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Originally Posted by nomarandlee
You think I'm pining for it to remain a surface parking lot. Seriously? A blind man could see that any future building would have unique upper-level integrated pedestrian access to help tie in the Wrigley Building, Northbridge, Realtor’s building, and Michigan Avenue together with its presence. Either a building there could effectively turn its back on that connectivity and its surroundings (like its Nordstrom neighbor to the north does) or it could make it a priority by taking opportunistic advantage by making it one of Chicago's most interesting dynamic public spaces in the city. A promise that John Buck made when he developed Northbridge back in the 90's promising to give Chicago its equivalent of Rockafeller Center, promise not delivered. If it is a largely windowless hulk of a casino monstrosity my bet it would be more the former, even if built in a tower form.
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I'm taking issue with you saying anything would be taking away from the site when currently the site is a surface parking lot with none of the things you cited. You mean that you want a building that connects with it's surroundings? Cool. That's not what you said.