CHICAGO | 740 N Rush/739 N Wabash | 725 FT | 60 FLOORS | CANCELLED

[Halsted & Villagio]

For me the issue is homogenization. A city loses something when everything is too similar. The row homes, with their particular placement in this area of the city, made them an interesting and refreshing break from the norm. That said, if this building does not get VE'ed back into something that it first glance looked more fitting for Dallas, Houston or Atlanta.... then the trade off for losing the row homes is well worth it.

I am all in favor of this proposal as rendered

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[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Halsted & Villagio

That said, if this building does not get VE'ed back into something that it first glance looked more fitting for Dallas, Houston or Atlanta.... then the trade off for losing the row homes is well worth it.

I am all in favor of this proposal as rendered

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A slide on curbed showed the column cladding as GFRC or precast. Fingers crossed for the former!

[ithakas]

Originally Posted by bcp

huge improvement...agreed on the loss of the limestone beauty - if that was part of the program (and why can't it be i wonder...would a facade-ectomy offend more?) then this would be outta-the-park

What's preventing a facadectomy of the limestone building to act as the parking podium and moving the tower to the westernmost part of the site? View corridors?

[aaron38]

Originally Posted by ithakas

What's preventing a facadectomy of the limestone building to act as the parking podium and moving the tower to the westernmost part of the site? View corridors?

I think so. There's a tower just to the south on Wabash, and the north.

[BVictor1]

03/13/17

[UPChicago]

Originally Posted by UPChicago

Mte

I fully retract this statement.........

*Edit, timeshare? Are they serious?

[maru2501]

at least Giordanos brick building stays

[the urban politician]

I wonder what's up here?

Reilly just rejected a less instense use 2 years ago. Why is he holding these meetings?

My guess is that he is ready to get something developed here. Must be the sizable contribution to the neighborhood opportunity fund (as well as his own fund)

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

I wonder what's up here?

Reilly just rejected a less instense use 2 years ago. Why is he holding these meetings?

My guess is that he is ready to get something developed here. Must be the sizable contribution to the neighborhood opportunity fund (as well as his own fund)

My posting from the previous page.

$8,000,000 neighborhood opportunity fund
$6.2 M affordable housing

[prelude91]

Why does the 7 story limestone building need to come down? The vacant lot plus the other three story buildings would be a large enough site for a highrise.

[UPChicago]

Originally Posted by BVictor1

My posting from the previous page.

$8,000,000 neighborhood opportunity fund
$6.2 M affordable housing
$10k to Campaign Fund

Fixed

[Rizzo]

Well compared to other river north podiums, this one is better. But the crown, yuck. Couldn't that lattice just meet the sky vertically as a crown instead of a comb over?

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by Hayward

Well compared to other river north podiums, this one is better. But the crown, yuck. Couldn't that lattice just meet the sky vertically as a crown instead of a comb over?

[2PRUROCKS!]

I thought this building had more promise than the initial rendering showed. This looks to be a very handsome building. I will lament the loss of the two beautiful low rise buildings to the west. I wish at least the fronts of those could be saved in a facadectomy and incorporated into the podium. If this was being built on an empty lot it would be a slam dunk. This will help the high rise architecture of River North vastly improve. That area needs something tall, glassy, modern, and of high quality that make a visual statement to counteract all of the beige concrete. I had wanted so badly for the Canyon Ranch project to help River North in this regard but this project will help as well. I love the structural expressionism and the details of the facade. Those X braces and columns seem to be some sort of stone, exposed concrete or perhaps precast? I think the crown is a valiant effort but would look better if it came to more of an arching point than a curved dome. The podium looks really good and treats the street well for a podium. I like how it complements the style of the tower portion but they look like two separate buildings. It helps to break up the streetscape. I do wish those low rises could be saved however.

[KWILLSKYLINE]

Originally Posted by Hayward

Well compared to other river north podiums, this one is better. But the crown, yuck. Couldn't that lattice just meet the sky vertically as a crown instead of a comb over?

Yeah. Or at least something like Two International Finance Center in Hong Kong would be nice.

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

Yeah. Or at least something like Two International Finance Center in Hong Kong would be nice.

I vote to top it off like this instead of the round:

[the urban politician]

^ Something very non-Chicago about that.

The current "handle" design could serve as the roof for some sort of winter garden, or restaurant, or a private penthouse. At least it could serve a function

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Something very non-Chicago about that.

The current "handle" design could serve as the roof for some sort of winter garden, or restaurant, or a private penthouse. At least it could serve a function

It's a Chinese skyscraper but I always felt like it would fit well in our city. It has sort of a 2 Prudential Plaza meets Aon Center as designed and implemented by Hines. And in my opinion, clearly a better top to it.

[BVictor1]

Near North Side residents air opposition to proposed 60-story tower



Gail Marks Jarvis
Contact Reporter
Chicago Tribune

March 14, 2017

A group of developers is proposing a 60-story hotel, luxury condo and retail tower at Superior Street and Wabash Avenue amid objections from nearby residents on the Near North Side.

The joint project by New York developer Symmetry Property Development along with Golub & Co. and Fordham Real Estate of Chicago would be on the northeast corner of Superior and Wabash, one block west of the Peninsula Hotel and just west of a Giordano's restaurant.

Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd, said Symmetry and Golub independently purchased adjacent properties and planned two towers, but he urged them to work together on a single tower.

The result is a proposed glass Carillon Tower that would include 246 luxury condominium units, 216 hotel rooms, 120 time-share units, two floors of retail and restaurant space, and 325 parking spaces on five levels. It would be one of the tallest buildings in the Near North neighborhood, yet shorter than the 98-story Trump Tower. The architect is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

[aaron38]

Originally Posted by HomrQT

I vote to top it off like this instead of the round:

That's an old rendering. The final design dropped the spire, and the design is all the better for it.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...167095&page=34