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The Chicago Spire Is Reaching For Tallest Record
hicago Spire creator They say this as though it is a
Santiago Calatrava isn't bad thing. Perhaps they think
just a world-renowned that highrises should be ugly.
architect-he is an artiste. The
buildings he designs are Why shouldn't a highrise like the
incredible feats of form and Chicago Spire be the result of
structure, often more like artistic inspiration, as this one
sculpture than places for people has? Calatrava himself compares
to live. Even if no one ever the shape of the Chicago Spire to
lived in them, they would be an that of a column of smoke from a
asset to the cities in which they Native American campfire.
have been erected. People would
come from around the world just Calatrava is a superstar among
to see what he had done. But architects. That means living in
people do want to live in them. a building like the Chicago Spire
To say that one lives in a carries with it a great deal of
Calatrava, like the Chicago prestige. After all, this is the
Spire, is to say one has finally man who designed the Milwaukee
arrived. Art Museum.
Calatrava is the lead architect The Chicago Spire is an
and engineer behind the Chicago environment-altering structure,
Spire, which is set to be the an attraction in its own right.
tallest building in the U.S., to Never mind that people will pay
be located at 420 East North good money to live there-people
Water Street and 400 North Lake will come from miles around,
Shore Drive. At 2,000 feet, this perhaps even from other
building is going to be a countries, simply to see it.
supertower. Some people call the After all, how many buildings
Chicago Spire simply a “statue.” have you ever seen that twists
like a giant unicorn's horn? How
many buildings can be called the Even bird rescue groups like the
“hottest project in Chicago”? Chicago Spire. They like it
because it is tall and thin,
The Chicago Spire has been the instead of wide and squat. A thin
hottest project in Chicago since shape, they say, has less of an
the plans were first unveiled. At impact on migration. Originally,
that time, eight hundred people two wide towers were slated to be
contacted developers to ask about built in that spot. This one, the
reserving condos for themselves. bird rescue groups say, is much
June 2007 is when groundbreaking better.
should begin. The building is set
to be finished in 2010. Speaking of a holistic approach,
the Chicago Spire developers
It is an interesting fact that really have thought of
Shelbourne Development Group, everything. They know that a
Inc., has been busy making sure building's surroundings are at
that this building will not have least as important as the
an adverse effect on traffic building itself, and so they are
patterns. The Chicago Spire developing a nearby abandoned lot
represents a lot of new people as well, turning it into a park
moving into, through and around for walkers and cyclers and
the neighborhood, with cars. But joggers and other types of
Shelbourne thought of that right park-goers. But they haven't
from the beginning. Their plan is stopped at that. There are also
to use Lower Lake Shore Drive to plans for a circular plaza and
feed traffic to the building, to five-story glass atrium.
keep traffic flowing smoothly.
They have taken a holistic The actual units in the Chicago
approach to the project. Spire are going to be spacious
homes for people who like to live There will also be plenty of
in luxurious style. You will have elevators to get you home.
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