CHICAGO | One South Halsted | 495 FT | 44 FLOORS - Page 23

PittsburghPA · #**441** Posted **Aug 16, 2018, 1:00 AM**

They started installing the top floor glass today. Should be fully enclosed by the end of the week.

Also yes the podium is a damn shame.

PittsburghPA · #**442** Posted **Aug 18, 2018, 11:44 PM**

Forgive the graininess, I was zoomed in on my phone but the last hand full units of glass are currently being installed. I hope they are still planning on some sort of crown. I don't think the flat roof/mechanical looks very good.

harryc · #**443** Posted **Aug 19, 2018, 10:42 PM**

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left of center · #**444** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 12:20 AM**

I still can't get over how poorly executed this garage is, and how awesome the tower looks. Its crazy that it's all part of the same development, designed by the same architect.

At least the side facing Halsted is covered up a bit better than the north/south facades. Still, horribly abysmal overall. Shame, this would have been one of the better developments of this boom cycle.

Thanks for the pics as always, Harry!

Chi-Sky21 · #**445** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 1:53 PM**

I can tolerate that glass on the garage but not sure what they are thinking with that black grating at the corners...

colemonkee · #**446** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 4:30 PM**

If it's any consolation, we have much, much worse parking podiums going up in LA at the moment. Comparatively, this one is beautiful!

maru2501 · #**447** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 4:43 PM**

I do think it's funny the garage is so bad, the designers basically are pretending it's not theirs

it's like this tower is whistling and walking away pretending it doesn't know the garage

Jibba · #**448** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 6:29 PM**

This is going to sound like heresy, but I dig the side with the plain, frosted glass pieces. An homage to the geometric work of the 70s.

donnie · #**449** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 9:56 PM**

If they would have gone with a dark grey stain/ paint i think it would have complimented the glass much better!

BonoboZill4 · #**450** Posted **Aug 20, 2018, 10:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by donnie

If they would have gone with a dark grey stain/ paint i think it would have complimented the glass much better!

I was thinking that yesterday myself. If they had painted the concrete, really anything, it would have turned out better, but the exposed concrete just looks lazy

SolarWind · #**451** Posted **Aug 21, 2018, 2:32 AM**

August 16, 2018

Mr Roboto · #**452** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 2:00 AM**

Great pics. I'm really digging how this one turned out.

dropdeaded209 · #**453** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 8:57 AM**

the parking garage absolutely murders that corner what a disaster.

kolchak · #**454** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 1:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

the parking garage absolutely murders that corner what a disaster.

and its even worse in person which is hard to believe.

Liked the Jahn film btw. Gonna go to Sony Center later to catch a movie myself ;-)

VKChaz · #**455** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 2:31 PM**

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the parking garage absolutely murders that corner what a disaster.

It looks like any Loop parking structure with token commercial space that people reading this site would be clamoring to see torn down. Halsted deserved so much better.

left of center · #**456** Posted **Aug 30, 2018, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by dropdeaded209

the parking garage absolutely murders that corner what a disaster.

This. All they had to do was utilize the same glass they used on the tower, and it would have been orders of magnitude more palatable than it is now.

harryc · #**457** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 12:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by left of center

This. All they had to do was utilize the same glass they used on the tower, and it would have been orders of magnitude more palatable than it is now.

Or - weird - make a bit of a plaza, even cut the corner a bit, doesn't take much outdoor seating to change everything.

left of center · #**458** Posted **Aug 31, 2018, 12:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Or - weird - make a bit of a plaza, even cut the corner a bit, doesn't take much outdoor seating to change everything.

Literally cutting one of the corners out for a plaza was the only corner they didn't cut when designing this garage.

...

Yeah, I'll let myself out now.

Chicago E · #**459** Posted **Sep 2, 2018, 11:07 AM**

I agree with Left of Center in that they should have utilized the same color glass, that would have created a more harmonious look. However, on a positive note this building along with the others that have been built on the west side of the expressway have made the beginnings of a canyon of tall buildings on both sides. Very cool look I think. Would like to hear from others on how they like that new canyon effect. I wasn't that long ago when I was parking my car in the many surface parking lots that dotted Halsted. Now those same surface lots are disappearing and being replaced by these wonderful high rises. This "western" growth is another great addition to the ever growing footprint of the skyline.

jc5680 · #**460** Posted **Sep 2, 2018, 4:53 PM**

Nah, the visual differentiation between the tower and the podium is a good thing - particularly in scenarios like this where they can make the tower look like it meets the ground rather than perched on top of a box. Cladding everything in uniform material creates a weird amorphous blob that isn't exactly appealing. It also creates more monotony at the street level when whole blocks are filled with unchanged aesthetic. That said, the choice of materials here is certainly questionable.

As they progress, I am somewhat coming around to it. It isn't nearly the disaster it has been made out to be. The pedestrian experience on Halsted is looking up now that some of the construction barriers have been removed.