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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 2:35 PM
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I can finally see the crane from my balcony! I'm a little over 1km away about 15 stories up.

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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 4:56 PM
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I can finally see the crane from my balcony! I'm a little over 1km away about 15 stories up.

That’s an awesome tool! What website is that?
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 6:14 PM
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 8:45 PM
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I don't recall seeing this updated rendering of the blow-through floor from January (pg 3):
https://gisapps.cityofchicago.org/gi...g_pds/PD70.pdf

Sounds like they changed the color from black to blue-gray to match the exterior.
My apologies if this is a repost!
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 9:13 PM
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Oh wow, I had not see that before... That blowthrough looks soooooooo bad. Tower just went down for a 9/10 to a 6/10 instantly for me. Shame
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 10:04 PM
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^^What the fu*k. Is that.

A scar on an otherwise perfect building. Hopefully they're only emphasizing the design to appease the building department, and the actual result won't be so dramatic.
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Old Posted May 7, 2018, 11:32 PM
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That’s an awesome tool! What website is that?
It's google maps.
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 12:28 AM
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Well, that looks awkward but probably necessary..
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Wow, thats really garish... like Spyguy says, I really hope that the detail there was emphasized to appease the city building department and won't look like that in reality...

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supertalls definitely have issues that your run of the mill highrises don't have.
i wonder if the unique shape of vista tower contributed to some of the wind tunnel issues
that cropped up?
i've also read, that blow-thru floors have been illuminated at night on other high-rises for dramatic effect, for some reason, they can't or don't want to do that with vista tower.
any answers?
From what I've heard, the city doesn't allow illumination of blow through floors, and requires that the interior be painted black.
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 1:56 AM
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Why in the world would they have regulations like that on a blow through hole?
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 2:00 AM
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Why in the world would they have regulations like that on a blow through hole?
Probably because it's necessary - unless you want residents to get motion sick
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 2:03 AM
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Probably because it's necessary - unless you want residents to get motion sick
I was talking about the regulation on illumination and painting it black..unless that was sarcasm...
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 2:16 AM
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Boy the glass looked much more reflective to me in person last week when I visited than it does in that updated renderin - a good thing.
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 3:22 AM
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I was talking about the regulation on illumination and painting it black..unless that was sarcasm...
Didn't see that you were responding to something in particular. My guess is perhaps something to do with birds, but who knows.
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Old Posted May 8, 2018, 3:35 AM
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Won't they just cover the party wall with glass?
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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 3:10 AM
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Guys gals and in-between, stop clutching yer damn pearls, the blowthrough floors have been discussed (with updated renderings) for many many many months now...none of this is new, not sure why all of a sudden this has magically produced some sort of collective amnesia nonsense

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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 4:57 PM
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It's not that it isn't "news", it's that many of us had not seen any renderings showing how much of a scar they would place on the building. Don't be so patronizing towards people and their memories. You can clearly see where the complaints are coming from, and if you don't see a design flaw with the blowthrough floors then you are blinded by your love for the Gang
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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 5:19 PM
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We talked about the blow through floor when Curbed Chicago wrote about it last July.

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/7/17...-design-update
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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 5:32 PM
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Guys gals and in-between, stop clutching yer damn pearls, the blowthrough floors have been discussed (with updated renderings) for many many many months now...none of this is new, not sure why all of a sudden this has magically produced some sort of collective amnesia nonsense

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Old Posted May 9, 2018, 5:42 PM
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It's not that it isn't "news", it's that many of us had not seen any renderings showing how much of a scar they would place on the building. Don't be so patronizing towards people and their memories. You can clearly see where the complaints are coming from, and if you don't see a design flaw with the blowthrough floors then you are blinded by your love for the Gang
Not sure why you seemingly always think comments are directed specifically at you

Perhaps BEFORE you post, you could, I dunno, go back some pages or even do a search on Curbed or the internet and see for yourself what changes have been made.

And while I like Gang's work, I'm not an apologist either - please understand the difference. Unlike you specifically (yes, this time you, Kumdogmillionaire) who casually wafts on their like/dislike of a building "Tower just went down for a 9/10 to a 6/10 instantly for me. Shame.." (quoting you).

Since Gang is not the AOR for this building (bkL is), their involvement with the design of the blowthrough floor may have been minimal, if nothing at all. If you feel the need to direct your design-rage at someone, the most likely culprit is bkL.
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