Abandoned - Chicago Spire
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Published 2021-02-05
Among all of the ambitious development projects in the early 2000's, perhaps there was none more spectacular and iconic than the Chicago Spire. A concept to fill a long vacant plot of land at the mouth of the Chicago River. The Spire was planned to be the tallest skyscraper in America and briefly in the world. However a series of financial catastrophes then ensued leaving an enormous abandoned foundation. This is the Chicago Spire.
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All Comments (21)
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“Construction started in 2007” Oh no, I know where this is going.
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It feels like every abandoned project of recent times ends up somehow tracing its issues from or through 2008. Highlights just how big an effect it had.
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7 levels of underground parking 10ft away from the Chicago river? What's the worst that can happen?
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“Construction started in 2007” 2008 recession: “you know the rules and so do I”
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You should make a playlist specifically for buildings that got abandoned because of the 2008 recession, there being so many of them
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hey jake, i'm french and i showed your videos to my cousin who's currently in highschool, apparently your videos about Detroit and New Orleans are being watched in english classes all the way across the atlantic ! your content is so cool even english teachers use it
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Update; it's still a hole in the ground. There's not even any crane work a year after they said this would be built. I think it's safe to say it's dead.
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So basically Chicago avoided having a giant drill bit as part of is skyline
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"construction was to begin in 2007." me: ah shit here we go again.
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I remember having a 3D puzzle of Chicago and it had the Chicago Spire as one of its buildings. Sad to see the project abandoned
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13:40 they really should just install the worlds largest trampoline
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The shape of the Spire is a perfect analogy of the project: everyone got screwed.
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As a Chicagoan I appreciate you calling it The SEARS Tower
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It scares me how ancient some of these photos look considering how recent ago it was--I feel old
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I'm Irish myself and very familiar with Anglo-Irish and Shelbourne and it's fascinating to see what was basically a side effect of a disastrous financial crisis here in Dublin. That said as someone who has visited and liked Chicago I'm sort of glad it wasn't built. It just looks too out of place with the existing skyline.
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I'm not even from Chicago, but I was born in '86 and refuse to call it anything other than the Sears Tower- that's what it always was and always will be to me
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This Guy basically makes free to watch 15+ minute documentaries with super high quality! Great video(s) there Jake!
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As a Chicagoan, thank you for calling it the proper “Sears Tower”. I don’t even know what a Willis Tower is. 😁
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Jake is the only reason I am happy
