A New Development
Today the Chicago Plan Commission gave the final OK for the most ambitious architectural development in the history of the city. The Chicago Spire (formerly to be named the Fordham Spire, and then the Calatrava Spire, after the architect Santiago Calatrava) will stretch 2,000 feet (150 stories) high. The architect and developers are planning for enough private apartments in the Spire to house 1,200 people. If the Zoning Board okays the plan on May 9th, then construction would begin almost immediately, with a tentative completion date of 2009.
Pretty interesting, isn't it? The first time I saw the picture, I thought it looked a little like something out of George Lucas' late (and lame) additions to the Star Wars saga. Marcie, do you remember those nice pink apartments with the light green trim on the riverside, right before we went out on Lake Michigan during the architectural tour? The spire is to be built right next to those apartments.
posted by Zinevra daGenoa @ 11:34 AM
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Yeah, I remember them! And I read about the Spire in the news-- I heard there's a tower being built in Dubai that is going to be 2,300 feet or something like that.
The Chicago Spire is going to be taller than the Trump tower-- how will he handle that? hee hee
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