The $93 Million Hole In Chicago

摘要

At 150 stories and a height of 2,000 feet, the Chicago Spire was meant to be the tallest building in North America. Designed by the celebrated Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and estimated to cost $1 billion, its drill-bit shape and near-stratospheric altitude promised to "change the skyline," says Lynn Osmond, president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Construction began in 2007. Within a year its lead developer, Garrett Kelleher, the founder and executive chairman of Ireland's Shelbourne Development Group, ran out of money.