CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ That ground level looks perfect for an Apple or similar-type tech store

One of the spaces will be taken up in 2018 by a juice chain from Europe (Joe & the Juice). I like how the ground floor of that building turned out

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by aaron38

I actually think it's quite different to have separate entrances to the same building off public sidewalks/streets, versus having separate buildings on an off grid campus. If residents and their guests are coming home at 2 am, is the entire campus open, or is there limited access to the residential because the office sections are closed off?

I don't know why this is so confusing... each building has its own lobby for pedestrians and dropoffs. If the parking garage is a shared facility, then the elevators and stairwells will have keycard access.

The surface landscaping elements are a privately-owned public space and open to all, at least during operating hours and outside of special events.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ That ground level looks perfect for an Apple or similar-type tech store

It's annoying that the developers did not provide a setback along State or an arcade. Most of the new buildings along that stretch have agreed to do this, given the high pedestrian volumes on State and the pitifully narrow sidewalks.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by ardecila

It's annoying that the developers did not provide a setback along State or an arcade. Most of the new buildings along that stretch have agreed to do this, given the high pedestrian volumes on State and the pitifully narrow sidewalks.

It's a narrow space for a tower already.

What's actually needed is a widening of the sidewalks on State. I know the "it's too much traffic!" crowd will hate it, but the pedestrian experience should be prioritized.

[left of center]

Originally Posted by ardecila

It's annoying that the developers did not provide a setback along State or an arcade. Most of the new buildings along that stretch have agreed to do this, given the high pedestrian volumes on State and the pitifully narrow sidewalks.

It would've been smart of the city to mandate this a decade ago for State as well as all the other sidewalks in River North. With the early 00s boom as well as the current cycle, we'd have a bit more breathing room there.

The easiest way to now rectify the situation is remove the left turn lanes/center lane along N State, and widen the sidewalks by about 3 ft on each side of the street. You would still have 2 lanes of traffic in each direction. Removal of the left turn lanes might obviously cause some backups, but oh well. This is downtown Chicago, not exurban Indianapolis. Priority should not be given to ease of getting around by car.

Or hell, put no left turn signs on all cross streets with State between the river and Chicago. With the possible exception of Ontario, where the left lane turns to a left turn only.

[Rocket49]

Originally Posted by Bombardier

^KG will own the penthouse. He was the reason for the height increase to the building that took place during construction and the custom amenities built into the penthouse such as the pool, metal plating between his unit and the floors below, and custom bike rack for his bicycles.

KG = Kevin Garnett?

[Bombardier]

^Ken Griffin

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ Lol, no not the richest person in Chicago, a basketball player who is from SC (South Carolina, not Southern China) and played in Boston and Minneapolis.

[Rocket49]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

^^^ Lol, no not the richest person in Chicago, a basketball player who is from SC (South Carolina, not Southern China) and played in Boston and Minneapolis.

LOL. I was thinking KG might refer to Ken Griffin but I've never heard him called that before

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

^^^ Lol, no not the richest person in Chicago, a basketball player who is from SC (South Carolina, not Southern China) and played in Boston and Minneapolis.

I mean, it's not totally out of the question considering Kevin Garnett played his senior year of high school at Farragut Academy in Little Village and won Mr. Basketball for Illinois in 1995.

[Near North Resident]

Originally Posted by KWillChicago

Is a $93 million painting considered pricey? Haha. No worries, he keeps all his original pieces in a vault in the south loop and in the basement of the art institute.

Ah I see, what do you know, that's where I keep my moderately priced pieces of art as well

Right now though they have a gigantic 3 story vinyl Christmas tree plastered on the west facing windows of this unit, its quite the sight at night because its backlit by the lights inside, i'll try to take a picture but not sure how well it will turn out

[Mr Downtown]

Originally Posted by left of center

It would've been smart of the city to mandate this a decade ago for State

The city did establish a new setback line along the west side of State (from the river to Chicago Ave. IIRC) in the mid 1980s. So eventually the opportunity will be there for a reconfiguration of the cross-section.

[sox102]

Originally Posted by rgarri4

Walking home from work last night I spoted a soil testing rig planted in the Rock and Roll Mcdonalds parking lot with cones around it.

It's a tear down and new McDonald's. Kind of looks like an Apple store. No new residential tower.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by sox102

It's a tear down and new McDonald's. Kind of looks like an Apple store. No new residential tower.

Huh?

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by sox102

It's a tear down and new McDonald's. Kind of looks like an Apple store. No new residential tower.

Since we're on the topic of McDonalds, yesterday a permit was issued for one to take up the ground floor of their new HQ. Not highrise news, but it felt pertinent enough to mention

[10023]

^ the whole ground floor? Isn't that quite a large building?

With any luck they'll make it a new flagship, paving the way to eventually get rid of the Hard Rock McDonald's.

Originally Posted by Near North Resident

soundproofing is pretty much 'the denser the material the better'

my guess is he wants it for security purposes? Dude has a lot of very pricey art now

I figured there was also an element of which materials pass along vibrations most efficiently (the more efficient, the worse of an insulator). Sort of like how heat insulation relies on materials that are poor conductors of heat. Neither of those things necessarily point to the densest materials.

Originally Posted by marothisu

One of the spaces will be taken up in 2018 by a juice chain from Europe (Joe & the Juice). I like how the ground floor of that building turned out

Sorry. That place is miserable. They're everywhere here.

[left of center]

I would assume it would only be for a small portion of the ground floor. My guess would be on a corner, perhaps on Randolph. It is Restaurant Row after all, and I suppose for all intents and purposes... McDonald's is a "restaurant", right? lol

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by left of center

I would assume it would only be for a small portion of the ground floor. My guess would be on a corner, perhaps on Randolph. It is Restaurant Row after all, and I suppose for all intents and purposes... McDonald's is a "restaurant", right? lol

Yup, it's going to be on the Randolph side. I wonder if this McDonald's will be held to a much higher standard in order to fit into the "Restaurant Row" brand.

[harryc]

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