first of all, i called her crypt keeper above and you tisk-tisked me for it. next, i thought you liked donna frye. and last...shes never going to win an election. so weve got nothing to worry about there.

but :haha: re: the highway miles comment

the old Chicago Trust building is being converted into office condos as well (across the street from VP)

oh i pray thats she is never elected, half of our new highrises would be demolished for park space:(

or she'll have them "take down" several already completed floors and use that material as recycled park mulch

^good point!

another high-rise in the neighbourhood:

Monaco (Ghods Builders Inc.) – Centre City Site Development Permit for 286 units and approximately 9,800 square feet of commercial space in a 34-story (350 feet) building on the north side of Broadway between Eighth and Ninth avenues. This project is pending completion of revised drawings – Core.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ika/dt/vp1.jpg

1 - mondrian
2 - vp
3 - monaco

^oh, good find:tup:

now if we can only take care of that large surface parking lot between the Mondrian and Monaco sites

there are a lot of surfaces that need to be taken care of in the vacinity. good find AK.

wasnt someone planning on doing something with the ugly WaMu building?

^i dont recall...but it definitly needs a makeover;)

half of that lot is going to be North Central Square:
• 0.6-acre, half-block plaza integrated into the full block development, but fully open to streets on the west, south, and east (along 8th, 9th, and C streets).
• Northern anchor of Northwest Neighborhood Center.
• Accommodations for special events, such as art shows, twilight movie showings, small concerts.
• Potential for permanent kiosks.
• Public art.
• May include below-grade parking accessed from and below development on the northern portion of the block.

according to ccdc

^wow, you are on top of things AK!:tup:

i have my money in that area ;)

woah. very nice. and renderings for the future plaza?

its gunna look great in a few years;)

im glad they are at least getting creative with the area.

^mmhmm, i was shocked when i first saw the Chicago Trust building being redone...but it was in a good way;)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ka/dt/ncs2.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...ka/dt/ncs1.jpg

^great find!! i think thats one none of us have heard about yet!

hot damn! thanks! that'll add some color to the area.

^i like how the parking lots we were just talking about are all filled in that rendering :tup: