# Chicago | James R. Thompson Center | 308 FT | 17 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Chicago\ **Created:** [September 25, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413 "2020-09-25T20:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/82 "2023-06-08T01:18:33Z")
Just because it was recently posted doesn’t mean it was recent. I went to the thread on SSC, and it links to the exact article from last year ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/83 "2023-06-08T13:28:30Z")
Especially since Google is currently shedding office space like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/84 "2023-08-28T16:42:35Z")
> **[Potential Completion Date Revealed For Thompson Center Redevelopment -...](https://chicagoyimby.com/2023/08/55832.html)** > > A potential completion date has been revealed for the Thompson Center redevelopment at 100 W Randolph Street in The Loop. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/85 "2023-08-29T13:23:36Z")
This building needs to be landmarked. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/86 "2023-10-06T17:28:14Z")
> **[Should the Thompson Center be used as a temp shelter for migrants?](https://wgnradio.com/the-althimer-show/should-the-thompson-center-be-used-as-a-temp-shelter-for-migrants/)** > > Roger Romanelli, of the Chicago-Cook County Coalition for Humane Migrant Management, joins The Althimer Show to explain why the now vacant Thompson Center is the perfect place to temporarily house … ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/87 "2023-10-18T23:31:27Z")
> **[Thompson Center's Atrium, Facade To Be Demolished](https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10/18/thompson-centers-atrium-facade-to-be-demolished/)** > > Google is expected to turn the building into offices for its workers. Some sad news to report ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/88 "2023-10-19T00:12:56Z")
Don’t you just love how when someone is responsible for something major, they unfortunately die and someone else has to ruin it. That’s happening too much these days, especially outside architecture ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/89 "2023-10-19T14:11:03Z")
This is a crime. I’m glad I saw it when it was new. ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/90 "2023-12-13T16:20:36Z")
> **[Google releases new renderings of planned Thompson Center makeover](https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/12/13/23998897/google-new-renderings-thompson-center-makeover-transparent-facade-lee-bey-archtecture)** > > The renovation would keep the atrium and have a more transparent facade and a new plaza. But we need to see more, architecture critic Lee Bey writes. ![Screenshot_20231213-111925](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/b/eb8fa77230c34192997c6a03fba4b28c1caa31d4.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20231213-111942](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/a/fa27880e3b3a5fbc02721aa4610fa04c9c63962c.jpeg) Photos via Google ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/91 "2023-12-14T14:29:07Z")
Looks good! ---
**Author:** ![Alemel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alemel/32/91966_2.png) [@Alemel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Alemel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/92 "2023-12-14T15:44:59Z")
Really good!! I’m relieved - I read no long ago that Google planned to demolish it ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/93 "2023-12-15T14:55:59Z")
That would have been horrible. ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/94 "2024-05-03T01:47:43Z")
> **[Red, white and blooey? Demolition begins on Thompson Center exterior](https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/05/02/demolition-thompson-center-google)** > > Google bought the 39-year-old building for $105 million in 2022 with plans to redevelop it into its Chicago headquarters for 2,000 of its employees. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/95 "2024-08-23T00:35:59Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![AntonioL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/antoniol/32/139225_2.png) [@AntonioL](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/AntonioL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/96 "2024-08-25T20:59:10Z")
![IMG_0184](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/c/5c8ebf295391c8be7ae5950610bc452683f9032b.jpeg) ![IMG_0183](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/4/547d0f3240207b96599564890ed0774bb517f59e.jpeg) ![IMG_0182](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/d/9d1e5706573b5b2704bbf502d971b2ad85445dd0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/97 "2024-09-14T11:06:57Z")
> **[Renovation work continues on the skeletal remains of the Thompson Center -...](https://chicagoyimby.com/2024/09/renovation-work-continues-on-the-skeletal-remains-of-the-thompson-center.html)** > > Renovation work on the Thompson Center in The Loop continues, as more of the curved façade facing Randolph and Clark Streets has been stripped of its original cladding. Photo by Daniel Schell ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/2/72a8641847c77eaea96f9bf2ae5df12d4ed29d33.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/98 "2024-09-14T19:41:29Z")
I’m glad I saw it in the original form. It was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/99 "2024-10-31T14:39:37Z")
> **[New Google rendering gives an early glimpse of former Thompson Center...](https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/10/31/new-google-rendering-former-thompson-center-atrium-future-lee-bey-column)** > > The rendering obtained by the Sun-Times is the first look Google has provided of its vision for the remade interior of the Helmut Jahn-designed icon. ![1000035188](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/b/cb8946e5034243e5980cbea4bcb96fba31476c2a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/100 "2025-01-30T23:13:17Z")
[OxBlue Construction Time-Lapse Cameras](https://app.oxblue.com/cameras/d32bf6faa1884446adf0a0bbc7b44390?openlink=clarkconstruction/underconstruction) Construction Cam ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/f/ffc0b21b2e9d4e9d2ad402633b7588df265f905e.jpeg) Photo by Daniel Schell > **[Chicago's Sixth Tower Crane Is Up And Lifting At The Thompson Center -...](https://chicagoyimby.com/2025/01/chicagos-sixth-tower-crane-is-up-and-lifting-at-the-thompson-center.html)** > > Chicago has six tower cranes operating around the city, now that general contractor Clark Construction has finished installing theirs at the Thompson Center in The Loop. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413/101 "2025-03-12T10:38:16Z")
> **[First Row Of New Glass Works Its Way Around The Thompson Center - Chicago YIMBY](https://chicagoyimby.com/2025/03/first-row-of-new-glass-works-its-way-around-the-thompson-center.html)** > > One row of glass, just above street level, is making its way around the Thompson Center, as Google renovations continue at Helmut Jahn's Loop office building. Photos by Daniel Schell ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/2/b289e23d4925c3473accd45be8ee18c4a13cfe5f.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/8/7858a3e4ce929b38c2790d257ea5172c4743e805.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/a/3a77ffbfc86107d964e2e612a9f6a65021cdf8c2.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/chicago-james-r-thompson-center-308-ft-17-floors/17413.md?page=6)