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They got the Aqua tower up on skyscraperspage now
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=46482
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=46482
15-17, 26, 32
I have some interests in two 1000+ foot skyscraper being built on the north shore of Chicago River.
The Chicago River - Navy pier portion of MTC’s Future Chicago skyline diagram.
Trump Tower and Spire is on the left, Nary Pier is on Right.
First one is on the lakefront, west of the Navy Pier.
The Chicago Spire. Formerly the Fordham Spire
http://www.thechicagospire.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Spire
This Widipedia article, near the bottom, has a video of the Chicago skyline and inside/outside views of the ChicagoSpire with the comments by the architect.
Rendering of the Chicago Spire from the Widipedia article
This building received the Popular Science Best of what 07's Engineering Grand award winner.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/ ... em_39.html  Â
The other one, few blocks up the Chicago River, is on the site of the old Chicago Sun-Times building, east of Marina City (twin round towers)
Trump International Hotel and Tower
http://www.trumpchicago.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Inte ... Chicago%29
Rendering of the Trump Tower from the PDF Brochure
http://www.trumpchicago.com/brochure.pdf
The Chicago River - Navy pier portion of MTC’s Future Chicago skyline diagram.
Trump Tower and Spire is on the left, Nary Pier is on Right.
First one is on the lakefront, west of the Navy Pier.
The Chicago Spire. Formerly the Fordham Spire
http://www.thechicagospire.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Spire
This Widipedia article, near the bottom, has a video of the Chicago skyline and inside/outside views of the ChicagoSpire with the comments by the architect.
Rendering of the Chicago Spire from the Widipedia article
This building received the Popular Science Best of what 07's Engineering Grand award winner.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/ ... em_39.html  Â
The other one, few blocks up the Chicago River, is on the site of the old Chicago Sun-Times building, east of Marina City (twin round towers)
Trump International Hotel and Tower
http://www.trumpchicago.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Inte ... Chicago%29
Rendering of the Trump Tower from the PDF Brochure
http://www.trumpchicago.com/brochure.pdf
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yeah, it doesn't really fit, but it will surely bring lots of people to Chicago that may have not been there before...as if Chicago didn't have a lot to offer already. Â I'm sure it will grow on people after time; Parisians didn't want the Eiffel Tower built when it was built, either. Â Now it's highly revered. Â We'll see, i just wish the Spire wasn't designed like a huge drill bit.
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Yep. People hated the Picasso statue when it went up but now it's a Chicago icon.thenewguy wrote:yeah, it doesn't really fit, but it will surely bring lots of people to Chicago that may have not been there before...as if Chicago didn't have a lot to offer already. I'm sure it will grow on people after time; Parisians didn't want the Eiffel Tower built when it was built, either. Now it's highly revered. We'll see, i just wish the Spire wasn't designed like a huge drill bit.
You asked this question quite some time ago, but I still want to answer .adam186 wrote:What building would you like mostly to be built in Omaha? Not necessarily the tallest, but a good design that would fit into Omaha skyline perfectly.
Also, I'm going to update the rundown so the pics have the height on them as well. Please POST anything.
I think the "One Museum Park West" would look pretty good in the Omaha skyline.
http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=435417
Although, most of our buildings downtown are square/rectangular. Might want something with a little more uniqueness to it.