World's tallest building in Chicago again?

[Steff]

I know the Sears Tower spires make a ton of money for the building.

 

 

On the boat tour we just took we learned that when they first built the ST they couldn't get renters and the $$ made off the broadcasting abilities paid for the building for many years.

[Rex Kickass]

Weird how that happens, that these super tall buildings always seem to get built just before the occupancy rate in downtown offices collapse?

 

WTC NYC had the same issues.

[Wong & Owens]

I think it's ugly also. We just took the boat ride down the river to see all the awesome architecture.. and you're right that it would look better in the ground. I never realized all the beauty and history in Chicago. I was in awe.

 

 

There is no better compliation of late 1800's-early 1900's architecture anywhere in the world. Some argue there is no better archtiecture from ANY period found in one place. When I was in my charter guide days, I learned from the tourists I led around to really appreciate it, though up to that point I was surely taking it for granted.

[southsider2k5]

Weird how that happens, that these super tall buildings always seem to get built just before the occupancy rate in downtown offices collapse?

 

WTC NYC had the same issues.

 

That was the interesting this about this new proposal that got me. The Sears Tower has 4.5 million sq ft of rentable space in its 110 stories. This place would only have 900,000 and it would be taller. It is tiny in relativity.

[Kid Gleason]

Hate to be the guy to change the lightbulbs on top though.

 

Yeesh...never thought about that. :puke

[MurcieOne]

If it ever gets built, are people going to call it "the big screw" or "the drill bit"?

 

i already have copyrighted the name "the big screw".... for well obvious reasons. I love chicago so i'd be open for sharing it somehow.

[Rex Kickass]

I think it would definitely make for a very interesting addition to the Chicago Skyline. It would definitely make it better, not worse.

[Steff]

I think it would definitely make for a very interesting addition to the Chicago Skyline. It would definitely make it better, not worse.

 

 

Ick. IMO, it would look horrible.

[Rex Kickass]

In the context of the Skyline, I think it would be a step forward.

[JUGGERNAUT]

The antennaes are all about CDMA & CDPD (digital cellular networks). National broadcast networks will be moving off VHF in years to come so that the government can auction that spectrum for even greater wireless services.

The fully envision the ability to watch movies remotely anywhere in the world via wireless digital networks.

 

What you are likely to see on all tall bldg's from here on out is a wide array of dishes & giant cell towers.

[kapkomet]

The antennaes are all about CDMA & CDPD (digital cellular networks).  National broadcast networks will be moving off VHF in years to come so that the government can auction that spectrum for even greater wireless services.

The fully envision the ability to watch movies remotely anywhere in the world via wireless digital networks.

 

What you are likely to see on all tall bldg's from here on out is a wide array of dishes & giant cell towers.

I'm not so sure you'll see dishes... look at the advancements say, from 20 years ago with the big ol dishes in the back yard until now, with the 15 inch DirecTV dishes...

 

As far as cell towers, yea, those things are all over the place now, including skyskrapers.

[JUGGERNAUT]

I'm not so sure you'll see dishes... look at the advancements say, from 20 years ago with the big ol dishes in the back yard until now, with the 15 inch DirecTV dishes...

 

As far as cell towers, yea, those things are all over the place now, including skyskrapers.

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The problem with the 15" & the shrinking dish in general is that it can't get the pick up the signal from all satellites. So you literally have to manage the orientation of several if you want to get them all. That's why until there is a radical change in that technology the big dishes are here to stay as far as the providers go. The home's a different story.

I imagine 8" dishes on a rotating antenna base some day. Instead of having 3 15" ones to get all the channels you'll have 5 8" ones. When you click a channel on the receiver it will just re-orient the antenna position. The antenna itself will be dedicated to receiving HDTV broadcasts. VHF will be sold off eventually, but I think UHF will stick around. It doesn't have as much commercial application for wireless.