The first handful of glass curtain wall panels have been installed on the hotel tower for Bally’s Casino in River West. The panels were put in place last week on the east façade of the tower, along the Chicago River.
It is not clear yet if this is the beginning of many more to soon follow, or if they are test panels that will be removed. Social media posts from Friday, including a shot of the glass from inside, have since been taken down.
As for upward progress on the 34-story, 500-room hotel, crews are working now on pouring the 15th floor. And when I say “now” I can’t say with any certainty what size crew is working on any particular day in the brutal cold, but the construction site was active Monday. Hardy lot, those folks.
