Forgotten tower crane at the DePaul School of Music
The conversation with myself went something like this, as I stood on the Fullerton CTA platform Monday morning, waiting for a Brown Line train:
Me: “I’m kinda surprised the tower crane at the DePaul School of Music is still there.”
Also me: “The Depaul School of Music! I forgot the DePaul School of Music!”
So there’s one tower crane I’d forgotten to include. That brings the current (as far as I know) active count to 33. Generally moving north to south, they are:
- Eight Eleven Uptown (811 W Agatite)
- Hotel Zachary (3630 N Clark)
- Addison & Clark (1025 W Addison)
- Elevate Lincoln Park (930 W Altgeld)
- DePaul School of Music (2330 N Halsted)\
- Atrium Village (1140 N Wells)
- Wicker Park Connection (1640 W Division)
- No. 9 Walton (9 W Walton)
- Simpson Querrey Center N (303 E Superior)
- Simpson Querrey Center S (303 E Superior)
- One Bennett Park E (451 E Grand)
- One Bennett Park W (452 E Grand)
- 465 North Park (465 North Park)
- Apple Store (401 N Michigan)
- 8 E Huron (8 E Huron)
- Hubbard221 (221 W Hubbard)
- 3Eleven (311 W Illinois)
- Vista Tower E (401 E Wacker)
- Vista Tower W (363 E Wacker)
- 171 Aberdeen (171 N Aberdeen)
- McDonald’s HQ W (110 N Carpenter)
- McDonald’s HQ E (110 N Carpenter)
- Illume Chicago (111 S Peoria)
- 625 West Adams (625 W Adams)
- Landmark West Loop (1035 W Van Buren)
- Ancora at Riverline (720 S Wells)
- Alta Roosevelt (801 S Financial)
- 1101 South Wabash (1101 S Wabash)
- 1136 South Wabash (1136 S Wabash)
- One Grant Park (1200 S Indiana)
- 1411 South Michigan (1411 S Michigan)
- Three Hiltons (123 E Cermak)
- Solstice On The Park (1616 E 56th)
At last sightings, we still had stubs in the ground at the Cook County Central Campus Health Center (1950 W Polk), and One South Halsted. There are tower crane permits for 4 properties that haven’t been planted yet:
- Aloft Hotel (243 E Ontario)
- Nobu (854 W Randolph)
- Essex On The Park (808 S Michigan)
- No. 508 (508 W Diversey)