Looking up to my host, 360 Chicago at the John Hancock Center.
A sunny-day excursion up to 360Chicago reveals most of Chicago’s 33 tower cranes, including all those I missed from the Sears Tower, where we conducted our most recent comprehensive search. Sorry, there are some really bad photos here. Doesn’t change the fact that being 94 stories in the air is a pretty darn cool way to spend an hour or two.
Unavailable for the team photo were: Eight Eleven Uptown, The Apple Store, Ancora At Riverline, Alta Roosevelt, and Hilton McCormick Place. And maybe No. 508, if it’s up.
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- Hotel Zachary (right) and Addison & Clark (left)
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- Elevate Lincoln Park (yellow) and DePaul School of Music (red)
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- Atrium Village
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- Wicker Park Connection
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- No. 9 Walton
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- Simpson-Querrey Center
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- One Bennett Park
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- 465 North Park
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- 8 East Huron (Had to be patient to catch a glimpse of this one.)
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- Hubbard221 and 412 North Wells
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- Moxy Hotel
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- Vista Tower
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- McDonald’s Headquarters
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- One South Halsted (yellow) and Illume Chicago
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- 625 West Adams
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- One Grant Park
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- One Grant Park and a 1411 South Michigan photobomb
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- 1101 South Wabash (left) and 1136 South Wabash (right, yellow)
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- Solstice on The Park
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- Honorable Mention: The stub for Marlowe’s tower crane had just been planted just on the other side of 676 North LaSalle. You can see the street crane.