Construction and Tower Cranes [Photos, Sightings]

dweebe · PostSep 25, 2014#262014-09-25T15:31+00:00

roger wyoming II wrote:My young 'un was excited to see 4 cranes from his school playground near BJC. I thought to myself, "Ah.... my little Chalupas!"

My 4 year old goes positively apesh*t every time we pass the mobile double crane at the IKEA site.

Monday: DADDY! IT'S A DOUBLE CRANE!
Tuesday: DADDY! IT'S A DOUBLE CRANE!
Wednesday: DADDY! IT'S A DOUBLE CRANE!
Thursday DADDY! IT'S A DOUBLE CRANE!
I'll give you a wild guess what he'll do tomorrow.

framer · PostSep 26, 2014#272014-09-26T02:01+00:00

^Has he seen the double tower-cranes at West Pine & Euclid?

dweebe · PostSep 26, 2014#282014-09-26T15:35+00:00

framer wrote:^Has he seen the double tower-cranes at West Pine & Euclid?

Yup. I almost have to plan my trip routes with him to avoid construction sites.

BTW: looks like they added a second crane to the IKEA site yesterday.

roger wyoming II · PostSep 26, 2014#292014-09-26T16:02+00:00

^ Hopefully the little guy hasn't noticed the new (mobile) red crane at what I believe must be the parking garage project on Duncan. We don't want any potential accidents to happen!

PostSep 27, 2014#302014-09-27T17:17+00:00

roger wyoming II wrote:
arch city wrote:Scott McKinley Research Building @ Washington University Medical Center

The McKinley Research Building has pretty much completed its skeleton.

Also just noticed that this building is very much visible from northbound Kingshighway... it should be a very nice visual. Cant' really see it from the 64 trench though unless you're really looking.

dweebe · PostOct 10, 2014#312014-10-10T16:51+00:00

They're now up to three cranes at the IKEA site.

KerrytheKonstructor · PostMay 13, 2015#322015-05-13T03:26+00:00

I thought I should mention the tower crane at Progress Pkwy (270/Dorsett) for new Ed Jones construction. Its kinda short and wide (of course), but for those that don't make it out to MH often I thought I'd mention it anyway. Hopefully (at least), these shiny new low squatting highway sidlers eventually give rise to new towers downtown somehow. I'm sorry for not having any pics at this time.

arch city · PostMay 19, 2015#332015-05-19T17:16+00:00

gary kreie · PostMay 22, 2015#342015-05-22T11:10+00:00

Wow. CWE is a Crane Forest.

courtland · PostMay 22, 2015#352015-05-22T12:27+00:00

I like to see some of these cranes on the North Riverfront in the not to distant future

framer · PostMay 22, 2015#362015-05-22T17:00+00:00

We need to spread these kinds of photos to the rest of the world to show that yes, things are happening in St. Louis. BTW, Arch City and gasm are both great at getting the pics out over social media. Keep 'em coming, guys!

roger wyoming II · PostJan 14, 2016#372016-01-14T00:47+00:00

arch city wrote:

This pic is so 2015! (Second SLU crane now up)

arch city · PostJan 14, 2016#382016-01-14T04:37+00:00

Second crane? Which site?

roger wyoming II · PostJan 14, 2016#392016-01-14T04:47+00:00

^ for the second dorm site.... I thought I could tell the support was going up yesterday and sure enough the whole thing was erect in it's full glory this afternoon,

framer · PostJan 14, 2016#402016-01-14T05:19+00:00

Numbers 1, 2, 6 & 7 are down now, but we've added two for the Coal Bunker Building and one for Opus.

roger wyoming II · PostJan 14, 2016#412016-01-14T17:11+00:00

^ right, things are a changing..... right now there are 6 cranes up in the CWE (3 at BJC, 2 @ Coal Bunker and 1 at Opus) and 2 in Midtown (SLU dorms). And driving by today, it looks like we can expect a crane at the STLCOP site soon.

I hope that Chalupas kid gets to see all the glory!

PostJan 30, 2016#422016-01-30T14:19+00:00

^ there'll be no crane at STLCOP, unfortunately... but for those in need of a crane porn fix here is a neat timelapse of the BJC Campus Renewal:

caution: does contain images of demolition

andrewarkills · PostJan 30, 2016#432016-01-30T16:46+00:00

^I knew you'd like that when I retweeted it, RW!

moorlander · PostJan 31, 2016#442016-01-31T16:12+00:00

PostMar 02, 2016#452016-03-02T14:11+00:00

Brentwood

hebeters2 · PostMar 02, 2016#462016-03-02T14:19+00:00

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technol ... anes-fall/

roger wyoming II · PostMar 14, 2016#472016-03-14T19:03+00:00

I was surprised to see a crane at the development along 64 just before 170 behind the Magna Place building.

moorlander · PostMar 14, 2016#482016-03-14T19:12+00:00

^There are actually 3 cranes

PostJun 05, 2016#492016-06-05T19:35+00:00

212meramec

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Chalupas54 · PostJul 06, 2018#502018-07-06T19:06+00:00

When coming over the Poplar Street Bridge, for around 0.7 of a second, you can see all the Central Corridor cranes. It truly gives such an awesome view. Not gonna lie, I've longed for the day to see the St Louis skyline dotted with cranes- finally its here.

Also of note, at Fair St Louis the other day I was standing next to some people from Louisville, KY. They remarked "St Louis must be booming with all of these cranes."

Good to hear.

Construction and Tower Cranes [Photos, Sightings]

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