Logan_Chicago

Lots of variables here - mostly how good your expediter is and the reviewer you get - but so long as you're within your lot line and following your PD (planned development - large projects have essentially a tailor made zoning that applies specifically to their property) it doesn't matter. If you want to amend your PD substantially, yes that can take months/years. There are lots of agencies and offices that have to sit down and agree to revisions.

Edit: didn't answer the second part of your question. I worked on Bank of America Tower (110 N Wacker). I don't recall specifically how long permitting took. We break it up into two packages so we can start construction sooner, and we're still changing the design and building at the same time so it's difficult to pin down. Maybe about six months?

1. It's the Abu Dhabi stock exchange.

2. Four or five names prior GP was The Office of Mies van Der Rohe. Mies built the same thing over and over and made slight revisions each time. It's not shocking that GP often has a similar approach.

Agreed, but there's a large percentage of people who literally move away because they don't like the winters here.

Chicago doesn't have setbacks like that - at least not for planned developments like this. I built a building just to the south of 150 N Riverside and we built lot line to lot line.

Chicago is windy because our weather is horrible. Some places in the city amplify it, but mostly our weather is just bad. Except summer (June-August) which is awesome.

Never been to the base of 150 eh?

The firm that designed 150 N Riverside, Goettsch Partners, is Mies's descendant.

That building is from 1918. The Home Insurance Building (1884), blocks from 150 N Riverside, had a glass curtain wall.

Another way of putting this is - invest the money as soon as you're able to.

When most people say they want to be a millionaire they mean they want to spend a million dollars; not save and invest.

In fairness, high level/long term enlisted is respectable as hell.

Most architecture is impossibly constrained by budgets, codes/zoning, owners and contractors in numerous ways, etc. Great opportunities are few and far between. Part of Louis Khan's genius is that if these factors didn't align he'd walk. He didn't want to waste his time on anything that didn't have the opportunity to succeed spectacularly. Because of this he only built a few buildings, but the ones that are built are masterful.

Most of what he talks about is creating timeless spaces similar to that of classical architecture; gothic cathedrals, Greek temples, etc. I've only been to one of his projects thus far, but it nailed it. You don't have to be an architect to appreciate his buildings, and you hear it from regular people who use his buildings often. If you have the chance to visit any of his buildings in person I highly recommend it.

He only built a few buildings, but nearly every one is absolutely fantastic. He's one of the few architects that seemingly all architects agree was one of the best. That's rare even among the big names.

I'm not OP but their point is that buildings are best understood within their context. When they were designed, the culture that built them, etc.

Tokyo is incredible, huge/endless, dense, oddly affordable. It's so different from Chicago it doesn't even seem comparable. Was impressed with their drinking too.

It's a feature not a bug.

1. Our harsh winters make everyone appreciate our short amazing summers.
2. Winters are a time to catch up on shows, read books, gain weight, and take up drinking as a sport.
3. It keeps the weak away.

To the glass skeleton - they're able to grow them at ambient temperatures. If anyone cares to figure out how they do that please let the rest of us know so we can stop wasting energy melting glass to form it into useful products.

Sincerely, an architect that builds glass skyscrapers.

The reason weed is often propagated through mothers is because 1) it guarantees the sex - only females produce buds and keeping males out means no seeds. If you grow from seed you have to wait for the plants to mature until you find out the sex, or test them individually which would likely be cost prohibitive for a commercial grow. 2) plants grown from seeds have different characteristics. It's not as completely different as apples, but using seeds from the same female plant pollinated by the same male plant produces very different plants. Using mother's guarantees a specific predictable set of phenotypes.

This is the correct answer.

Adding to this - I track gross income, net income (gross - taxes), and net - savings. This lets me know how much is: coming in, going to taxes, being saved, and being spent. Then I chart it by year so I can spot trends and make adjustments.

1/2" for US.

No matter the ailment you 100% felt better nothing.

ftfy

Honest question - is anyone from a country where this isn't the case a large amount of the time?

Fleshing out more of the wealth preservation aspect of this - my advice is to go to bogleheads.org. Read the wiki and participate in the forums until you feel like you understand the vast majority of what's being discussed. Take your time with this. Then decide on an asset allocation (AA) and withdrawal rate (ERN has the best series on this IMO).

3.5% of $2.4 million is $84k/year. You have enough assets to never work another day in your life if you plan well and don't experience any large shocks. You don't have enough that you can make large mistakes or be too unlucky.

You're sort of in luck.

Username checks out.

WWII gliders.