I'm curious as to which buildings make up the "1000 units" in the first phase. I'm betting it's the three towers arranged around Market Common. The good thing is that these towers will add some skyline punch right at the start. The bad thing is that said three towers will, in all likelihood, be designed by Antunovich.
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1. i cant tell from that rendering, but i hope that the streets line up with the Chicago grid. Its all about integrating this project with the surrounding neighborhood. It needs to have accessibility and seamless traffic/pedestrian/visual flow between the existing and new neighborhood.
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They will, don't worry. The residential part is about as good as you can hope for. Market Common South Shore (the first phase shopping center) is kinda suburban, but it is a lifestyle center that is structured around the Chicago grid, so parts of it will be pedestrian-friendly.
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2. There should be more towers along the lake, ala the northside and hyde park.
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This far south with no direct rail access, I would be overjoyed and surprised to see the proposed number of units filled. Remember, some of these units will be mere feet away from
Indiana.
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3. It would be great if they could divert US41 (south shore drive) along the lake, ala the northside, and make it a seamless boulevard, instead of its current weird routing through the surrounding neighborhood, where it jogs left and right, randomly shifts over a block or two, etc.
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US-41 will be rerouted onto a seamless boulevard between 79th and 87th, where it will run down the already existing boulevard of Avenue O. It won't run along the lake, though... most of the new neighborhood will lie to the east.
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4. I hope that the existing unused slip is retained and transformed into some sort of 'riverwalk'. It could be a focal point for the new neighborhood.
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It will be.