Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire Officially Dead

Following bad news from nearly the very beginning of its construction, it appears that Santiago Calatrava‘s Chicago Spire, which was set to be North America’s new largest skyscraper, is officially dead. Crain’s Chicago Business broke the story this week that one of the banks behind the project has filed a $77 million foreclosure suit against its development company, Shelbourne Development Ltd. The writing had been on the wall since almost immediately after ground was broken back in 2008, with the economy wreaking