Onni Group, developer and general contractor on the Atrium Village redevelopment in the Near North, is lighting up the Christmastime skies over Chicago for the second year in a row. The shiny blue neon adorning the tower crane above Atrium Village is a dead ringer for the tower crane Onni lit up last Christmas at The Hudson.
The Christmas Crane, and a view of progress at Atrium Village, from Twitter user @joecarpita
In the meantime, the pretty crane still has a job to do, and that’s piling parts on top of pieces to bring this 31-story tower to fruition. Pictures of progress, and a few more angles of the neon crane, follow:
Atrium Village Christmas crane
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- This was the Christmas Crane at The Hudson from Christmas 2015.
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- Couple things: 1. The lights are impressive. 2. The crane extends across Wells Street. Also impressive.
I would love to see this up for a long time, as maybe it could be a tribute to The Cubs! I was hurt in an accident 17 yrs ago & can’t decorate our home 4 the holidays like I used to do. The Christmas Crane was our tree as we can see it from our Old Town condo. We appreciate it so much & again would love to see it hang around for awhile. Thank you for making our holidays & lives a lot BRIGHTER!!!! ⛄️