Building NEMA: A Day in the Life of a Chicago Skyscraper Construction Worker
If you’ve been following the construction of NEMA Chicago (formerly One Grant Park, formerly 113 East Roosevelt), or any other skyscraper under construction in Chicago, you’ve probably wondered what it’s like “up there.” Open House Chicago notwithstanding, few people get to go up to the top of the city’s skyscrapers. Even fewer get to do it while the structures are still under construction. Joe...
One Bennett Park Peeks in on Grant Park
You’d expect a building with the statue of One Bennett Park (451 East Grand Avenue) to offer incredible views. Now we can see just how incredible. In the photograph above of the construction of the 836-foot-tall One Bennett Park, taken from One Grant Park by Joe Zekas of YoChicago!, we can see a huge portion of the tower rising above Streeterville and Lakeshore East, gazing upon Grant Park. We also see that the amazing view...
One Grand Photo Set of One Grant Park
It must be a marvelous thing to be a tourist who only visits Chicago once a year. Whether for Lollapalooza, or Christmas shopping, or just to bring grandma a blue tin of butter cookies, when you’ve been away for a while, the city startles with the way its skyline grows and grows. Those Lollapaloosers are in for a treat when they return this summer, with all of the new skyscraper construction along the edges of Grant Park. And...
It’s Anchors Aweigh at One Grant Park
As the trio of Grant Park-adjacent skyscrapers begin their journeys from paperwork to parapets, today we take a peek in at One Grant Park (113 East Roosevelt Road/1200 South Indiana Avenue). Construction crews were recently granted permission to build up to about 10% of the 76-story building’s eventual height. And as you can see in the photo above from Joe Zekas at YoChicago!, no time is being wasted turning a former weedy lot...
Grant Park’s Newest Anchor Inching Skyward
Eight floors is a long way from 76, but it’s a lot closer than zero. Especially when you’re talking about building a skyscraper on the south end of Grant Park. The skyscraper in question is One Grant Park, the 829-foot-tall residential tower designed by Rafael Viñoly for Crescent Heights. Last week the City of Chicago issued another construction permit for the project, allowing it to climb to the not-so-dizzying height...
South Loop’s (Future) Tallest Building Now Has A Name
Construction has been underway for a little while now, but today we learned the name of the new 76-Story residential tower going up at 1200 South Indiana Avenue: One Grant Park. One Grant Park joins The Grant, formerly One Museum Park, in anchoring the south end of Chicago’s front lawn. When complete, the Raphael Vinoly-designed building will rise to a height of 829 feet — more than 200 feet taller than its neighbor. It is...
