Bombs Away!!! Traditional Cache
ILReviewer: Since I haven't heard from the owner I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache in the next couple of months, please e-mail me at IllinoisGeocacher@yahoo.com and I'll unarchive it as soon as I can.
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Watch out for DOGGIE BOMBS!!!
To the north you will see the Jenga-like building of 235 Van Buren. It houses 714 condos varying from one bedrooms to penthouses. The lobby of 235 Van Buren has ceilings reaching 25 ft.
In back of this building you will see a pinkish colored building, 311 South Wacker. 311 S. Wacker is the 16th tallest building in the US, and once was the second tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. But it is the tallest building in the world known by its street address with it's 65 floors. Construction for this building took four years from 1988-1990.
311's lobby is an impressive two-level (one below ground) 85-foot (26 m)-tall glass-ceilinged "winter garden" with palm trees and a fountain. The Winter Garden was influenced by the adjacent steel structures of Chicago’s "L" tracks and bridges. It was envisioned as a commuter link or "pedestrian station" serving as a connection from the adjacent train station through the existing service tunnels under the Chicago River leading to the Willis Tower (Sears Tower) from a series of underground spaces and passages. The garden was added in 2002. Raymond Kaskey's bronze sculpture "Gem of the Lakes" looks over the garden from the Wacker entrance. The fountain shell form is taken from the city seal with a heroic figure representing Chicago as the "city of broad shoulders" wearing a cape symbolic of the great engineering feat which reversed the flow of Chicago River." ---Wikipedia
The crown " of the building is a 105-foot (32 m)-tall translucent cylinder, surrounded by four other smaller cylinders, which was inspired by the massing of the Tribune Tower. This makes it among the most visible Chicago skyscrapers at night, as its crown is brightly illuminated. The five cylinders on top are lit at night by 1,852 fluorescent tubes, and a lantern at the top changes colors for various holidays and special events." ---Wikipedia
To the the east is The Regal (the second building south of Harrison, the eight story, reddish building). The Regal was constructed between 1906 and 1910. The Regal is a classic example of the industrial architecture of its period. Great care has been taken to retain its original architectural features while rehabbing it into loft apartments.
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