view from the top

on friday i attended a presentation and tour of the new and nearly completely trump tower a 92 story residential high rise in downtown chicago (right on the river in fact!) while it's listed as a 92 story building, it's actually 102 stories with the uses of cleaver labeling of floors as mezzanine, they were able to reduce the number of floors.

view of the jp morgan building (i think)

the bottom half of the building is a hotel and is open and running while the top half which are condos is still under construction. it's amazing that a building can have full construction on the top half while the bottom have functions without even noticing. that's amazing!

view of the lake from 102 floors up!

the view from the top is pretty mindblowing, the top floor penthouse is 10,000 square feet and is on the market for roughly $20mm. that's $2,000 a square foot. i know that sounds crazy, but apparently it's the highest residential unit in north america. so no one else in north america is living higher than you. so if you have the cash... feel free to call up the donald.

view of the tallest building in chicago - the sears tower