While You Were Away: 110 North Wacker Construction Continues
As life in Chicago transitions from a pre-apocalyptic Stephen King novel to a post-apocalyptic Samuel Beckett play, you may notice some things have changed since most everyone went into hiding. 110 North Wacker under construction in June, 2020 (Courtesy of YoChicago!) For the most part, the city’s large construction projects moved forward, though sometimes at varying paces. Among those that have progressed is 110 North Wacker,...
Chicago’s Latest 101-Story Skyscraper Is Almost Fork-Ready
If you happen to have a 200-foot-long fork, get ready to stick it in the Vista Tower. That thing is almost done. Vista Tower under construction (June 2020, courtesy of YoChicago!) The nice folks over at YoChicago! jabbed the photograph above into our tip line. It shows that the major work on Chicago’s newest 101-story skyscraper is almost over. You can tell because the skip is coming down. If you’re not up on...
Construction Workers Continue Pounding Away on Lakeshore East
As people slowly emerge from their spider holes to explore the lakefront they once knew and adored, the joggers, cyclists, and yoga moms will discover lots of changes at Lakeshore East. Cirrus and Cascade under construction (Courtesy of YoChicago!) As you can see in these photographs sent in by YoChicago!, work continues on both the Cirrus and Cascade residential towers going up between Lake Shore Drive and North Harbor Drive. When...
Construction Crews Filling Out (Concrete) Forms in Lake Shore East
If you used to cut through the badlands between Lakeshore East and Lake Michigan to catch some rays in the summertime, you’re in for a surprise when the lakefront opens to the public again. The badlands are gone. Construction of Cirrus and Cascade in May, 2020 (Courtesy of Joe Zekas/YoChicago!) Joe Zekas at YoChicago! sent over the photograph above showing the construction progress of Cirrus and Cascade. Those are two of...
Riverside Dining Coming to Under-Construction Wacker Drive Skyscraper
The skyscraper at 110 North Wacker isn’t done yet, but when it is, you’ll be able to sup al fresco. Lightfoot willing. The Chicago Department of Planning and Development has given the go-ahead for the developers to tweak the plans for this building to include an outdoor dining patio its north side. This will provide views of the Chicago River, the park across the waves beneath its Goettsch cousin 150 North Riverside, and...
Chicago Architecture Firm Joins Fight Against COVID-19
3D printers aren’t new, but they aren’t exactly household appliances yet. The COVID-19 pandemic may change that, as the once-exotic gadgets have finally found their killer application: Filling in when the supply chain falls down. Face shield production at bKL Architecture (Via GoFundMe) We’ve seen everyone from computer companies to casino moguls venture into the medical merchandise making milieu. And...
Loop Skyscraper Apparently Crawling With Leprechauns
Editor’s note: These days pretty much everyone is worried about the Wuhan Flu. Because of that, a lot of irreverent online publications aren’t publishing anymore, or have taken a much more serious tone. But as rabid news consumers, we believe that sometimes you need an escape from the latest body count in the morning paper. So we’re going to continue publishing as long as we can, and in the tone we always have, to give you an...
New Loop Residential Tower Starts Selling Condos
If you invested your mad money in Lysol and Charmin futures a few months ago, and now you have a couple of million extra dollars to spare, this could be your chance to live in The Loop. Moceri + Roszak is about to begin selling condominiums in the new residential tower it’s building at 60 East Randolph Street. When complete, the 26-story Parkline Chicago will land 24 new condos, 190 new apartments, and 6,400 square feet of...
Wayback Wednesday: Signs of the Times in Downtown Chicago
Today, we turn the calendar back not just ten years to March 11, 2010, but to an earlier period in Chicago, when every respectable woman had a corset, and every respectable man his wagon. Advertisement for Gossard’s corsets: They lace in front! The photographs of these two advertisements painted on Chicago buildings were taken downtown. Exactly where escapes our feeble minds and feebler record-keeping. The one above is an...
Choice Loop Lot Up For Redevelopment — Pritzker Park May Get Slimmed
There’s not a lot of places left in The Loop where someone with a valise full of hundred dollar bills can make a near-permanent mark on the city. But one of those places is about to open up. 311 South Plymouth Court (Base map via Apple Maps) You may know 331 South Plymouth Court as the funky (not in a good way) city parking garage lurking behind Pritzker Park, just off State Street. City Hall has decided to take advantage...
