Mike Lamb Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Click to Enlarge 158.94 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cool. Is that the Reliance? I can't tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I don't know. This is near Dearborn and just N. of Van Buren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 That's a great shot. Looks more like a painting. Any special effects or just the right lighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Nope, not Reliance. Reliance is @ 1 W. Washington. That's the Fisher Building. Beautiful. Cool shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspectorjoe Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 That is a cool shot. I'm intrigued by the fire escape. I've never seen one even half that height. I don't know if I could go on it from mid-point, up. I get nervous on 3 story fire escapes. That's probably because many if not most I inspect are not maintained, are severely rusted and are often pulling away from the wall at one or more areas. I'm guessing that with a building that size, fire escape maintenance is taken more seriously than it is with the typical slumlord-owned building in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks for your remarks. I certainly wasn't inspecting, just walking by. I don't think Chgo. has any scheduled inspection for the fire escapes. Maybe the fire dept. looks at them but I doubt it. Like Joe says, I have never seen one that wasn't severely rusted or pulling away from the bldg. and those were 2 to 3 story jobs. The photo is all real except for the sky which was a solid grey. The image deserved better so I pasted in the clouds from another pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've run up and down a couple 12 story jobs. I"m not normally prone to vertigo, but I found myself shaking and panicking....had to stop, lay down, collect myself before I could continue. There is actually an inspection program for them, but like everything else @ the CCBD, it's a can of worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 too much to look at in a rectangle format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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