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Monday, June 23, 2025

A Walk on the Weird Side: A New Barely Used Roadway in the Midst of Nothing but a Long History of Failed Dreams of a Future

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It wasn’t the brightest thing to do on a sweltering 90º+ day, but after the Dragon Boat races, there was a half hour wait for the water taxi...

Friday, October 31, 2014

All Hollows' Eve, at the Stroke of Midnight, the Calatrava Spire Vanishes, Forever

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click images for larger view Slowly, the eerie clouds wrap around Santiago Calatrava's twisting phantom tower. The clock strike...

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Abandoned Building To Luxury Tower: 111 West Wacker Sikorsky's towards completion

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click images for larger view Unloaded, the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter looks a bit like a mutant orange insect: big head, long sp...

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Sunday, December 08, 2013

111 West Wacker's Red Crane Flies the Coop

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Take a last look - it's deconstruction time. This was the scene at 111 West Wacker , formerly known as the abandoned, uncompleted ...

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