The long-awaited vision for the 2.2-acre site along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, unveiled in the first community meeting for the project, is toned down a bit from the 2,000-foot-tall Spire plan that stirred emotions but never advanced beyond a 76-foot-deep foundation hole. The design, by One World Trade Center architect David Childs, includes a south tower rising 1,100 feet and an 850-foot north tower. — Chicago Tribune
Ever since work on Santiago Calatrava's 2,000-foot-tall Chicago Spire came to a halt in 2008 due to financial troubles, the city was left with a gaping hole in the ground rather than the nation's tallest building.
A new proposal by Related Midwest for a pair of towers at 400 Lake Shore Drive, designed by architect David Childs with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, could rehabilitate the site.
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Yay! high density, a hotel where one is needed, and it is not a rectangle box. Tall buildings can come in different shapes!
This is good for the city as a whole, hope it get's built
Over and OUT
Peter N
Has anyone seen plans or renderings showing the ground condition and how it interacts with LSD? Link plz.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/5/16/17360244/400-lake-shore-chicago-spire-site-skyscrapers
As far as I can tell the building will not interact much with LSD except for a garage entrance on the lower level, this area, once the flyover is complete, will likely not be a place with much pedestrian activity apart from passing through. It is already a dark grimy place, I think the "front door" will be on Water Street and along the river walk that will extend into the new DuSable park under the bridge like the other sections designed by Ross Barney Architects. LSD is not a pedestrian street once it passes north of Monroe, it is more like a highway and this building will probably have a podium like lake point tower, just a blank wall with some landscape on top.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/5/16/17360244/400-lake-shore-chicago-spire-site-skyscrapers
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