Cross posted from Chicago Economy thread on account of awesomeness and relevance:

Most relevant for this thread:

Can't wait to see how awesome of a building Ronan comes up with for an architecturally significant organization like IIT.

Do we even know where this new building will be built yet? Is it on IIT's campus? If so, which vacant parcel will it gobble up. We are slowing starting to chip away at the vacant parcels between Hyde Park and South Loop and hopefully IIT will do it's part and gobble up some of their parking lots for this. If not, then I'll be extremely curious to see where they end up placing it. It could be awesome to have this center built in River North or the West Loop (or even on Goose Island near the national center recently announced).

Sorry for the triple post, but in other news it looks like the cassions for Loyola's new business school are being drilled now on the South half of the site. They still haven't torn down the last remaining rowhome...

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Also, in lieu of a quadruple post:

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2...be-revived.php

Allerton Hotel's TIP TOP TAP to Potentially Reopen

This would be totally awesome.

Yes, it's supposed to be on IIT's campus in Bronzeville. A couple years ago when the project was first announced, I believe there were a conceptual rendering showing the institute being right on the Dan Ryan.

Then again, I just look on ITT's website and it says a specific site on campus hasn't been chosen.

North and Clark
 

It looks like the developer is moving forward this design:
http://i58.tinypic.com/16aacsx.jpg
122 apartments, 52 parking spots, retail

And just for fun, the "modern" alternative
http://i57.tinypic.com/2s0bvgj.jpg

This will replace the diner? What a gem.

I definitely like the design that is being advanced.

Is it just me or does the drawing look a lot different from the rendering? Which one is more recent? The rendering looks a lot more aesthetically appealing to me just judging off of the two images (not talking about the modern alternative)...

The drawing is looking at the building from the east. The rendering is showing the north face of the building.

Is there an estimated start period for this? I'm going to randomly assume summer or early fall

^ So, based on what Tom Servo pointed out, it's "L" shaped in plan.

Not a fan of that glass design anyway.

The rendering is from the north, but east across Clark. It's still primarily a view of the north face of the building, so I don't think there's an reason to think it's an "L"-shaped building.

The village theatre is on Clark, it looks like this wraps around from north ave to that small Sandburg building driveway/street thats over there.

How do you explain the portion behind the Village Theater building in the elevation, then?

Just to end the speculation...

http://i58.tinypic.com/4046u.jpg

Judging by the fuzzy rendering, it looks like a mini-me relative of Lincoln Park 2550.

3/7

12 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago Athletic Association building > New 240-room hotel, rooftop crane going at it.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/713/p4ta.jpg

Too bad they can't fix that sagging pier on the Gage Building while they've got that scaffolding up...

^right?!

Am I the only one who didn't know about this until now? Does this mean everyone in the northern 1/3 of that building has their pens & pencils rolling off their desks all the time?


Unrelated question, but ardecila, are you no longer insouciant but still unconventionally bicoastal? Or is it in fact the other way round?

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