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[11] [12] In mid-October 2018, the Chicago Plan Commission approved the plans for the city's second tallest building. [13] Chicago City Council approved the plans in an October 31 meeting. [14] Minor revisions were unveiled on November 20, 2019, [15] and on May 8, 2020, the project received final approval. Construction has not yet started.
On June 23, 2014, Integrys announced that it was being acquired by Wisconsin Energy Corporation for $9.1 billion. [1] Also in 2014, Integrys entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP for $298.9 million. [2]
The East Greenwich Gas Works of the South Metropolitan Gas Company was the last gas works to be built in London, and the most modern. Originally manufacturing town gas from coal brought in by river and exporting coke and chemicals, the plant was adapted to produce gas from oil in the 1960s. Nothing remains of any of the gas holders; the last ...
Greenwich Powder Magazine (as it appeared in 1738) The peninsula was drained by Dutch engineers in the 16th century, allowing it to be used as pasture land. In the 17th century, Blackwall Point (the northern tip of the peninsula, opposite Blackwall) gained notoriety as a location where pirates' corpses were hung in cages as a deterrent to other would-be pirates.
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On July 21, 2011, Davies announced his plans for the Twin Towers within the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment. [2] [3] Davies' plans were filed by his company, International Property Developers. [4] A previous 2,000-foot (610 m) building plan for the Chicago Spire stalled during the Great Recession. [4] The plan was approved on July 18 ...
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Paul Gapp lauded the reuse of the old facade as a brave gamble that paid off and "fits its financial canyon environs in fine fashion and friendly compatability ." [ 5 ] Gapp particularly hailed the work of the structural engineering firm Cohen-Barreto-Marchertas in preserving the Otis Building's perimeter ...
19 June 1996: Greenwich Peninsula site selected over Birmingham by the Millennium Commission. The Birmingham NEC, Pride Park in Derby and Bromley-by-Bow in East London were the other locations on the final short list. [citation needed] December 1996: Government decides to support the project with public money after being unable to raise private ...