^ it's not that such projects don't get built here at all, it's just that the amount of tooth-pulling usually required on the political front is beyond ridiculous.
"SIX STORIES?!?!?!?! what the hell do they think this is, manhattan? it's completely out of character* with our neighborhood. and can you even imagine how this will screw-up traffic? I'M OUTRAGED! 
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(*) "character" is without question the #1 over-used NIMBY buzzword in chicago.
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