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Willis Tower - 233 S Wacker
December 23, 2019
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^ That tile/brick/whatever… yikes |
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I wish they would have committed to a more seamless extension or gone fully in the opposite direction with something that more deliberately contrasted with the tower. This is just kind of awkwardly middling. |
47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin has denied a request to downzone Andersonville/Uptown south of Foster.
https://twitter.com/AldMattMartin/st...42508540035072 |
sears tower base definitely could have been better design wise, but the new amenities and activated street serving the office space and visitors over rides it for me. happy with it for what it is
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939 W Fulton
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I rather like the tile on the Sears tower base. Adds some nice texture.
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Finally! A This old strip mall has bugged me forever. It's steps from the Addison brown line and makes this big intersection feel so desolate (although it's not helped at all by the drive-thru Dunkin Donuts across the street...)
Currently: https://www.google.com/maps/place/17...!4d-87.6730912 PROJECT NAME 1744 W. Addison DETAILS Applicant is seeking to build a 6-story (72 ft) mixed-use building. Commercial-retail and residential amenity spaces at grade level, and 50 dwelling units above. Residential amenities and a rooftop deck on the 6th floor. 10 off-street parking spaces in 2 attached garages at the rear of the property (through a Transit-Oriented Development designation due to proximity to the Addison brown line station) and 55 bike spaces. Also, this might be even more neighborhood-centric but anyone who frequents the area will be glad to know the site of the old Lincoln Restaurant at Lincoln/Irving finally has a proposal for a 5 store, 24-unit apartment building with 11 parking spaces. This lot has sat empty for a while: Rendering: https://i.imgur.com/nBsJF2a.jpg Currently: https://www.google.com/maps/place/40...!4d-87.6792588 |
^ most excellent on both counts!
chicago tried its damn hardest to wreck itself with all of those stupid fucking little strip malls along the major streets back in the '70s/'80s/'90s. it's always heartwarming whenever we see some of that damage repaired piece by piece with more urban-oriented redevelopment. they're not as sexy as the big towers going up downtown, but in aggregate they have a bigger impact on the overall fabric of the city, IMO. |
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The interesting effect is that these buildings extend the street wall all the way to the freeway. Feels like you are driving through Paris on a freeway when you peer down the streets and see the street wall extending to the horizon . |
^I’ve noticed that as well, Louie and I’m loving it. Not to mention the growing canyon surprise once you make it all the way to the loop :cheers:
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https://courbanize.com/projects/5150nwh/information And of course hopefully you saw that the one at Elston and Webster which will have 366 units scored permits the other day too. |
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^^^ The vast vast majority of affordable housing lost in Chicago is due to the demolition of historic buildings, not because of developers redeveloping them. Most of the time they aren't even replaced by a strip mall, they just become vacant lots collecting trash and attracting vagrants...
The only evidence one needs to confirm this is to take a drive around the boulevards from Logan to Kenwood. |
That Shake Shack tile on the Sears Tower looks horrible.
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Shake Shack is overrated and overpriced. Still don't understand why anyone gets it when if I'm gonna spend money on a good burger I can just go to 5Guys or GoodStuff Eatery
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