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[BorisMolotov]

Someone in another thread suggested that the tracks by the art museum get this glass either roofing or flooring and have it become an "exhibit" of sorts..

[luvthebigbox]

Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

Someone in another thread suggested that the tracks by the art museum get this glass either roofing or flooring and have it become an "exhibit" of sorts..

Brilliant idea!!!! add some funky colorful lighting underneath.

[museumparktom]

Originally Posted by Eventually...Chicago

I am in tower 3 (just south of OMP) and they just opened our pool deck so i can get pretty close to the building. Standing right next to it and imagining it going up another 25-30 stories is impressive. I can't wait for OMP & OMPW to finish.

Hey, should we expand this thread to be both OMP & OMPW? It seems like it is not worth making a new thread for each building.

What's up Eventually. Do you mean Tower 4? Tower 3 is at 233 E 13th. Anyway. Glad to see another Museum Parker on the thread. When OMPW starts gets moving I hope to see a separate thread. I think the 2 buildings are impressive enough to support that but what are others thoughts?

[twomutts]

Re covering the tracks, I wonder if getting the Olympics here would make it possible? There'd be a ton of money flowing into the city, and you know King Daley would love nothing more than seeing Grant Park flow all the way down to the Olympic Village...

[Eventually...Chicago]

Tom

I mean tower 4, i must be losing my head, i dont' even know where i live anymore.

But, yeah, if you are able to go up on the pool deck for tower 4 you get a really sweet view of the building. I am always impressed by how thin the building looks from some angles and how massive it looks from others, like when you are standing at roosevelt and columbus. These two towers (OMPW) are going to really put some pressure on whoever develops roosevelt between mich & indiana.

[museumparktom]

Had a few investment units in T4. I use to be able to go out to the deck and shoot but know I just take them from the T3 roof deck. Hey have you noticed any excavating on OMPW. It looked like they were beginning something new? Maybe I'll look this weekend

[Ecker]

[aaron38]

Nice shots Erku3.

Since for the past few months I've been saving the webcam shot of OMP, and it's the same angle, I decided to make an animated GIF. Sorry the quality sucks, the GIF format really degrades the image.

These images are the 1st of April, May and June, so this is two months of growth.

[TomC100]

can anyone tell me the floor numbers for each of the transfer floors?

[Eventually...Chicago]

Originally Posted by museumparktom

Had a few investment units in T4. I use to be able to go out to the deck and shoot but know I just take them from the T3 roof deck. Hey have you noticed any excavating on OMPW. It looked like they were beginning something new? Maybe I'll look this weekend

i haven't noticed anything a whole lot different other than they brought another crane type machine on site. I think this is the thing they use to drive piles or drill caissons. i'm an architect, so naturally i have no idea how they actually build buildings.

(in all fairness to myself, i have never worked on a tall building)

[museumparktom]

is this the Jaraslow shot we were looking for?

[i_am_hydrogen]

Originally Posted by museumparktom

is this the Jaraslow shot we were looking for?

Close, but not quite.

Six Month Time Lapse photo by Jaroslaw and Dan in Chicago(originally posted by spyguy):

[zanekin]

That is incredible!! I wish there were more posts like this. Keep up the good work!

[djvandrake]

Oh yeah! That's awesome.

[museumparktom]

OK I'll get back there on a suny day and tighten it up. I finally got a decent camera.

[Wheelingman04]

My mouth is watering. Great work!!

[Jaroslaw]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

Close, but not quite.

Six Month Time Lapse photo by Jaroslaw and Dan in Chicago(originally posted by spyguy):

Thanks for posting this... my good computer is busted and I can only access photoshop in Chinese so I can't do much now.

The first pic is May 2004. The second is May 2005. The third is November 2005, this one should be taken out because it doesn't fit? And the fourth is May 2006, by Dan in Chicago.

ChicagoTom, can you post a larger version of your pic? Then we can fit it in so it matches one for one....

[Catmendue2]

Originally Posted by Alliance

Nah. What I ACTUALLY want is for them to rebuild Columbus underground where the tracks are and cover columbus with parkland. They should follow the Chicago Prize thing to and put LSD semi-underground.

Maybe they could convert LSD(traffic) through the tracks and return tons of land back to the park. Wouldn't take tons of money to demolish that stretch of LSD(make it a local road) through the park. Somebody has to have some kinda plan that could workout. I would rather see a New LSD, covering those tracks anyday.

[Marcu]

Originally Posted by Catmendue2

Maybe they could convert LSD(traffic) through the tracks and return tons of land back to the park. Wouldn't take tons of money to demolish that stretch of LSD(make it a local road) through the park. Somebody has to have some kinda plan that could workout. I would rather see a New LSD, covering those tracks anyday.

LSD is one of the most famous drives in America (world?) because of its views. I doubt the city would do anything to mess that up (eg bury it through downtown and hide those views).

[trvlr70]

Originally Posted by Marcu

LSD is one of the most famous drives in America (world?) because of its views. I doubt the city would do anything to mess that up (eg bury it through downtown and hide those views).

I tend to agree with you. But, of course, the city could entrench the road below park level at Queen's Crossing, etc.. for safer pedestrian access to the lake.