Along Chicago's New Skyscraper Row: One Rises, One Descends, and One Just Spreads it Around

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Saturday seemed a good day to check out the progress and three large construction projects that have made the bend of the Chicago River big development central.

See the complete photo-essay, after the break . . .

Chicago Under Construction (or not) - Seven Sites Along the River to Fulton Market

111 West Wacker (click images for larger view)

3D Printing Experience

River Point

Wells Street Bridge

The Catalyst, Washington and Desplaines

abandoned construction site, Morgan and Kinzie

Soho House Hotel (Allis Building, Green Street)

1K Fulton (former Fulton Market Cold Storage)

How to Build a Flying Staircase

More from the Loews Hotel construction site at 435 North Park Drive. (watch on YouTube for highest res.)

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When they're all done, it will look something like this . . .

rendering courtesy Solomon Cordwell Buenz

More:
435, Cool Even in Daylight

Coolest Construction Site in the City?

Am I Boring You?

435: Way Cool, Even in Daylight

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Remember when I wrote about Streeterville's 435 North Park, across from the AMC River East,  being the ‘Coolest Construction Site in the City?’

Well, it still is, even as it's come out of the ground, and even in the daylight.

The site has so much surplus ground space that stuff that would have to been kept somewhere else with more constricted job sites is piling up like Citizen Kane's storeroom.

With rising sidewalks to the east and north doubling as visitor balconies, this is a great place to spend a brown bag lunch hour.

Some buildings are more interesting under construction than they'll ever be as a finished product.


Also Read:

Coolest Construction Site in the City?
Am I Boring You?

Chicago Under Construction

River Point

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Optima Chicago Center

Millennium Park (Doral) Plaza

AMLI River North

Hub Group Corporate Headquarters Oakbrook

Aloft Chicago City Center

111 West Wacker

 Hubbard Place

 Williams Jones College Preparatory High School

 

 Summit on the Lake

 15 East Huron

Chicago under Construction: Burberry's on Michigan

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It was only last August when Burberry's two-story North Michigan store, dating from the 1980's, quickly disappeared into the ground.  In it's place is what's reported to be a five story replacement.  If Burberry has a published a final version of the design, I haven't seen it, although a year ago, the Chicago Architecture Blog published what they said was an early sketch, which you can check out here.

photograph: Bob Johnson

So here's some photos documenting the progress so far, aided and abetted by our indefatigable correspondent Bob Johnson, who they actually let up into adjacent buildings so he can get the striking aerial shots.

 photograph: Bob Johnson

 

 photograph: Bob Johnson