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left of center · #**3981** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 4:19 AM**

Neat pics, BVic! The exposed concrete looks awesome in the sunset rose sky.

r18tdi · #**3982** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by left of center

The exposed concrete looks awesome in the sunset rose sky.

Would look even more awesomer with some dang glass!
I can't believe they're so far behind.

akbussey · #**3983** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 5:56 PM**

Yeah anyone have an update on when the glass is due to start being installed full swing? Its kinda scary now with so much structure up and nothing on it. Naked building!

Chi-Sky21 · #**3984** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 6:24 PM**

i kinda like it naked for now, looks more impressive/imposing

Knightwing · #**3985** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by TK2001

62/93, 67%

About 8 to 9 more floors before the middle section is topped out.

BVictor1 · #**3986** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 11:33 PM**

07/20/18

left of center · #**3987** Posted **Jul 23, 2018, 11:47 PM**

The SB view on LSD has to be one of the most impressive urban vistas in the US (SB 90/94 being a contender as well), and its exciting how much grander it will look once Vista is complete.

Thanks for the masterful shots as always, BVic!

BVictor1 · #**3988** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by left of center

The SB view on LSD has to be one of the most impressive urban vistas in the US (SB 90/94 being a contender as well), and its exciting how much grander it will look once Vista is complete.

Thanks for the masterful shots as always, BVic!

No prob...

And eastbound 90/94

left of center · #**3989** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

No prob...

And eastbound 90/94

You're right, it is EB. I keep thinking SB since that's literally the direction the highway goes through Chicago city limits, even though both 90 and 94 are both east-west highways as they traverse the rest of the country.

RedCorsair87 · #**3990** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 2:08 AM**

We need a few more 7-800 ft towers between OBP and WTP from that vista to fill in the skyline. Wanda will help and so will the BKL Tower if it's ever built.

JHC looks extremely imposing from this angle. Such a beautiful building.

harryc · #**3991** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 6:47 PM**

July 6

July 17

left of center · #**3992** Posted **Jul 24, 2018, 11:59 PM**

Vista is doing its job to help enclose Grant Park in a wall of skyscrapers.

I would imagine from this perspective, Vista would top out to somewhere roughly around the pinnacle of 2 Pru?

TechTalkGuy · #**3993** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:15 AM**

Looks good.
Congrats Chicago, you’ve got yourself a skyscraper.

marothisu · #**3994** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by TechTalkGuy

Looks good.
Congrats Chicago, you’ve got yourself a skyscraper.

In fact, Chicago has over 120 skyscrapers already if you want to get technical.

PittsburghPA · #**3995** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 2:47 AM**

The gold protective screen reflecting the sun looks awesome from multiple points around town. Especially when looking east on W Fulton Market in the West Loop right around dusk.

LouisVanDerWright · #**3996** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 5:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

In fact, Chicago has over 120 skyscrapers already if you want to get technical.

You are missing a digit, Chicago has over 1000 skyscrapers and no, skyscrapers aren't buildings over 500' tall. That's a moronic revisionist definition of the word considering it was being used to describe buildings like Home Insurance or Monadnock well over 100 years ago. You can't just up the definition of a term because people happen to build a lot more tall buildings today than they used to. If it was used to describe 150' tall buildings in the 1890's then it can be used to describe 150' tall buildings today.

KWillChicago · #**3997** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 6:09 AM**

The curving concrete is stunning. The glass will look even more spectacular.

acumenhokie · #**3998** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 12:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

You are missing a digit, Chicago has over 1000 skyscrapers and no, skyscrapers aren't buildings over 500' tall. That's a moronic revisionist definition of the word considering it was being used to describe buildings like Home Insurance or Monadnock well over 100 years ago. You can't just up the definition of a term because people happen to build a lot more tall buildings today than they used to. If it was used to describe 150' tall buildings in the 1890's then it can be used to describe 150' tall buildings today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqq7cPxg_Yc

Kumdogmillionaire · #**3999** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by acumenhokie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqq7cPxg_Yc

The B1M is good for somethings but Louis is on point. This would be on par with changing the definition of what made a bridge a suspension bridge from being it's design and engineering, to something that had to be at least a quarter mile long because there are more big bridges around the world today. Just because there are more big buildings doesn't mean we should change the term.

If my memory serves me well this version of skyscraper(150 meters and up) is from the same idiots who list WTC1 as being a taller building than the Sears. They have zero credibility to me, and are the Olympics committee of the skyscraper world. Very corrupt

SteelMonkey · #**4000** Posted **Jul 25, 2018, 3:25 PM**

Scooping up a nice view - previously discussed just a tad more info

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classi...724-story.html