How it stacks up

- 2,000 feet to top of spire, taller than the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower

- 920,000 total square feet, compared with 4.5 million for Sears Tower

- Up to 250 condos, compared with 472 for Trump's Chicago tower

- Condos would likely be valued between $6.5 million and $7.5 million

More info: http://www.chicagotribune...enews2-utl

What do u guys think of the design. The architect is world famous Santiago Calatrava.

i think it'll look fantastic, but...


on first seeing it, i thought it looked like one of those plastic icicles (inverted, of course) which you hang on a christmas tree.

What is up with pointy tops on buildings?

Lazy shit.

It looks very sparkly.

and what is it with chucking a thin spire thingie on the top of tall buildings, just to make them even taller?

i think they should all be discounted when measuring for tallest building.

DaFrog said:

So its phallic quality turns you on?

TheFrog said:

There are actually rules to whether you 'count' them or not. Something to do with how they affect the integrity of the structure or something.

CarrieMpls said:

aaah, is that so?

interesting, thanks.

2the9s said:

you may have a thin and glittery bell-end, my dear, but i would not personally call it phallic.

A friend of mine from Chicago told me it looked like a giant drill bit. I like it though. It will go nicely on the lakefront. Its a tall building but it doesnt overpower the skyline. Apparently Donald Trump has a problem with it...whatever!

TheFrog said:

We never did get around to your crater + shoe experiment did we Froggy?

DaFrog said:

I concur. Straight up hubris with no function.





damn.
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Lleena said:

thanks for reminding me; I shall attend to it post-haste.

CarrieMpls said:

Yup spires count, antennae dont.

TheFrog said:

Dont forget to measure the circumference of the crater and post your results! I would advise using a heavy shoe frog.

More Calatrava towers:


Malmo Sweden


Valencia Spain


Venice Italy

He likes the whole swirly-spirally thing, I see.

i'm starting to think Calatrava is obsessed with electric drills.

TheFrog said:

Otherwise, you could build, like, a bungalow with just one massive sonuvvabitch of a spire on top

rocknrolldave said:

World's tallest building in Skegness.

TheFrog said:

Oh, to have a bungalow in Skegness....:whistfullydreaming:.....

Every few months I hear about another city building the world tallest building.

JoeyMFinCoco said:

And it's never in Britain.


I think we are more likely to build The World's Most Reasonably Proportioned Building Without, You Know, Going Over The Top, Old Chap, And Let's Try And Keep It Quite Traditional, OK(TM)

rocknrolldave said:

we could always attatch a bloody huge spire to the top of blackpool tower

the worlds tallest tastee freeze

Raine said:

how about making it one of those things they cook kebabs on down the chippie?


World's Largest Kebab Spit..?


Now THAT would work in Blackpool










*Books coach to Blackpool

rocknrolldave said:

i want a kebab now (hic)

climbs tower

falls off

I like it. I think it's rather beautiful. Though the big pointy thing is totally cheating.

TheFrog said:

I agree....they will build it to a certain height, then add that spire for another few feet to break the record....just build the damn building...LOL