After a year of anticipation, we’re finally seeing the glass panels that will be the final skin on the new flagship Burberry Store at 633 North Michigan Avenue.
Most of the black glass pieces are in place, with the accent stripes soon to follow. The vertical channel of showcase windows down the front of the building is also taking shape. Are those shiny metal platforms a temporary or permanent fixture? We’ll find out soon since the official opening date for the new Burberry store is November 2, 2012.
Oh, and if you’re waiting for the Niketown renovation down the street to finally finish, that’s going to reopen November 22nd, 2012.
Previous coverage:
- Status Update: Burberry Flagship Store Taking Shape on Michigan Avenue
- Tartan Up Burberry’s New Chicago Flagship Store
- Status Update: Burberry Flagship Store
- Status Update: Making Burberry Fire Re-Tartan-t
- Burberry Flagship Status Update
- Lighting Up Burberry’s Black Box
- Check-ing in on Burberry
- A Shadow of Burberry’s Future Self
- Status Update: Burberry Michigan Avenue Flagship Store
- Update: Burberry in Exile
- Burberry: Countdown to Tear Down
- Put on Your Prorsum, Burberry Has a Date With a Wrecking Ball
- Burberry to Move Across Michigan Avenue While A Chicago-Safe Flagship is Built
- New Burberry Store Tartan Up Michigan Avenue
September 10, 2012
Those square trusses are supports for the scaffolding that’s probably being used to install the glass panels. Those will be gone when the upper facade work is complete. On a related note, whatever happened to that proposal to bring LED screens, like the one that was denied here, to Michigan Avenue? I like it the way it is, and this is coming from a young adult who normally is all for technology and screens.
September 11, 2012
Actually those squares and rectangles are part of the facade. They will hold the glass that compliments the glass already applied to the surface. The scaffolding is supported directly by the building, you can see it is bolted through missing panels into the brown substructure.
The last I heard, LED screen proposal is still alive, and working its way through the proper committees. I wouldn’t expect to see anything before Christmas.