The silver coloured 92-storey Trump Tower continues to climb high into the Chicago sky. The final but tallest 'set-back' which starts opposite the top of the old IBM building office (now to be part hotel) is currently under construction. The glass monster can now be seen from many vantage points downtown with it's unique asymmetrical shape giving the building a different appearance from each angle.

As you get closer to the building, opposite to where I used to live on the 46th floor, it still very much looks like a building site, however peer through the protective scaffolding and plastic screens on Wabash Avenue into the huge high-ceilinged foyer and you will see white-gloved, grey-suited men greeting guests.

This is because some of the hotel is open, including a restaurant on the 16th floor, called er, 16. We plan to go with some friends soon and I look forward to giving you my thoughts particularly as I have watched what will be tallest ever residential building in the world grow from nothing 3 years ago.

Whilst the top part will be for residents the lower portion will be a hotel and rooms are already available for $445 a night. A bottle of water from the mini-bar encrusted in Swarovski crystal is $25 apparently!