BTW on the second shot w/the wave pattern - reminds me of why facedectomies can be good things if handled deftly - this one is better than the sister property Heritage IMHO.

-----

6/28

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3670210504_fb4a8fb59d_b.jpg



Skyway to University Club:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3670252320_6d1e437737_b.jpg

[vexxed82]

Some pics from 6/28...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3669223221_75d942e41f_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3670008516_cf2c0ba41c_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3669209733_e20b91c196_b.jpg

[george]

LOL. Were you at Taste when you took that? Nice detail BTW on the second shot w/the wave pattern - reminds me of why facedectomies can be good things if handled deftly - this one is better than the sister property Heritage IMHO.

-----

6/28

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3670210504_fb4a8fb59d_b.jpg



Skyway to University Club:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3670252320_6d1e437737_b.jpg

Yes, thanks, I couldn't resist a walk through at the Taste to get a few shots. Legacy is looking good... the old facade restorations are a great solution.

[hawkeye view]

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2236/img3154g.jpg

[george]

6-28

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/9012/trumplegacy.jpg

[J_M_Tungsten]

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2236/img3154g.jpg

Awesome.

[J_M_Tungsten]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/3670210504_fb4a8fb59d_b.jpg

what are they doing to that building on the right?

[dayznfuz]

the windows have been at that level for at least 2 months. that can't possibly be on schedule.

No actually the riverside park is taking forever to finish up, not just the top.

Are you talking about the Legacy? Because the windows aren't stalled. When you look at all the pictures on this very forum, they've probably finished 10 floors or so in last 3-4 weeks. That's slow, not stalled.

I've been nagging the sales office pretty consistently since January, and they still claim an initial delivery date of Sept/Oct 2009 for the lower floors (exluding units 4 and 5 because of some freight elevator situation or other).

[george]

6-30

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1475/leg1z.jpg

[J_M_Tungsten]

Whoa sweet shot george!

[Tom Servo]

as much as i've been opposed to this building... it looks pretty slick against the grey skies of today, from the millennium park.

[Ch.G, Ch.G]

I just hope that, when it's complete, the city will have gotten this blue mirrored glass kick out of its system.

[cbotnyse]

Are you talking about the Legacy? Because the windows aren't stalled. When you look at all the pictures on this very forum, they've probably finished 10 floors or so in last 3-4 weeks. That's slow, not stalled.

I've been nagging the sales office pretty consistently since January, and they still claim an initial delivery date of Sept/Oct 2009 for the lower floors (exluding units 4 and 5 because of some freight elevator situation or other).yeah, I guess it just seems really slow to me. It seems the first half of the curtain wall was very fast, now the second half is taking forever. I'm glad this one did not stall.

[Ataraxy]

I just hope that, when it's complete, the city will have gotten this blue mirrored glass kick out of its system.

Haha, Don't knock the blue mirrored glass on this one it turned out way better looking than the renderings. I'll agree for the future though..

[BVictor1]

05/31
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/713527.jpg

06/14
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/06/713528.jpg

06/26/09
http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/07/713680.jpg

http://community.emporis.com/nwimages/6/2009/07/713686.jpg

[BVictor1]

the windows have been at that level for at least 2 months. that can't possibly be on schedule.

No actually the riverside park is taking forever to finish up, not just the top.

actually the windows haven't been stuck there for 2 months. they've added about 9 floors worth in that time.


I believe that the top of Trump Tower is done, but they've been washing the windows. I'd heard there was an issue up there before with incorrect measurements of track if I'm not mistaken. I don't know if that's been resolved or not. I believe it's been the plan that the park/plaza would be completed by late summer or early fall.