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sukwoo · #**381** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 3:40 PM**

Article in the local Oak Park paper with renderings.

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles...igh_rise-case/

sentinel · #**382** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 4:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by sukwoo

Article in the local Oak Park paper with renderings.

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles...igh_rise-case/

Images from said article

Interestingly, the wider facade runs parallel to Lake Street, the opposite of the current tallest in Oak Park, further west on Lake Street

harryc · #**383** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 4:21 PM**

^^ What a profoundly uninspired proposal

Steely Dan · #**384** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 4:26 PM**

299'-4" to the roof.

that would make it the 3rd tallest building in suburban chicago, and taller than anything in NIMBY locked-down evanston (evanston's tallest is the 277' chase building built in 1969).

the only two taller towers in suburban chicagoland:

1. oakbrook terrace tower - 418'

2. gallagher centre in itasca - 394'

chrisvfr800i · #**385** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by sukwoo

Article in the local Oak Park paper with renderings.

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles...igh_rise-case/

The residents in OP sound like a real barrel of laughs.

harryc · #**386** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 6:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by chrisvfr800i

The residents in OP sound like a real barrel of laughs.

A recent example - one of the neighbors wrote to WALSH complaining about the work that NiCor was doing - insisting that WALSH remedy the temporary patches that NiCor put in. The very same folk who complain about traffic are the strongest supporters of closing off Marion st every Thursday (in the summer) for Thursday Night Out.

Putting forward a design that would be lame in Schaumberg - well that probably kills this right off.

Randomguy34 · #**387** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 7:32 PM**

I'm a little bit curious how NIMBYS haven't thwarted most proposals. Is there no alderman to get in the way like Chicago and Evanston?

harryc · #**388** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

I'm a little bit curious how NIMBYS haven't twarted most proposals. Is there no alderman to get in the way like Chicago and Evanston?

We have aldermen at large - several for the entire village, and they are not bound to any particular geographic (or any other) boundary. Some of the guys elected in the last run said they were opposed to the Albion tower - then turned around and approved it.

BonoboZill4 · #**389** Posted **Nov 29, 2018, 4:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by chrisvfr800i

The residents in OP sound like a real barrel of laughs.

Seriously... these people are terrified of shadows

ChiTownWonder · #**390** Posted **Nov 30, 2018, 10:26 PM**

Too bad.. I loved the idea of Oak Park advertising itself as an modern architectural Mecca. Of course there is still Frank but something new at this scale could have become an icon of the town and the Chicago metropolitan area at large.

sukwoo · #**391** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 1:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChiTownWonder

Too bad.. I loved the idea of Oak Park advertising itself as an modern architectural Mecca. Of course there is still Frank but something new at this scale could have become an icon of the town and the Chicago metropolitan area at large.

Unfortunately none of the new high-rises are particularly iconic. They're not (all) bad, but just average.

kolchak · #**392** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 4:19 AM**

A crane grows in Evanston

kolchak · #**393** Posted **Dec 1, 2018, 4:33 AM**

Flaccer05 · #**394** Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 12:50 AM**

Lagrange strikes again.

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/resi...oak-brook-mall

aaron38 · #**395** Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 12:57 AM**

It’s basically Tenpenny Tower in Fallout 3!

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20131126185424
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20131126185424

Steely Dan · #**396** Posted **Dec 18, 2018, 1:37 AM**

Here's a cool aerial of evanston. Red tower crane for Albion development is on the left.

(11.3.18)-Fall_Aerials-WEB-5 by Nick Ulivieri, on Flickr

rlw777 · #**397** Posted **Dec 20, 2018, 3:26 PM**

Looks like the core has topped out on Albion at Oak Park.

Also not sure if this has been posted here but Clark Construction has webcams for both Albion at Oak Park and Albion at Evanston here

the urban politician · #**398** Posted **Dec 20, 2018, 3:36 PM**

I haven't been too thrilled about how some of Evanston's recent projects meet the street.

Busy Bee · #**399** Posted **Dec 20, 2018, 3:41 PM**

^^^
It should be about twice as tall for it's location but I think how this one meets the street looks pretty excellent.

Steely Dan · #**400** Posted **Dec 20, 2018, 5:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

I haven't been too thrilled about how some of Evanston's recent projects meet the street.

which ones?