Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. • • CBS 2's Sabrina Franza explained the new tower project Thursday. "It's been a civic embarrassment." Before the great recession, in 2007 there was a groundbreaking for what was meant to be the Chicago Spire, a 2,000-feet tall, twisted skyscraper. destined to change the city skyline. It never happened. "It's been just sitting there.
     www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/a-civic-embarrassment-with-more-than-a-decade-as-a-hole-in-the-ground-new-plans-for-the-chicago-spire-site/

     'A civic embarrassment': With more than a decade as a hole in ...

2. People also ask

   Was the Chicago Spire a civic embarrassment?

   • "It's been a civic embarrassment." Before the great recession, in 2007 there was a groundbreaking for what was meant to be the Chicago Spire, a 2,000-feet tall, twisted skyscraper. destined to change the city skyline. It never happened.

   'A civic embarrassment': With more than a decade as a hole in the

   www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/a-civic-embarrassment-with-more-than-a-decade-as-a-hole-in-the-ground-new-plans-for-the-chicago-spire-site/

   See all results for this question

   Is Chicago Spire a pockmark?

   • Over the years the Chicago Spire hole has been labeled a civic embarrassment and “a pockmark”. It has been the source of jokes, and of semi-ironic proposals. The neglected and satirical landmark, however, might finally be filled as Related Midwest plan to begin working on the site’s new project.

   Groundbreaking Will Soon Begin On The $1 Billion Cascading 'Sister

   secretchicago.com/sister-towers-chicago-spire/

   See all results for this question

   Would the Chicago Spire have been a good addition to Chicago?

   • “I think the Chicago Spire would have been a beautiful addition to the city. It would have attracted international attention to Chicago,” Wood says. “Unfortunately, it wasn’t far enough along when the recession hit. That’s why it only got to be a big hole in the ground.”

   The Chicago Spire debacle - Time Out Chicago

   www.timeout.com/chicago/art/the-chicago-spire-debacle

   See all results for this question

   Was the Chicago Spire built before the Great Recession?

   • Before the great recession, in 2007 there was a groundbreaking for what was meant to be the Chicago Spire, a 2,000-feet tall, twisted skyscraper. destined to change the city skyline. It never happened. "It's been just sitting there. A giant embarrassing hole ever since." Blair Kamin is the former Chicago Tribune architecture critic.

   'A civic embarrassment': With more than a decade as a hole in the

   www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/a-civic-embarrassment-with-more-than-a-decade-as-a-hole-in-the-ground-new-plans-for-the-chicago-spire-site/

   See all results for this question

   What's going on at the spire construction site in Streeterville?

   • The Spire construction site, where Lake Shore Drive meets the Chicago River in the Streeterville neighborhood, has been idle for more than two years, and is littered with garbage and abandoned trailers. The hole dug for the building’s foundation is surrounded by orange cyclone fencing and caution signs.

   The Chicago Spire debacle - Time Out Chicago

   www.timeout.com/chicago/art/the-chicago-spire-debacle

   See all results for this question

   Will the Chicago Spire hole be filled?

   • The new towers will be built alongside a renovated DuSable Park which will be completed in 2025. The abandoned potential of the Chicago Spire hole might finally be filled! The Chicago Spire hole was born from a disintegrated dream. Once upon a time, it was the beginning of what was to become the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

   Groundbreaking Will Soon Begin On The $1 Billion Cascading 'Sister

   secretchicago.com/sister-towers-chicago-spire/

   See all results for this question

3. www.chicagotribune.com › 2020/03/13 › column-theColumn: The latest plans for the Chicago Spire site: Is this ...

   www.chicagotribune.com › 2020/03/13 › column-the

   • Cached

   Mar 13, 2020 · The 76-foot-deep foundation hole of the never-built Chicago Spire is a civic embarrassment, a pockmark on the cityscape. So it’s easy to understand why Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s urban planners and...

   • Author: Blair Kamin

4. secretchicago.com › sister-towers-chicago-spireThe abandoned potential of the Chicago Spire hole might ...

   secretchicago.com › sister-towers-chicago-spire

   • Cached

   Dec 28, 2022 · Over the years the Chicago Spire hole has been labeled a civic embarrassment and “a pockmark”. It has been the source of jokes, and of semi-ironic proposals. The neglected and satirical landmark, however, might finally be filled as Related Midwest plan to begin working on the site’s new project.

5. Videos

   • 

     15:47

     youtube.com

     Abandoned - Chicago Spire

     5 Feb 2021

     2.2M views

   • 

     2:22

     youtube.com

     With more than a decade as a hole in the ground, new plans for the site of the Chicago Spire

     7 Apr 2022

     52.5K views

   • 

     3:55

     youtube.com

     INSPIRE The Chicago Spire - HD HQ Full Length

     3 Feb 2011

     80.4K views

   View all

6. www.nbcchicago.com › news › localNew project breaks ground at site of failed Chicago Spire

   www.nbcchicago.com › news › local

   • Cached

   Jun 17, 2024 · The hole at 400 Lake Shore Drive at the site of the failed Chicago Spire project is in the process of being filled. A 72-story residential building will go up in its place.

   • Author: Lisa Chavarria

   • Video Duration: 3 min

7. www.timeout.com › chicago › artThe Chicago Spire debacle - Time Out

   www.timeout.com › chicago › art

   • Cached

   Feb 1, 2011 · The Spire construction site, where Lake Shore Drive meets the Chicago River in the Streeterville neighborhood, has been idle for more than two years, and is littered with garbage and abandoned...

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

8. www.chicagotribune.com › 2020/07/29 › columnColumn: Farewell, Spire. Hello, spiral. Twelve years after ...

   www.chicagotribune.com › 2020/07/29 › column

   • Cached

   Jul 29, 2020 · Remember the Chicago Spire, the planned 2,000-foot condo tower that would twist into the sky like a giant corkscrew but wound up an embarrassing hole in the ground? Well, the architect of that...

9. www.archdaily.com › 564045Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire Finally Axed - ArchDaily

   www.archdaily.com › 564045

   • Cached

   Nov 5, 2014 · Santiago Calatrava's much maligned design for the Chicago Spire has finally met its end, thanks to a lapsed payment deadline from the site's developer, Grant Kelleher.