Chicagoist: Construction on Spire Halted

fed up

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:29:50 -0600

No Olympics they will just cut the tower by a third.

Shannon

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:59:15 -0600

dopplerd: and if it isn't, they'll just scrap the whole thing? that's dumb.

dopplerd

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:28:48 -0600

At least Ty Warner has a $40M hole in the ground to keep all of his money. I think (as I stated earlier) the dev is just waiting to find out about the 2016 Olympics venue. It Chicago is announced construction will begin in earnest.

fed up

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:20:08 -0600

Just worried about your jobs tank, I hadn't noticed you have been using the competition.

Tankboy

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:02:37 -0600

Um, Marcus posted the GB link and attributed them as the source. How is this different than usual?

Tower18

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:01:28 -0600

Damn, looks like I was right. It only took a week. http://chicagoist.com/2008/09/30/beanie_baby_chief_aspires_to_the_to.php#comment-1475894

fed up

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:38:30 -0600

Via gapers block. Tell me you guys havent cut costs and outsourced your blog storys. Tankboy, Chuck spend the whole budget on beer and bands.