I have a source who says it should be resuming this month. There were issues with deck steel girders which stalled it for a bit. BHH was just speculating
It wasn't a personal attack, just an opinion towards those types of pictures as a whole. Maybe there could be a thread for skyline shots unless there's one already
I personally get disappointed when I see a thread has a new post and then find out it's some blurry zoomed in shot from 25 miles away. But that's just me
I would be more optimistic than that. The concrete substructure will likely get clad with the finished rendering arch sweeps (more curved) similar to the column at Winthrop Tower that they just installed (and then removed for some reason). Check out that thread and you might agree
You can tell it's going to be growing further towards the street (out of your computer screen) because the last steel beam in that truss has tabs pointing towards the street. Just an FYI in general for looking at steel under construction
I would imagine those are just erection beams and will come down once the main steel is structurally acceptable to stand on its own. Tubes are way too small to be permanent I think
There is actually still a core it's just made out of steel if you look closely at the cross bracing running in the middle. Some go this route for various reasons - the hub on causeway office tower did it because it's much lighter than concrete and was going on top of the existing podium that was...
I would imagine it's due to the large cantilever and also the fact that this site probably has high wind loads - cores provide significant lateral support for the rest of the structure. Just a guess though