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Old Posted Oct 4, 2017, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by woodrow View Post
It says 5 levels NO WHERE in the ArchPaper article. It says it would impact 5 ACRES. You are correct, it is a 2 level garage that will be buried. From the cross sections that the Obama Foundation provided and which the Chicago Curbed article included, it will appear as a landscaped hill. They did not included a rendering from the street.

The ArchPaper article was a little alarmist.
Let's hope so. Anything even visible above ground would be ridiculous.




I can't get over the fact that they're even building it in the park, and not one of the many underdeveloped parcels of land on the south side of the plaisance.
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