CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[rgarri4]

Originally Posted by left of center

^ Simple and neat design. The facade has a very light and airy appearance, which I feel complements the Bush Temple well, with its skyward dormers and steep roof line. Now if only they would rebuild the cupola as a part of this project as well.


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It looks like it meets the street well. Only 13 parking spots too! Win, win.

Nice image. I didn't know the Bush Temple had a clock tower and all those accents on top.

[sox102]

https://i.imgur.com/UBwg07h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5lZWPEX.jpg

[KWillChicago]

^ Good lord they have to build a tower on that gap of michigan for height but mostly to cover up that ugly ass share wall.

[trvlr70]

Is there an expectation of a tower to the north? I can't imagine not wanting windows.

But the addition is rather nice, I must admit.

[r18tdi]

Maybe fire code related?

[jpIllInoIs]

Originally Posted by sox102

https://i.imgur.com/UBwg07h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5lZWPEX.jpg

Oooh my eyes.. I wish I could unsee those images.

[left of center]

Originally Posted by trvlr70

Is there an expectation of a tower to the north? I can't imagine not wanting windows.

Originally Posted by r18tdi

Maybe fire code related?

This. The building goes right up to the lot line, thus no windows are allowed unless they get an easement/air rights from the property to the north, IIRC.

[KWillChicago]

[QUOTE=trvlr70;8230097]Is there an expectation of a tower to the north? I can't imagine not wanting windows.

I thought there was a rendering floating around like 5-7 years ago but could be mistaken with somthing else. Are any of those buildings in that gap protected or can they all be demo'd?

[Randomguy34]

Projects are starting to appear on City Clerk. Here's one planned for 1367-1377 W Fulton Market. Residential was originally planned, but now they're going with commercial and office use. This thing is going to be massive while taking the Green Line

1367-1377 W Fulton Market | 203 ft | 13 stories | 315,333 sqft | 116 parking

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Pretty sure you're misreading that drawing. It's 203 feet tall, since the height starts at 100 for some odd reason. 13 floors and 300 feet just makes zero sense

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

Pretty sure you're misreading that drawing. It's 203 feet tall, since the height starts at 100 for some odd reason. 13 floors and 300 feet just makes zero sense

Ah, good catch! The PD stated 303' multiple times, so I took it as is. I will edit the height in the description

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Ah, good catch! The PD stated 303' multiple times, so I took it as is. I will edit the height in the description

Yeah, wondering why they drew it that way!

[harryc]

Originally Posted by Kumdogmillionaire

Yeah, wondering why they drew it that way!

They have snuck in a 100' parking podium, not shown. ;-)

[left of center]

Doesn't look like anything of too much value will be lost here... appears to be an existing parking lot with a nondescript 2 story building located a bit off of the corner.

This is a really big lot though... is the footprint of this building going all the way to the McDonald's property on Lake/Ogden? Massive building if so.

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by left of center

This is a really big lot though... is the footprint of this building going all the way to the McDonald's property on Lake/Ogden? Massive building if so.

The parcel stops short of McDonald's, unfortunately.

[Randomguy34]

The Union Station addition will take some getting used to...





Union Station remake unveiled

By Greg Hinz

Imagine a light-filled glass box placed on top of a classic structure of stone and concrete.

In essence, that's the proposal a Chicago development group is laying out for the first phase of the redevelopment of Union Station, the city's historic, underused and overly crowded central train terminal.

In a presentation to local Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, and community residents, Chicago developer John O'Donnell and partners are proposing to to renovate the station's mostly unused headhouse building and crown it with a new seven-story structure. Like what's underneath, the new area would have a glass skylight and an open light court above, allowing daylight to stream into the station's existing Great Hall below. The appearance, as depicted in an artist's rendition, takes some getting used to, but original plans back in the World War I era by Daniel Burnham and other designers called for up to a 20-story building.

The current headhouse and new structure combined would comprise 1.1 million square feet of space that would be used for a 330-room hotel and, on the higher floors, 404 residential units.

Current designs also call for redevelopment of much of the station's now vacant retail space along Van Buren, Clinton and Jackson Streets.

A much larger, 1.5 million-square-foot office tower is envisioned later on the site of a parking garage that would be demolished. But those plans would have to come back later for separate city planning and zoning approval.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...gnews-20180625

[left of center]

Ugh, that addition looks like something that's been transplanted from out of the 70's.

And only 7 stories? Why even bother?

[Fvn]

Seems rushed...

[Via Chicago]

bad.

[Via Chicago]

seriously, how F'ing hard is it to just match the original design and use similar limestone if all you want to do is add a few floors. no one would complain. every proposal for this building is always such a hack job. its beyond frustrating. theres a time and place to be contextual...this would certainly be one.