In the first week of July, three tower cranes were planted around Chicago. My job was to go find them. Then, it was my duty to follow up on them. Because no one wants part of the story. Or part of the tower crane, for that matter.
Our first update is at the DePaul School of Music. Warning: Don’t get too close to this one, or it won’t fit in your photo. This won’t be a tall undertaking, but it’s a big lot. And a tower crane needs to reach every corner of that lot. So this one is as long as any I’ve seen.
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- I thought the best way to get the whole thing into one shot was an iPhone panorama. I was mistaken. If your tower crane looks like this, start over.
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- July 14th was the big day, when tower crane assembly began.
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- None of these people are in any danger of losing their jobs to me.
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- Evening of July 14th. Taken from a moving train. Cut me some slack.
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- Monday morning shot from the Fullerton L platform.
Building Up Chicago 