# Hey, what's that new building in the Loop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 19, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378 "2011-08-19T22:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/1 "2011-08-19T22:24:57Z")
I haven’t been on south LSD for a few months, but today I was driving north past Soldier Field and noticed something new. A building I had never noticed before, partially obscuring the CNA Building. It looked like it was just south of the CNA, shaped like a big slab, but with a bit of an “hour glass” waist in the middle. The surface looked like blue and gray checkerboard. Anyone know what this is? And if they just built it from scratch over the summer? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/2 "2011-08-20T00:24:14Z")
Never mind; my Google-Fu came through after all. It is the new Roosevelt University multi-use building. [Very Cool!](http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/4734/The-New-Roosevelt-University-Building.php) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/3 "2011-08-20T01:43:04Z")
Yeah, I can’t wait til it’s finished. Just that little bit that’s done looks very cool. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/4 "2011-08-20T05:41:57Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Never mind; my Google-Fu came through after all. It is the new Roosevelt University multi-use building. [Very Cool!](http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/4734/The-New-Roosevelt-University-Building.php) So it isn’t just me! I literally was driving my SO to her job this morning and said “how long has that building been there?” Neither of us had any idea. I just assumed it was one of those buildings that have been there for years and that I only just noticed because I decided to pay attention. How quickly did that go up, then? ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/5 "2011-08-20T13:37:21Z")
Looks like construction started in [April of last year](http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7391865). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/6 "2011-08-31T03:33:43Z")
No, it has always been there. The question is whether it had always been there last week. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_in\_Chicago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@Tom\_in\_Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_in_Chicago)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-whats-that-new-building-in-the-loop/593378/7 "2011-09-07T21:14:59Z")
You’re right to be surprised. . . as far as tall buildings go here in Chicago, this one had an aggressive construction schedule. . . construction started mid-April of 2010. . . [http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179654](http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=179654) . . .