
Chicago’s newest tower crane is at the Hoxton Chicago hotel in the West Loop.
The Hoxton Chicago hotel in the West Loop can start shooting upward toward its 12-story goal, now that Power Construction has installed a shiny new tower crane to do the heavy lifting. Power and Central Contractors Service spent most of the weekend putting up the Peiner SK-415 beauty on the lot at Lake and Green Streets in the ridiculously busy Fulton Market District.
The GREC-designed hotel got its tower crane permit from the City of Chicago back on August 4, so we had to wait awhile for this one. And, as usual, it was worth the wait.
- This is the view from the upper level of the Morgan Street L platform.
- Epic backdrop.
- Also a pretty decent backdrop.
- Sears Tower visitors had the best views over the weekend.
- The view from the Clinton L platform.
- The foundations looks to be shored up.