CHICAGO | The 78 Site
This is the thread for news and updates concerning the 78 Site. You guys asked for it, so here it is!
Aaron (Glowrock) |
Anyone going to the meeting today?
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Hmmmm... I'll check again in a couple hours. Hope to see some cool ideas. I'm much more excited about this than the Spire project tbh
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^ Agreed. Its a much larger and more defining project for the city, and one that will *finally* help integrate and connect downtown with the neighborhoods to its south, most importantly Chinatown.
If only we could start anew with DPI and II. |
The website has been taken down, likely to be replaced with a new one shortly.
http://www.78chicago.com |
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Why is it called The 78?
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this is being billed as the 78th one. a bit tongue in cheek, as i don't think it will actually warrant it's own newly defined community area. |
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And it begins:
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af46ae3/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af46ab1/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489cc/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489ca/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489c7/t.../1450/1450x816 All images via Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...510-story.html All other images in the Tribune article have been seen before - these are the new ones. More to come I'm sure... |
Btw, these were the previously released images from last fall that were included in the same article above:
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af48a87/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489c8/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489c9/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af489c9/t.../1450/1450x816 http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...510-story.html |
Ok, I'll start.
The riverwalk is basically Navy Pier on the river. I like the low-rises along the river building up to the 950 footers to the east. If some of those buildings are actually 950 feet like the articles claim, then those renderings are definitely understating their height, given that OMP is taller than them in the renderings even though its both shorter and farther away. Most of the actual designs of the individual buildings look excellent. I hope they are not all just placeholders that Related will VE into oblivion. |
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http://www.78chicago.com Website is live now.
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Yeah, they definitely fucked up the heights on the renderings. OMP is a little more than 700 feet tall and it is taller than 1000M and OBP, which we know is not even close to reality. Their team needs some work on that lol
That all being said, looks pretty cool, but basically nothing we didn't already know(renderings-wise) :/ Also, website is back up and different |
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5af46ae3/t.../1450/1450x816
The website says that’s 15th and Clark. I don’t see any Metra tracks. So they’re buried? Where’s the new Red Line station? |
"but said it would create 20 percent affordable housing units on and off the site."- Chicago Tribune Article
If they actually follow through with this that would be freaking fantastic! Hopefully they build most of the units on site, but this would still be a major boost to affordable housing in the area! :cheers: |
Any info on commencement of construction?
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The biggest boost to affordable housing is simply building housing. I’ve never understood how those who cut a 500 unit, 0 “affordable” development down to 250 units, 50 “affordable” think they’ve accomplished anything.
What happens to the 300 people who would have bought market rate housing but couldn’t? They go gentrify an affordable neighborhood. |
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