Don’t hide from us, we want to watch you sprout!
It’s hard to be everywhere every day.
I don’t know what day Power Construction planted their tower crane at 165 North Desplaines in the West Loop. I just know it was there when I went by Thursday. And really, just seeing it there is enough.
To remind you, 165 North Desplaines will be a 14-story apartment tower from developer Gerding Edlen. Designed by Chicago’s GREC Architects, it will contain 199 units, with 99 parking spaces and some retail space on the ground floor.
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- Caisson work just wrapped up.
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- 152 North Jefferson, “behind” 165 North Desplaines, is being renovated as part of the development.
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- A rendering from GREC Architects of what 165 North Desplaines will look like.
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- One of the buildings that formerly stood on this lot.
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- And the taller of the demolished structures…
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- …which used to have this cool stairway…
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- …and this equally cool indoor, sideways water tank.
Building Up Chicago 