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Eventually...Chicago · #**2061** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 4:49 AM**

A little construction update for you guys.

I'm next door to OMP and every morning for the past week i've noticed them bringing more metal-clad panels to the site. Today they had 3 trucks lined up with panels. I think we can see this really start to fly now.

Now with OMPW i noticed they had a flatbed truck with a crane assembly (the cab portion, i think) waiting off site. I always thought they would wait until OMP's crane came down, but i guess not. So, expect another crane to be heading up on the south side

VA_Gentleman · #**2062** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 1:43 PM**

Good news. Are the metal panels going to be for the crown or the concrete surface of the building? From the renderings I'm guessing they will be for the crown.

Knightwing · #**2063** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 3:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chicago2020

I like this view. It makes the gap between Sears and OMP visually negligible

aaron38 · #**2064** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 3:48 PM**

The thing I like about 2020's last shot is how it feels like geology in action.
There's the old moutain ridge in the background, and then there's this new peak risen up, thrusting another ridge out into the plain.

The shape of the crown looks good so far as well.

laro3 · #**2065** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 5:35 PM**

i seen a panel on the crown this morning.

i_am_hydrogen · #**2066** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 5:44 PM**

While I'm not totally enamored of this building--by no means do I think it's a dud, either--I have to admit it makes a really powerful statement when approaching downtown northbound on Lake Shore Drive. Its sheer bulk grabs my eye and pulls it toward the burgeoning skyline of Central Station. If only we could get a little more architectural diversity in that area then we could have something truly special.

wrab · #**2067** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by laro3

i seen a panel on the crown this morning.

wrab · #**2068** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 9:52 PM**

15 Feb, looking SW:

One MPW:

museumparktom · #**2069** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 10:00 PM**

From the Roosevelt Collection Web Cam

This whole discussion of how bland the Grant Park South Wall is starting to frost me. There is one building out of the ground and some want to crucify it. Most American cities would give their eye teeth for whats happening in the South Loop and Central Station in particular. Please someone point to another neighborhood in the country let alone Chicago that can match these four buildings.

harryc · #**2070** Posted **Feb 15, 2008, 11:48 PM**

Outstanding shots Wrabbit - did you get any sense of where they are with the core circle ?

BVictor1 · #**2071** Posted **Feb 16, 2008, 12:10 AM**

01/22/08

02/10/08

wrab · #**2072** Posted **Feb 16, 2008, 4:51 AM**

2/15, NE:

With friend:

Steely Dan · #**2073** Posted **Feb 16, 2008, 9:09 PM**

* MANY POSTS DELETED FOR BEING OFF-TOPIC *

this thread is about OMP & OMPW. if you want to talk about GP3 & GP 4, go discuss them in their thread.

if you want talk about the architecture of grant park's southwall overall and how it may relate to the rest of the city, go use the state of chicago architecture thread.

photoLith · #**2074** Posted **Feb 16, 2008, 9:17 PM**

What are they going to be doing with the bare cement wall that goes all the way up the building? Are they going to paint it?

Down_Under_the_El · #**2075** Posted **Feb 16, 2008, 9:24 PM**

^ No, they are cladding it in glass.. I think the same as the blue sides.

jjk1103 · #**2076** Posted **Feb 17, 2008, 12:12 AM**

........approximately when will the exterior be complete and the crane removed ?

CGII · #**2077** Posted **Feb 17, 2008, 2:35 AM**

Glass? It's not going to be stainless?

BVictor1 · #**2078** Posted **Feb 17, 2008, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by jjk1103

........approximately when will the exterior be complete and the crane removed ?

They can't remove the crane until the crown is complete. Whyen the crane is removed, that's when they will begin to clad the core.

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Glass? It's not going to be stainless?

It'll be clad in glass.

simcityaustin · #**2079** Posted **Feb 17, 2008, 4:33 AM**

Some pictures on my trip to Chicago...sorry for the quality, they were taken behind some dirty windows and a somewhat unstellar camera. 2/16/08

This one is going to have some nice views.

jsoto3 · #**2080** Posted **Feb 17, 2008, 5:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by Down_Under_the_El

^ No, they are cladding it in glass.. I think the same as the blue sides.

I know that was the plan, at least according to the models, but now I'm not so sure they are actually going to do it anymore. You would think they would have done it by now. Also, it looks like the adjacent curtainwall is butting directly to the concrete. If they were going to clad it with more curtainwall there would be a gap where the adjacent curtainwall is hitting the concrete so that the cladding could form a clean inside corner with the adjacent curtainwall. Can someone get a close up?