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Chicago Spire Set to Soar; Tallest Building in North America »

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The Chicago Planning Commission unanimously approved the fourth, and perhaps final, iteration of Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire yesterday afternoon. Designed for a 2.2-acre lakefront site-although its footprint will occupy barely half that amount-the seven-sided glass tower tapers and twists to point 2,000 feet above a public plaza below, makin

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)johnb300m
    johnb300m
    April 24, 2007, 12:06 p.m.

    W007!

    Go Chicago!

    • Avg rating: (+3/-0 3)johnb300m
      johnb300m
      April 24, 2007, 12:06 p.m.

      Go Chicago!

      • Avg rating: (+1/-0 1)WCFIELDS
        WCFIELDS
        April 24, 2007, 4:58 p.m.

        This is just Dandy. Perhaps we should allow Chicago to join the U.S.A., er, is it already a colony er sumthin'?

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Gatsby
          Gatsby
          April 24, 2007, 5:10 p.m.

          I'll take the penthouse!

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