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Humongous caissons still rule the day at Vista Tower
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Vista Tower caisson work, second only to the Cubs as a spectator sport
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Even the pigeons are mesmerized by caisson work going on at Vista Tower.
Vista Tower doesn’t need pre-sales of condo units. Just charge $5 for each one of us leaning against the railings along Wacker Drive, and by The Tides and The Shoreham atop Field Boulevard. It would raise a fortune.
Case Foundation continues to bore holes into the Lakeshore East earth, then fills them up with cement and rebar and corrugated metal tubes and even the occasional iron tube. Seriously, stop by and watch some time. Unless you have a meeting to go to. because you won’t make it back to the office in time.
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- Found you! My trun to hide!
It’s a CaissonFest at Vista Tower
That’s a 12′-diameter, 20′-long caisson on the right, with a longer one being trucked in.
Case Foundation is on the scene (you thought I was gonna say “on the case” didn’t you…You are so predictable) at Vista Tower, boring holes into the earth and sinking caissons. Dozens and dozens of them. Deep ones, too. They’ve got twelve-foot diameter guides on site. These will be serious caissons. Some 100 feet long.
You already know all you need to know about the 93-story Vista Tower. I’ll skip the tired verbiage, and let you get right to the photos.
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- I wasn’t the only one watching.
Chicago’s prettiest new Vista moving soil
Finally.
When Vista Tower got its foundation permit back in the first week if August, I assumed equipment would flood into the lot in New East Side the following morning to begin tearing up the land. In reality, it took a few weeks for anything to happen at all. But it’s happening now, and what they’re digging in for, is the long haul.
Want to know more about the 93-story Vista Tower? Let me see what I can find for you:
Yep. A lot of people are talking about it.
Vista Tower gets a foundation permit; construction nerds settle in for the long haul
Rendering of Vista Tower from Studio Gang.
Please, stop by once in a while and make sure we’re hydrated and fed. And that our socks are dry. Because we’ll be out there for the next 4-5 years.
Yesterday, the City of Chicago issued a foundation permit for Vista Tower, the iconic 93-story condominium tower and Wanda Vista Hotel combination designed by Studio Gang and bKL Architecture. James McHugh Construction Co. has been named the general contractor for the Magellan Development Group project.
Everyone in Chicago has been on edge the last couple of weeks, waiting for work to get started at Vista. Now that we have a permit on file, don’t be surprised if they’re over there this morning getting ready for caisson work.
There was a soil sampling rig on site this week. Hopefully, no negative results.
Another render from Studio Gang, showing the Vista Tower from the Field Museum campus.
Vista Tower, straight up. Rendering from Studio Gang.
The Caisson Permit.
