The only one that I totally soured on is the Tribune site. The more I think about it the more I agree that funneling casino traffic on Halsted is just a non-starter. Not to mention Lincoln Yards traffic will also be funneling through N/S in the next ten years near the site and you have LP bottlenecks becoming obscene. If the city did make that transit line happen that runs through the Tribune site happen then that would help, but even then I just think it is too much traffic for the area.
I am also near 99% closed on the One Central proposal as well. Obviously, the state transit subsidy is not going to happen. The renderings also look awkward. It would seem that the casino would completely straddle the whole area between LSD/IC tracks while not incorporating any true pedestrian promenade from what I can decipher. It just seems a slightly better version of the ill-planned larger concept that One Central is.
Last edited by nomarandlee; Nov 22, 2021 at 9:01 PM.
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