A New Skyscraper Opens in The Loop
It’s been a while since anyone cut the ribbon on a new office tower in the throbbing heart of Chicago. So we’re happy to swing a scimitar at a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the opening of 110 North Wacker. 110 North Wacker (Photograph © Nick Ulivieri Photography/Courtesy of Goettsch Partners) We’ve been keeping you updated on the Howard Hughes/Riverside Investment and Development skyscraper for almost four years...
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,...
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...
110 North Wacker About to Top Out… Off… Whatever
The 53-story skyscraper that erased the vaguely Mid-Century General Growth Building is about to reach its penultimate height. 110 North Wacker kicked the squatty TuffShed-looking structure into the history books when Howard Hughes and Riverside Investment and Development decided to plant a Goettsch Partners design at this location. Rendering of 110 North Wacker (via Riverside Investments and Development) According to the Chicago...
110 North Wacker Rises, Bringing Scads and Oodles Along the River
Birds, monkeys, and lumberjacks know the best way to see the forest is from the trees. That’s why people have been flocking to Chicago’s observation decks for at least 70 years to look down, out, and around at the city’s architecture. Other people who get to see the city from up on high include white collar business executives, construction workers, and web site owners like Joe Zekas from YoChicago!. He took...
110 North Wacker: From Blueprints To Steel
When Goettsch Partners revealed its design for 110 North Wacker, it included interesting feature: A series of three V-shaped structures along the Chicago River. These elements are designed to help support the fifty-something stories of skyscraper above them, as the Howard Hughes and Riverside Investment and Development project hangs over a new section of riverwalk it will bring to the city. If you have trouble visualizing how...
What Grows During a Chicago Winter? Skyscrapers!
We’re still months away from the triumphant, intrepid return of the tulips and daffodils in Chicago’s parks, parkways, and park-like medians. But amid the gloom of day and threat of snow, the city is still able to raise a bumper crop of our favorite wintertime produce: skyscrapers. For example, the concrete beanstalk sprouting at 110 North Wacker Drive, seen below in a photograph from Loop Spy Chris. According to Goettsch...
110 North Wacker Pushes Above Street Level
The Loop’s newest skyscraper is finally visible to all passers-by, so get ready to gawk. 110 North Wacker was previously only visible to people commuting on Lower Wacker Drive, and tourists taking a Chicago River cruise. Now its concrete elevator core has risen high enough that it can be plainly seen by anyone who cares to cast a glance in its direction. These photos from Loop Spy Chris show the core in full sprout mode on the...
110 North Wacker Gets Boot Straps, Pulls Itself Up Another Two Stories
If you were disappointed that the plan for 110 North Wacker Drive lost its nice setbacks a few months ago, there’s a consolation prize. Developers Howard Hughes, and Riverside Investment and Development have asked the city if they can add two more floors to the skyscraper. What was originally going to be a 51-story tower, then a 53-story tower, has now become a 55-story tower. That is, if the city gives its blessing. Which it...
Digging Deep for a 51-Story Wacker Drive Skyscraper
It’s been a short while since the former GGP Building at 110 North Wacker Drive bit the dust. Now that the dust has been removed, construction crews are getting down to business. Way down. Like two stories below ground. As you can see in the photograph above sent in by Loop Spy Chris, crews are already below the level of Lower Wacker Drive, so we should see caissons being build fairly soon. When complete, the new Goettsch...
