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left of center · #1 Posted **Oct 4, 2021, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs

No One is moving into Soldier Field with the existing conditions. They would be starting out with a serious handicap.

A stadium that is ready to go beats having to fork over hundreds of millions to build a new one, even with public funding helping out. That said its a non argument anyway, since the Bears would immediately veto any Chicago expansion team as has been mentioned many times.

thegoatman · #2 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 4:42 AM**

That mcdonalds is a absolutely massive waste of space. No reason a suburban, drive thru fast food spot should be in a prime real estate spot like that.

One Chicago looks great tho.

intrepidDesign · #3 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 4:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by thegoatman

That mcdonalds is a absolutely massive waste of space. No reason a suburban, drive thru fast food spot should be in a prime real estate spot like that.

One Chicago looks great tho.

I agree the parking lot could go, but I dont mind that McDonalds honestly. I don't fast food but it does have some redeeming qualities, and it certainly doesn't look like a suburban McDonalds, and even those have changes quite a bit in recent years. I love high rises, build them taller, all day, but there are other buildings in that area that are far more offensive looking/a waste of space, for instance that post office on Ohio. That should go long before McDs.

pianowizard · #4 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 4:06 PM**

One thing I love about downtown Chicago is that it's dense but not too dense, giving a relaxing vibe. It's good to have low-rises scattered around town IMO.

marothisu · #5 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 7:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by pianowizard

One thing I love about downtown Chicago is that it's dense but not too dense, giving a relaxing vibe. It's good to have low-rises scattered around town IMO.

Funny. We moved back from NYC not long ago - my wife has never actually lived in Chicago but visited many times before. Since she wasn't living here she wasn't really paying as much attention to the urban makeup here. She commented a few days ago how she finds downtown Chicago feels "taller" than most of Manhattan because Manhattan (outside of a few areas) has a lot of 15-20 story buildings mixed in with 5-10 story buildings and the actual tall buildings are mixed in. In Chicago though in some areas she was commenting how everything is 30+ stories and wondering where the "low rise areas are" LOL. You have areas like East and West Village which is mostly low rise and mid rise with a few high rises here and there.

I know what you mean but figured I'd mention it as I found her comments interesting.

I think what makes downtown feel more relaxed than Manhattan for example is the size of the storefronts and the sidewalk widths. In Chicago you'll have 1 restaurant which the same physical size in Manhattan would have literally 7+ stores in.

Steely Dan · #6 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 7:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by pianowizard

One thing I love about downtown Chicago is that it's dense but not too dense, giving a relaxing vibe. It's good to have low-rises scattered around town IMO.

scattered low-rises are one thing, but a suburban-model stand-alone drive-thru fast-food restaurant w/ a parking lot like the RN McD's has no place in any downtown area anywhere.

TR Devlin · #7 Posted **Oct 12, 2021, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by pianowizard

One thing I love about downtown Chicago is that it's dense but not too dense, giving a relaxing vibe. It's good to have low-rises scattered around town IMO.

the urban politician · #8 Posted **Oct 16, 2021, 3:54 PM**

I’m in a family wedding in Northern Cali and met a lady here who went to a convention in Chicago recently. She told me she loved it and that the city felt so vibrant. She said that it felt like how San Francisco “used to feel”, but now since Covid all of the tech bros basically either left SF or started working from home; to her, SF feels so “dead” now.

She said that she hung out in the Fulton Market district. I also found it noteworthy that an out of towner is going there to hang out instead of the usual places of years past (Michigan Ave, River North, etc). Of course she is just one person but it was interesting to hear her perspective

the urban politician · #9 Posted **Oct 16, 2021, 9:20 PM**

^ A theatre or museum would sure be nice.

Realistically, though, something more than just restaurants and bars would be nice

SIGSEGV · #10 Posted **Oct 16, 2021, 9:44 PM**

PSA: go to 110 N Wacker for OHC. 360 views from the 55th floor.

the urban politician · #11 Posted **Oct 16, 2021, 9:50 PM**

^ Huh?

SIGSEGV · #12 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 1:05 AM**

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^ Huh?

OHC= Open House Chicago!

marothisu · #13 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 1:51 AM**

Not surprised about Fulton Market/West Loop. It is a hip or semi hip area and as I've talked about before isn't unlike what happened in lower Manhattan in the late 90s/early 2000s thru like 10 years ago. Same as areas like Logan Square (though that's more like Brooklyn).

TR Devlin · #14 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 11:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

Not surprised about Fulton Market/West Loop. It is a hip or semi hip area and as I've talked about before isn't unlike what happened in lower Manhattan in the late 90s/early 2000s thru like 10 years ago. Same as areas like Logan Square (though that's more like Brooklyn).

A lot of Chicagoans say that everything west of the Kennedy is like Brooklyn. But that covers a very big area and variety of neighborhoods.

I wondering if you can do a finer mapping. For example:



Wicker Pk	Williamsburg	

Bucktown	Park Slope	

Logan Sq	Bushwick	

Humbolt Pk	??	

Avondale	??	

etc.				



Whadaya think?

Chisouthside · #15 Posted **Oct 18, 2021, 1:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

OHC= Open House Chicago!

amazing views at boa tower. Probably the only chance we'll get since it seems like theyll build it out into office space eventually.

SIGSEGV · #16 Posted **Oct 18, 2021, 3:26 PM**

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amazing views at boa tower. Probably the only chance we'll get since it seems like theyll build it out into office space eventually.

Yes I spent over an hour up there and could have spent a lot longer...

MayorOfChicago · #17 Posted **Oct 21, 2021, 2:12 PM**

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Yes I spent over an hour up there and could have spent a lot longer...

Our offices are moving up towards the top of that building, I heard from a lot of people the views are really good. I'm looking forward to it!

Klippenstein · #18 Posted **Oct 16, 2021, 11:10 PM**

Are you overlooking WNDR Museum on purpose?

pip · #19 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 3:08 PM**

None for me. Those NYC neighborhoods are double or triple the population density and are much larger in population. I see no point in comparing.

marothisu · #20 Posted **Oct 17, 2021, 4:07 PM**

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None for me. Those NYC neighborhoods are double or triple the population density and are much larger in population. I see no point in comparing.

I think the poster is more talking about the personality types of the businesses, people who live and hang out there, etc.

It's been awhile since I truly hung out in those areas, but at least last night in Logan Square the people hanging out there could have been picked straight out of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, or East Village really. But again - haven't hung out there in a long time. Last night was the first time in 5 years.

And yeah I agree with this quote I posted, but I think the ask above is more about the business makeup and who hangs out there than anything else.