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Payments sought for work on Spire
The list of companies seeking payment for work performed on the Chicago Spire project continues to grow. Late last month, Thornton Tomasetti, a New York-based firm with an office in Chicago, filed a mechanics lien against the project for $1.3 million for...Tags: New York
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Our skyline on pause
A big chill is about to hit the city of big shoulders. In the wake of the global credit crisis, Chicago's once-superheated skyline—radically transformed during the last 10 years by one of the greatest building booms in the city's history—...Tags: Building Material, House Building, Chicago Skyline, Metal and Mineral, Lake Shore Drive
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Another lien filed on Spire project
Tribune staff reporterThe list of companies seeking payment for work performed for the Chicago Spire project continues to grow. Late last month, Thornton Tomasetti, a New York-based firm with an office in Chicago, filed a mechanics lien against the project for $1.3 million...Tags: New York
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Congressman's $200,000 loan
Tribune reportersU.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez personally lobbied Mayor Richard Daley to back a controversial multimillion-dollar development for a campaign contributor who had just lent the congressman $200,000 in a real estate deal, a Tribune investigation has found. Now...Tags: Illinois, Heavy Engineering, Real Estate, Luis V Gutierrez, Regional Authority
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Spire pay dispute spurs doubt
Chicago Tribune reportersThe Chicago Spire's penthouse may be sold but there is growing doubt whether the project will rise out of the hole that's been created at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive. Consultants on the project are starting to line up seeking payment for their work on the...Tags: Chicago Skyline, Architecture, Lake Shore Drive, Contracts, Summer Olympics
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Beanie Babies can buy deluxe apartment in sky
How many Beanie Babies would it take to buy the penthouse suite at the yet-to-be-built Chicago Spire? Maybe $40 million worth. Right now the Spire is just a hole in the ground. But the local businessman who had the vision to make Beanie Babies a...Tags: Chicago Skyline, Architecture, Westmont, Lake Shore Drive, Contracts
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Tower trumps slowdown
Chicago Tribune reporterFrom near the top of the 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower, one can look down on the city skyline and proof of a frozen real estate market that is derailing the plans of local developers, sellers and buyers. To the east is the concrete...Tags: Chicago Real Estate, Ramadan, Chicago Skyline, Real Estate Sellers, Lake Shore Drive
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New York's 9/11 memorial plagued by delays
Chicago Tribune correspondentNEW YORK — Although memorials are opening in time for Thursday's seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first of the steel girders that will support the largest memorial to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history were only recently...Tags: Terrorism, Michael Bloomberg, Local Authority, New York, Ceremonies
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Trade Center memorial 2 years behind schedule
Chicago TribuneAlthough memorials to the Sept. 11 attacks are opening at the Pentagon and in Boston in time for today's seventh anniversary, the first of the steel girders that will support the largest memorial to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history were only...Tags: Society, Ceremonies, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Manhattan (New York City), Terrorism
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Picture Ferris wheel, except twice as tall
Chicago Tribune reporterGargantuan Ferris wheels are the new status symbol for big cities vying to grab more attention on the world stage, so Chicago is going for an upgrade at Navy Pier, planning to build one at least twice the height of the existing wheel. A new, privately...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Chicago Skyline, Navy Pier, Thames River, Tour Operations Industry
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