Abandoned - Chicago Spire
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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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@aloelover6012
3 жыл бұрын
Ha, am first
@qomztschannel6246
3 жыл бұрын
The skyline do me tantalizing tho
@VersatileElement
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video, Jake
@Jonschrift1983
3 жыл бұрын
Its LAKE SHORE DRIVE!!! DO YOUR HOMEWORK!
@xladydriver
3 жыл бұрын
@ 2:16 You call it "Lake Shore Road" It's called LAKE SHORE DRIVE or LSD !!!! There's even a song written about it by Aliota, Haynes & Jeremiah. (The ampersand is invisible like the s in Jewel(s) ). Please correct this as it makes you look uninformed about the topic on which you are speaking.
“Construction started in 2007” Oh no, I know where this is going.
@bne7770
3 жыл бұрын
We'll soon be watching abandoned with 'Construction started in 2019'
@bjoe385
3 жыл бұрын
@@bne7770 probably.
@backyardcamping7161
3 жыл бұрын
The 2008 market crash
@Old_Ladies
3 жыл бұрын
@@bne7770 I am surprised this one retirement home is still being built. It first started in I think 2016 but it had to stop because the ground was sinking. So a year later it starts to resume but because of Trump's trade war it was hard to get the materials we needed so construction was at a snail pace. 2019 it starts to pick up again and looks like it is finally going to get all the walls and roof done by early 2020. Bam pandemic hits and construct stopped for awhile while everything was shut down. When lockdown ended it was hard to get trades to come back and material shortages happened again because of all the manufacturing plants shut down and reduced capacity globally. Looks like the job will get done late summer of 2021 but it was suppose to be done in 2018. We also built a new hotel that also had problems leading to a year over due. It got finished in 2019. So not only do the owners lose a year of revenue they also opened up and had to basically have no tourists in almost all of 2020 and probably most of 2021 as well. I would hate to be in their shoes.
@CarlDillynson
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking!
“Construction started in 2007” 2008 recession: “you know the rules and so do I”
@kevinp.h157
3 жыл бұрын
“Say goodbye”
@crazyrabbits
3 жыл бұрын
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of.
@jonnykaykorn3060
3 жыл бұрын
perfect laughing my ass off.
@andrewzapar2585
3 жыл бұрын
Gonna give you up, gonna let you down, gonna run around and desert you. Gonna make you cry, say goodbye.
@CoolBluePlayz
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh this is a copied comment with a rick roll
7 levels of underground parking 10ft away from the Chicago river? What's the worst that can happen?
@SilentKnight43
3 жыл бұрын
No problems...if you own an amphibious vehicle.
@Goofy_M1dg3t
3 жыл бұрын
Iceberg right ahead Guy 7 levels down: ah shit here we go again
@tedschmitt178
3 жыл бұрын
@@SilentKnight43 and scuba gear.
@ItsBillyBoss
3 жыл бұрын
Captain we need to close the bulkhead doors, the water is up to the top of the boilers.
@ragnarragnarson9393
3 жыл бұрын
That's another problem. It would have costed millions just to keep water out of the parking garages.
So basically Chicago avoided having a giant drill bit as part of is skyline
@PatrickGrosse
3 жыл бұрын
Personally always thought the Calatrava design was ugly, and I tend to really like his stuff. Drill bit is definitely more kid-friendly than what I called it
@hetaljoshi9816
3 жыл бұрын
@@PatrickGrosse Did you call it a dick??
@MrQdiddy85
3 жыл бұрын
Yea now it has a giant hole instead
@darrellcarpenter8791
3 жыл бұрын
😩😭😂🤣
@willkaporis7958
3 жыл бұрын
I promise you we would’ve renamed it the Drill
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.
@ryszard68
3 жыл бұрын
2020/21: *hold my beer*
@imblack011
3 жыл бұрын
1973, 2008, and 2020 were the most unfortunate years for big projects
@jamesdimartino6627
3 жыл бұрын
2001 too. Trump tower chicago was meant to be 2x as tall but developers didn’t want it to become a target if another terrorist attack happened
@zualapips1638
3 жыл бұрын
@@jamesdimartino6627 People hate that damn tower so much, so now imagine if it had been twice as tall. It's like one of the most liberal cities being forced to wear the MAGA hat.
@Arkiasis
3 жыл бұрын
Who knows how many things will be cancelled or abandoned due to Covid.
As a Chicagoan I appreciate you calling it The SEARS Tower
@jacobtaylor110
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, screw the Willis tower 😂😂😂
@kiltzanm
3 жыл бұрын
Yes but I smiled a lil at lake shore road.
@LatinaChef1986
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously, I hate that it’s called the Willis Tower.
@Mother_Lover
3 жыл бұрын
damn right
@alexbueno5815
3 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck is Willis and why did he steal our tower :(
13:40 they really should just install the worlds largest trampoline
@raypitts4880
3 жыл бұрын
or skating lake
@diskdem0n
3 жыл бұрын
@@raypitts4880 or like a new disney quest.
@carlsaganlives6086
2 жыл бұрын
Hot tub natural spa using the river water.
@Rainkit
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a bio nerd so part of me just wants to put in a whole bunch of exotic fish and see what kind of ecosystem develops.
@SagittariusAyy
2 жыл бұрын
For the last time, they did *not* order a giant trampoline!
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.
@benwarped7272
Жыл бұрын
Chicago - Over Promise, Under Deliver.
@lorddrayvon1426
Жыл бұрын
@@benwarped7272 ya can't even say they over-promised here honestly. The replacement for the Chicago Spire was horrifically generic at best. The Grenfell Tower was a bigger architectural achievement than these would have been. At this point, the city's just gonna take the land and fill in the whole so they can redevelop it themselves. A giant gaping parking structure for a never-built skyscraper on the corner of major road in your city is an embarrassment. The hole is immediately adjacent to both a motorway, the Chicago River and a trainline. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can see it without even trying.
@wtfj4462
Жыл бұрын
Its the smallest building of all time at -100 feet 😤😤😤😤😤 put some respect on the Chicago spires name
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
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
That’s so awesome!
@lil_lyrix
3 жыл бұрын
Woah Detroit? Amazing!
@kimberlyx4060
3 жыл бұрын
Your videos have professional qualities about them. Netflix should pick them up.
@ajvark
3 жыл бұрын
@@lil_lyrix Detroit is French for strait, after all.
@krismine99
3 жыл бұрын
@@kimberlyx4060 no, I don't have a subscription
"construction was to begin in 2007." me: ah shit here we go again.
@jaysmith179
3 жыл бұрын
Will be a lot worse in 2021. Joey already cost Americans 11,000 jobs with stopping the pipe line and also cost jobs in Canada. God help America!
@Alex-ds9on
3 жыл бұрын
@@jaysmith179 you should keep replying with that I’m sure everyone really cares
@TheDagraner4576
3 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-ds9on When he gives him a childish name, it makes him feel like a man.
@cameroncalzone8860
3 жыл бұрын
@@jaysmith179 jokes on you joey is a hot guy name
@TapYouKillYou
3 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-ds9on it's a troll account, joined a month ago.
The shape of the Spire is a perfect analogy of the project: everyone got screwed.
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.
You should make a playlist specifically for buildings that got abandoned because of the 2008 recession, there being so many of them
@amoltandon2900
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if all these cool buildings were actually made...
@sportsgames2713
3 жыл бұрын
@@amoltandon2900 Bush happened though🤬
@Ariel_ButNotTheMermaid
3 жыл бұрын
Most the shittiest years were Under Obama. He couldn't fix it in 8 years though. Probably could have built some cool shit with Trump but o well . We can always stack the new millions of refugees on top of each other and end up with the tallest tower on earth that way 🧐
@sportsgames2713
3 жыл бұрын
@@Ariel_ButNotTheMermaid Obama fixed it greatly and we had one of the best economies ever? trump helped (then ruined it), but it was Obama and Biden (!!!)'s hard work.
@alexcutionman4569
3 жыл бұрын
@@sportsgames2713 i don’t tend to get political but i don’t think trump deliberately ruined the economy, more of accidentally making some bad choices during 2020 that made things worse
“Lake Shore Road” Everyone from Chicago: *Triggered* “Sears Tower” Everyone from Chicago: *Calms down slightly*
@elizabethpecina208
3 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy he said ‘Sears Tower’
@dree55
3 жыл бұрын
My mind was screaming: “DRIVE!!! Lake Shore DRIVE!!!” But perfectly okay with Sears Tower. 😂 I’ll never call it anything else.
@kiwikiwi2483
3 жыл бұрын
Im not even Chicagoan (I'm from Detroit) and I will never call the Sears Tower anything other than the Sears Tower for as long as I live
@samsecada8404
3 жыл бұрын
Willis Tower???? What you talkin bout Willis??
@huntrrams
3 жыл бұрын
I agree I was like what Lakeshore Road? He should have said LSD, but non-Chicagoans will be confused on if he’s talking about the drug or lakeshore drive.
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
I remember being obsessed with the video that the company released after my girlfriend and I visited the site (her hometown). We're both fascinated by architecture, especially in Chicago. RIP, Spire.
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
@yakamarezlife
3 жыл бұрын
Yo nobody reps there state flag like us
@krisone63
3 жыл бұрын
There is no one to blame here but the mayor, she never supported this project except in words.
@tim3172
3 жыл бұрын
@@yakamarezlife there?
@Flirri
3 жыл бұрын
That is actually really neat.
@RC-hz6bn
3 жыл бұрын
I had one like that! The 4D cityscapes one I think
As a Chicagoan, thank you for calling it the proper “Sears Tower”. I don’t even know what a Willis Tower is. 😁
@painexotic3757
3 жыл бұрын
same. born and raised in chicago. Only tourists call it the willis tower.
@tacocat1714
3 жыл бұрын
@Brendan Donnelly Well yes that’s true, that is a stupid name for the tower. Sears is superior.
@painexotic3757
3 жыл бұрын
@Brendan Donnelly only tourists call it the willis tower. Us chiagoans still call it the sears.
@1rockcrawford
3 жыл бұрын
@@tacocat1714 Sears Tower is an embarrassing name to call it, considering how impressively Sears has imploded.
@MilwaukeeWoman
3 жыл бұрын
As a frequent, multiple times a year (at least before COVID) tourist from Milwaukee, it's the Sears tower. I bet most of 40+ Milwaukee only knows it as the Sears tower.
Jake is the only reason I am happy
@owenwyatt6933
3 жыл бұрын
Omg queen
@captivesojourner
3 жыл бұрын
😅
@oscardelgado7044
3 жыл бұрын
🤡
@blisszxc104
2 жыл бұрын
You're the only reason I'm happy
My mom's best friend was 1 of those 30% that had invested in the condos. She fought for 4 yrs to get her deposit back before she passed away. Her children eventually got the $ back after 3 more yrs of litigation. Many Chicagoans and suburbanites nicknamed the tower 'The Vertical Drill Bit' based on the pictures.
This Guy basically makes free to watch 15+ minute documentaries with super high quality! Great video(s) there Jake!
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate that, thank you!
@TheTigero
3 жыл бұрын
Omg it’s even more impressive when you remember the BSG origins... giggly Jake making videos, that was such a vibe. But you’re correct, these are amazing.
@catmanmliolunny
3 жыл бұрын
And the only payment is he asks you to sub
@chasehalik2092
3 жыл бұрын
@@catmanmliolunny a hefty price
@julianx2rl
3 жыл бұрын
Internet Historian: How you doin' fellow kids.
I was not expecting this one to be on here. Brings back memories when I was a kid first hearing about the spire. I thing I even did a school report on. As a Chicagoan,I think its sad it never happened .
@yolk6851
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@huntrrams
3 жыл бұрын
Ikr! It’s such a cool building. Atleast we have the vista buildings.
I'll hit 60 in a few day's. I remember so many places said to be the greatest are no more . Thanks Jake
@Thetrickyace
2 жыл бұрын
Happy (pretty) late birthday
what’s sad is that if it weren’t for the 2008 recession, this tower would have been built
@angelstaab2093
3 жыл бұрын
@midnitesquirldog1 bush was prez in 2008
@brennanr.697
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if it weren't for the inflated real estate market that caused the recession, this tower never would have been conceived.
@aquntio
3 жыл бұрын
@midnitesquirldog1 only people like you will bring politics into a unmade tower video
@BornIn1500
2 жыл бұрын
@midnitesquirldog1 Biden is even worse than the incompetent 0bama, if that's even possible. We finally got a real economically literate president with Trump and that's why the media (99% far left, BTW) launched the biggest propaganda campaign in American history against him. It was their only hope to keep their Dem sheep voting blue. They ignored the real issues and instead fake incoherent screeches of "sexist, rayyyycis, xenophobic, transphobic, homophobic, etc." in an all out media war to keep their Dems from being logical and to morph them into emotionally fragile children. Reality no longer exists on the left and it must be that way to keep their votes coming.
Honest to God, abandoned is one of my favorite youtube series to watch
@morganlimes
3 жыл бұрын
stfu ✍
@trinitijoy4968
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@AmigaX
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@nutcrusher4673
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah bro I just watch like 50 videos at like 3am and all of the sudden wake up to a monkey swimming lmfao
@ANDRESLOPEZ_24
3 жыл бұрын
@@morganlimes stfu
It scares me how ancient some of these photos look considering how recent ago it was--I feel old
@hadhamalnam
3 жыл бұрын
The bad cgi makes it look super old
@justinreid2422
3 жыл бұрын
You are old🤭
@SorrowAvenue
3 жыл бұрын
I rewatched that one clip from Irish Banks based in the early 2000‘s and felt instant nostalgia. I can’t believe how fast time has went by. Those were truly better days and we were all younger then. Especially any years before 2007. I miss those times. There is truly a certain feeling to that era, and I am surprised that no name had been mentioned yet. The 2000 decade was different entirely and brought new sets of concepts and issues to the table. We are no different from those that miss the 80‘s or the 1990‘s - which we are more closely related to. I feel one day, not too long from now, there will be historians talking about the era and what it meant to be very young and alive then. It has already happened to our older brothers and sisters from the 90‘s. For time keeps ticking on.
@kenneyjake
3 жыл бұрын
I think some of those photos are a bit processed almost like they have a filter applied to them
@JasonFlorida
3 жыл бұрын
@@SorrowAvenue It is amazing how profoundly different every decade since the 1920's was substantially different but it seems like it was a blur from 2000 to now... not much difference between those past 2 decades
I love this channel! It’s so nice that you cover interesting (sometimes eerie) topics, but your calming voice and informative tone makes it possible for me (someone who gets scared very easily) to enjoy them.
Watched one of your sinking cruise ship videos at 8am this morning. It’s now after 3pm and I lost count on how many of the abandoned and cruise ship incident videos I’ve seen. Really great informational and interesting videos. Thanks.
As a Chicagoan, it hurt me ever time I heard "Lake Shore Road"
@tiagoalves2996
3 жыл бұрын
atleast he didn't call Sears Tower "Willis"
@muskokamike127
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine living on Whacker Ave? lol....I guess that's better than Wanker Ave....lol.....
@MoctezumaStudios
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! There is literally a song called 'Lake shore drive' :D
@javen69
3 жыл бұрын
as a Minnesotan it hurt me as well
@jacobtaylor110
3 жыл бұрын
Bahhha well there technically is a lakeshore rd on the north side that is separate from LSD
I was obsessed with skyscrapers as a kid. Growing up in suburban Chicago, I was so ecstatic for this project to be completed. As you can guess, I was heartbroken when it stopped. My mind now bugles with the imagination of what could’ve been:(
@Travelsandmore333
3 жыл бұрын
Bro same here. I would watch constant videos updates on this building as a kid. Went to study architecture and now I work as one. 🥲
@anthonyvallejo1537
2 жыл бұрын
Same here!!! So sad
@edrrrk
2 жыл бұрын
same but except I grew up in a city that could not have buildings over 500 feet due to the airport, but I always liked skyscrapers
@warloew8610
2 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way.
@johntechwriter
2 жыл бұрын
What could have been, in all likelihood, was a very empty, very ugly condominium tower.
ugh i remember following you when you were still Bright Sun Games and only had like 1k followers.... you’ve really grown man... love it!
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
As we've learned in NYC....the insane pencil towers that have popped up in the last few years have many, many problems and ruined the skyline. Chicago should be happy they dodged this building.
@markusbrauns4274
3 жыл бұрын
You guys dodged a bullet, unlike the Millenium Tower in San Francisco.
@mudman6156
3 жыл бұрын
This wasn’t one of those tiny footprint skinny towers like that built in NYC. Those (except one of them) are rather ugly. I certainly wouldn’t want to live in such a slender building as those on billionaire’s row.
Never disappointed when Jake Uploads.
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you
@klevino1179
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms nah, thank YOU
@miesteryt
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the entertainment
@reewoo6220
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms yeah he is right whenever I see that you posted I look forward to watching it😂
@Kaiden-9226
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms loving the content man
Abandoned is probably one of the best series on youtube if not the best
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
I really do appreciate that
@ryy1704
3 жыл бұрын
Nah vsauce mindfield is best, but this is good too
@blackopscw7913
3 жыл бұрын
@@BrightSunFilms Can You Please! Make the original "Closed for storm" Back to public access!! I used to watch it all the time!!!
It blows my mind how money gets thrown in the air In this case spiraled into the ground Great research Jake 🔥👍✌️
Wonder how long it would have taken to be nicknamed the Drill Bit Building or Tap Tower.
It’s always a shame when these incredibly ambitious architecture projects fall through
@lachlanmtb7540
3 жыл бұрын
truly tho
@DFW_Productions
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah
It's even more eco-friendly than planned!
This is why i love your videos Jake, they are great, entertaining, informative & high quality. I hope you and yours are staying safe during this pandemic. Keep up the good work.
I love the clarity in your videos man, keep up the great work!
I went to Chicago for summer vacation a couple summers ago and they talked about this on one of the tours we took of the city
@lordbread2083
3 жыл бұрын
Probably very proud of the plans at the time
@sportsgames2713
3 жыл бұрын
@@lordbread2083 no one is proud about the spire.
@jonnydanger7181
3 жыл бұрын
@@sportsgames2713 they should at least utilize the parking garage
@sportsgames2713
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonnydanger7181 no one is utilizing anything rn, and soon a new project will come to fruition or that double tower plan will start. If not, I when I become a billionaire will do it myself.
@zalac153
3 жыл бұрын
>Summer Vacation >Goes to Chicago Why would you do that to yourself
As a Chicago native, I clicked this so fast when it finally showed up on my page
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it!
"where is luxury condo?!" - Niko Bellic
As a kid growing up in Chicago who loved skyscrapers, I followed the Spire project with rapt attention and let myself get hopelessly carried away each time any glimmer of hope emerged that it might actually get finished. I was disappointed again and again and again and again. It wasn't just the Spire too, the whole city just stopped building anything for years. It was bleak.
@chicagonorthcoast
4 ай бұрын
The whole COUNTRY stopped building after the Great Bust of 2008. There were millions of homes and buildings underwater on their loans, millions more in default, our banking system was tottering, and there was a huge overhang of vacant homes and condos in every price bracket. It was a GREAT time to buy a house or condo because they were being offered at gift prices then, but there was little money available to lend, which is what killed the Spire. Its financing fell through when the market collapsed and financial panic set in across the country, just as construction was about to begin. Many projects everywhere fell through and the financial losses across the country were catastrophic.
"You get a lawsuit!" "You get a lawsuit!" "You get a lawsuit!" "You get a lawsuit!" "You get a lawsuit!" "You get a lawsuit!"
@jashanestone
3 жыл бұрын
All appropriate for that this was in Oprah's Chicago 😂😂😂💯💪🏾
@stevensmith5784
3 жыл бұрын
@@jashanestone 💯💯💯
@professionalbozo4396
3 жыл бұрын
Catchin lawsuits like Pokémon
@jordanangle9666
3 жыл бұрын
Look under your seat, you get a lawsuit!
@robbys5236
3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gets a lawsuit!
The Spire concept images look like a giant drill bit I can't unsee
@austinlawler3739
3 жыл бұрын
In Chicago that was its nickname, The Drill Bit building.
@RetroMMA
3 жыл бұрын
Jeez, so insightful, Twatter...🙄
@AlonsoRules
3 жыл бұрын
it's a syringe
@ryanescobar8980
3 жыл бұрын
Or a Unicorn horn
@alejandropelayo9288
3 жыл бұрын
@@austinlawler3739 I remember the dirty jokes because of the shape of the building and its proximity to the "vagina building"
You deserve a contract with Netflix or Hulu. This is top notch content!
Man, I remember all the talk about this when I was a kid! A lot of the locals hated it because of how it would stick out, and I always wondered what happened to it because it kind of petered out. Now I know! Thanks!
Ha “Spiraling in the wrong direction” that’s funny good job J
@mrbeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant quote
@dragon_ninja_2186
3 жыл бұрын
Missed opportunity to say “Spiraled out of control.”
@kellyweingart3692
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@AluminumOxide
3 жыл бұрын
It resembles a giant drill bit
@jillsmcfarland2001
3 жыл бұрын
Tartarian vortex
BSF: Construction started in 2007 Me: oh no
I remember in 2011 I went to Chicago on a school trip. I was hoping to see this massive spire. I was thoroughly disappointed when it was no where to be seen.
This is awesome. I actually worked the mock up of the interior spaces in the NBC building. I remember we had to lay out fresh plywood for the architect because he wouldn't walk on the floor.
Famous last words: Construction started in summer of 2007
you are legitimately one of my favourite youtubers ever
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@lachlanmtb7540
3 жыл бұрын
Yup same
I love that 2020 can be a new 2008 and I can someday guarantee that every abandoned will have a “then the 2020 pandemic struck” point to explain the collapse of a project
@tylersmith4265
2 жыл бұрын
In 2021 the financial market has bounced back and home building is booming.
@alice45-fgd-456drt
Жыл бұрын
@@tylersmith4265 2022 has entered the chat.
Well done in putting this video together. I always wondered what happened to the site. Hopefully something big and impressive is built in that site.
(Jake refers to the Sears Tower correctly) Well done young Padawon.
@aircooledhead
3 жыл бұрын
But he says “Lakeshore Road” multiple times. Lakeshore ROAD? Seriously?!
Can you even imagine being 7 floors below the ground in a parking garage.. sounds terrifying..
@paulmezhir8354
3 жыл бұрын
Less than 40 yards from the lakeshore and on "landfill" property, nonetheless.
@tomrogers9467
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulmezhir8354 sounds like a good basis for a disaster film: “Trapped in a Wet Volvo” (I think I spelled that correctly)?
@1painter4hire
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, especially where it's located, I live here, Last place you want to be stuck in a 1- in 1-out situation. .
@josiealmanza6551
3 жыл бұрын
imagine being the person who has to park all the way at the bottom and there’s an emergency evacuation.. goodbye lol
@biohazardlnfS
3 жыл бұрын
I mean realistically most of this building foundations are already that deep on the first place and no most are not solid. It would be like being on the 3 floor of underground parking garages. As far as the land thats why you'd have such a deep foundation
Me starting this video: I've never heard of this. I wonder what happened? Narrator: They broke ground in 2007. Me: Oh no...
@cameroncalzone8860
3 жыл бұрын
soon the same thing will be true of buildings that broke ground in 2020
Glad I found your channel. Here's some encouragement for today. Thanks for sharing. Keep building
They say that "every great American architect left a masterpiece in Chicago." And I believe it is true. Chicago has the most beautiful skyline of any major city.
@Polack-ml9fh
3 жыл бұрын
It is a beautiful city.
@turquoise_hexagon_sun
3 жыл бұрын
Just too bad it’s full of Chicagoans
@redditstop1653
3 жыл бұрын
@@turquoise_hexagon_sun ok Suburbanite
@karld001
3 жыл бұрын
@@turquoise_hexagon_sun I love your name us be nice as you shit on a who city
@stopmakingsense9915
2 жыл бұрын
A nice skyline yes, but it has nothing on NY in terms of the number and density of skyscrapers
I guess this tower didn't In-spire
@cloed0ll
3 жыл бұрын
I-
@radial2335
3 жыл бұрын
😐
@atlas_1802
3 жыл бұрын
@@cloed0ll I- what? speak child
@bmstylee
3 жыл бұрын
BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! GET OFF THE STAGE!!!!!!!!!
@kiwikiwi2483
3 жыл бұрын
Take my 💵 and 🏃
Almost 1M subs dude! Congrats! I have been subbed since 350K I think and have been watching you since about 50-100K Been a long time fan and will be for years to come!
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Thanks again, Jake - for another thought provoking presentation.
I live in chicago and this was literally 5 years too early if they didn’t waste so much time and money on it it would work bow
@alexandredasilva8797
3 жыл бұрын
Hello fellow Chicagoan!
@huntrrams
3 жыл бұрын
Hello other fellow Chicagoan! I agree our city spends too much on useless things.
@nikogardeakos4534
3 жыл бұрын
@@huntrrams yes our three main priorities should be to modernize the south and west side s fix the school system and probably build in that land
@alexandredasilva8797
3 жыл бұрын
@@nikogardeakos4534 if only our mayor could have the guts to actually do something. There’s a lot that can be fixed in this city but we need political powers to help us. Illinois isn’t really that state for that but hey, we’re stuck and we can change Chicago as citizens!
@nikogardeakos4534
3 жыл бұрын
@@alexandredasilva8797 yeah our political leaders are weak they are ruining our city
This is the 50th BSF video I’ve watched in less than 24 hours. Jake, you’re so good!! I can’t stop watching them!! Also a fellow Canadian/Ontarian!!
My parents used to live in Lake Point Tower and we had an amazing view of the hole. I knew the Spire was supposed to be built there, but I never knew about the details. Thank you for explaining what happened!
Lmao I remember going on tours in Chicago during its construction and the tour guides still hyping up a a hole saying it was gonna be greatest thing in Chicago
This should’ve been built. We needed a 2000 footer in the birthplace of the skyscraper
@frankesposito2182
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the Birthplace of the Skyscraper was Staten island!
@iZCroikey
3 жыл бұрын
@@frankesposito2182 No chicago is famous for being the birthplace of the skyscraper. Its just that New York eventually took over as strict building laws kept Chicago behind. But as a result, people had to get creative to get noticed since any more height was out of the picture.
@xMrRAGER6
3 жыл бұрын
@@frankesposito2182 what? 😂 😂 😂
I wanted this to get built so badly. I remember being hugely disappointed when I found out it had fallen through.
How have I never found you before? These videos are awesome!
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Almost at a million subscribers! We can all say we knew you when. WELL DONE!
From Spain, an important message: Never. Trust. Santiago Calatrava
@mats7492
3 жыл бұрын
He’s known to fail?
@deadsec_xz1541
3 жыл бұрын
@@mats7492 Nah, fuck this guy. Santiago Calatrava has designed some of the world s most amaizing buildings
@japuchi
3 жыл бұрын
@@mats7492 there's a long story of failed developments and self-destroying buildings from this guy, both in Spain and over the world. So yes, you'd better run from Calatrava.
@KogaInTheMoon
3 жыл бұрын
@@mats7492 In Spain is known for be linked with lots of failed, bad-quality and never-constructed buildings, and be involved in a few corruption cases, Valencia is the biggest case
@frodo322
3 жыл бұрын
He’s not to blame that financing stopped, he only designed the building.
I remember the excitement surrounding The Spire. I was living in Chicago from 2006-2016 so I was following the drama as it happened. I was very disappointed when it didn't happen. I thought it was such a cool building! Chicago's very own unicorn horn.
It makes me happy that you made a video about a building from around where I live its nice
"Mommy, what's that on the floor?" "A big old metal baguette."
Im still kind of sad this didn't ever get built. As a chicagoan I would have been so proud.
@stclairstclair
3 жыл бұрын
Chairman Meow, Yeah they could have used it as another excuse to raise taxes and tolls, You can drive the entire country and find only a few shitholes that toll you like Shit-Clogged-O.
@peter455sd
3 жыл бұрын
Shitcongo
@AyeCarumba221
2 жыл бұрын
There’s no other reason to have pride in your city? Sad state of affairs my friend.
@ChairmanMeow1
2 жыл бұрын
@@AyeCarumba221 ...what? Every major city has landmarks that the citizens take pride in. You must live in a shithole.
@johnsmith-cw3wo
2 жыл бұрын
@@ChairmanMeow1 CHI-town have many landmarks
On behalf of all Chicagoans, thank you for calling it the "Sears Tower" and not the Willis Tower.
@redacted25353
3 жыл бұрын
Why is so bad about the new name?
@alanhawkins808
2 жыл бұрын
Because, “What You talking about Sears” makes a lot more sense.
@thelonn
2 жыл бұрын
Hay, don’t say the forbidden word.
@davidrossi1486
2 жыл бұрын
It’s still Sears tower to me, and I’m Australian. If I say, I went to the viewing deck of Willis Tower no one will know what I’m talking about. The view from the John Hancock is better anyway.
@mikemancini313
2 жыл бұрын
Calling it the Sears tower is essentially just dragging the dead legacy of what Sears used to be. Quite Ironic people still call it the Sears Tower considering Sears has had some of the worst CEOs and has gone bankrupt. Bright Sun Films even made abandoned episodes on both Sears and Kmart so I'm not sure why anyone would call it the Sears Tower considering how bad of a company they have been known for in recent times.
welcome to the comments section! here, we have 40% recession jokes 40% sears/willis tower jokes 20% random comments
i love these abandoned videos they r epic!
I remember long boarding by this 2 years ago and some how managed to sneak up to that hole. Had no idea it was this project. Crazy
Imagine this actually being built and then being abondoned, WHOLE FCKNG SKYSCRAPER A B O N D O N E D
@michaellovely6601
3 жыл бұрын
An example of this would be the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
@hadhamalnam
3 жыл бұрын
The thing is, that wouldnt happen. If the building was near completion and running out of finances, it would be super easy to get new investments because investors would be confident that it would get completed and thus that they would get a return. After the building is completed, relatively speaking its incredibly cheap to start selling condos and raking in a cash flow.
@ChavanAr
3 жыл бұрын
There were quite a few of those in Asia, having been built just before the Asian financial crisis. Most of them had found tenants now, though.
@emjayay
3 жыл бұрын
@@michaellovely6601 And a high rise in Venezuela that was half finished and occupied by squatters. Because Venezuela.
@michaellovely6601
3 жыл бұрын
@@emjayay Venezuela is just as bad if not worse than North Korea.
Chicago dodged a bullet there. Calatrava is quite the infamous guy here in his native Spain, just have a look at his history. Almost every single big project he's designed has not only been over budget, but also filled with structural issues, and remained problematic even long after finished. His name is always accompanied by laughs
The concept of the spire still looks timeless today.
Months I've been trying to find a channel that talks about abandoned and bankrupt things
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
You’ll find it here, that’s for sure
@miesteryt
3 жыл бұрын
Lucky you have just discovered this, your gonna be binging for ages
@skrumpo
3 жыл бұрын
Well, you’ve struck gold then.
@JakeTheBear1
3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the binge watch!
@driftingbot79
3 жыл бұрын
@@JakeTheBear1 I will
"Spiraling in the wrong direction" *What a legend.*
Great content. I really like skyscrapers. I think you should do more. 👍
In my fictional world, this place never gets abandoned and still successful
I remember when i first discovered your channel you had like 150k Now youre almost at one million
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it crazy?
@blackopscw7913
3 жыл бұрын
Same
3 жыл бұрын
@@blackopscw7913 same
Now it’s called “Hoffa’s Hole”. Don’t get too close kids.
@guynorth3277
3 жыл бұрын
He's in some I-75 off ramp foundation. They had tons of work going on at that time.
@Perdoct
3 жыл бұрын
it was constructed in 2007 way past hoffas death
@kissthesky40
3 жыл бұрын
@@Perdoct Omg it was a joke.
@thebestchannel5456
3 жыл бұрын
That's Detroit's guy lol
@jonathantan2469
3 жыл бұрын
Kids these days wouldn't know who Mr. Hoffa was... :D
You do an Awesome Job telling the background story of abandon structures, you should have a show on Discovery TV!😉
chicago truly has an awe inspiring skyline. I remember driving into chicago for the first time from i90. i was absolutely dumfounded, You can see it 50 miles away. Truly a beautiful city. I stayed at some fancy hotel downtown and order lou malnatis pizza. the whole city had an upbeat vibe it was poppin.
i bet all the money was put into that high-quality video of the tower
@darthXreven
3 жыл бұрын
naww, it went into the concrete and probably other stuff..... something about twins, cake, some blow maybe and I'd buy that for a dollar?? 😈
I grew up not far from Chicago, and I remember constantly hearing about the Spire drama during middle school and high school. I remember even seeing that silly model of it in person. I always wondered what came of the whole thing. Obviously, I knew it was abandoned, because I went to college in Chicago proper, and it wasn't in my field of vision on a daily basis, but I'm glad to finally know the story in full.
Oh look at that. More amazing content. Thank you for the time you invest into these.
@BrightSunFilms
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Brother your videos are so entertaining and interesting. A rare find on KZread!
@BrightSunFilms
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
"30% of the condos have already been sold." The ultimate in preorder hype that won't pay off.
Love how it was referred as “Sears Tower”
@drkatel
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve given up. My brain is always going to default to calling it the Sears.
@LovelySteph
3 жыл бұрын
It will always be the Sears Tower to me.
@ellisz5972
3 жыл бұрын
It was Sears tower so long. It's hard to get your head around "Wilton Tower".
@VegasMilgauss
3 жыл бұрын
I’ll just correct you. It’s called the willis tower.
@raul2934
3 жыл бұрын
@@VegasMilgauss you’re not from Chicago are you ?
In the summer of 2000, I was living in Scottsdale, AZ. During a lunch break, I read an article in Popular Mechanics about a tower to be built in Chicago called (some 2 or 3 digit number) Dearborn. It was supposed to have cantilevered floors with air spaces between the floors (except near the center core) to help with airflow/wind resistance. I remember being excited, as it was supposed to be about 2000' or a bit higher. 9/11 all but killed it, it was assumed.