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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7
^I’m pro-public transit, and very anti-NIMBY, but how could they forgo parking in both those proposals? The West Loop is an absolute nightmare for autos. I have to swing down there from the north burbs for meetings and it’s always a great ordeal. This goes against my being; but MORE PARKING PLEASE
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OK, so I was at the meeting for 800 W Lake. Ald. Burnett said he will be pushing for a new L stop at Halsted to replace the one that was removed in the 90s.
I dunno if CTA will listen, since Morgan is only 1/4 mile away... this site isn't exactly a transit desert, and there are tons of areas in the city with a far greater need. But arguably, if Fulton Market is gonna be part of downtown, it deserves a downtown station spacing. Ideally they would have skipped Morgan in the first place, and built two stations at Racine and Halsted.
I also questioned the architect from GREC about saving the Hollenbach building on Lake... the proposed facades on the hotel podium are pretty generic, I don't know why they wouldn't save the beautiful facade they already have on site. GREC already did this with a similar historic building at the Ace Hotel. He said they were "still considering it"...
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