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Originally Posted by the urban politician
I probably tell this story once a year. But standing at Harry Carey's on Kinzie in 2002, I remember observing a sea of parking. I could never have imagined just how completely the area around it would transform, and how quickly.
That same story is repeating itself at so many intersections.
I really think that perceptions about Chicago for people who don't live here are false not just due to ignorance, but because the central area truly is changing so rapidly.
That old adage about Chicago changing so quickly that it's not the same city you visited last time, perhaps to a less insane degree than the 19th century, is still kind of true.
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I remember when I first moved to the Gold Coast it was just before a bunch of buildings went up on Dearborn and State Streets in River North and there was so much construction there and over near Kingsbury by the river. And then the south part of River North got all built out and now there's the Wells Corridor getting all built up, with additional stuff along Chicago. It's just been nearly non-stop construction in River North for nearly 20 years, with no real sign of abating.