Channel: Bright Sun Films

Category: Entertainment

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Description: The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: skl.sh/brightsunfilms02211 Among all of the ambitious development projects in the early 2000's, perhaps there was none more spectacular and iconic than the Chicago Spire. A concept to fill a long vacant plot of land at the mouth of the Chicago River. The Spire was planned to be the tallest skyscraper in America and briefly in the world. However a series of financial catastrophes then ensued leaving an enormous abandoned foundation. This is the Chicago Spire. Patreon - patreon.com/BrightSunFilms Reddit - reddit.com/r/brightsunfilms Twitter - twitter.com/BrightSunFilms Personal Twitter - twitter.com/datJakeWilliams Instagram - instagram.com/brightsunfilms My Upcoming Feature Documentary - closedforstorm.com -------------- BrightSunFilms 2021 Media in this episode has been supplied by Getty Images.