With promises of a $135M infusion from an investor, the Chicago Spire may be back on track. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, an architect no stranger to noisemaking projects, the corkscrew-shaped skyscraper would rise 2,000 feet and contain 1,200 condos; it would also be the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere. [Chicago Tribune via Curbed Chicago; previously]
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