CHICAGO | NEMA Chicago | 896 FT | 81 FLOORS - Page 110

dan ryan · #1 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 9:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ned.B

It could be our own Central Park!...except with a pseudo gated community instead of public green space.

Yeah something has to be done about Dearborn Park. You all think it will ever be something better?

Would be nice if it was just park space. Or if all of the homes became affordable housing with some good public space in there for everyone.

BonoboZill4 · #2 Posted **Jul 3, 2019, 1:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by dan ryan

Yeah something has to be done about Dearborn Park. You all think it will ever be something better?

Would be nice if it was just park space. Or if all of the homes became affordable housing with some good public space in there for everyone.

I wouldn't expect anything for at least another 50-100 years. Too many large single family homes for it to be removed. Perhaps Dearborn Park one's communist style housing might be removed before then, but DPII is not going anywhere in my lifetime for certain.

r18tdi · #3 Posted **Jul 1, 2019, 7:18 PM**

OT, but I once rode a divvy down one of the streets in Dearborn park and some woman with little kids said to me "Excuse me, excuse me! what are you doing here? There aren't any stations in this neighborhood!" lol

AMWChicago · #4 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 1:07 AM**

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...0-million-loan

Is this confirmation that they are preliminarily attempting to finance NEMA II next door? I know this is related to the one up now, but the fact that they are refinancing and not straight up selling feels like the move to make as you progress to the next stage of construction. I'm probably out of my depth here. And maybe trying to come up with I want to hear, but is this a good sign for an upcoming Stage Two???

BonoboZill4 · #5 Posted **Jul 2, 2019, 2:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by AMWChicago

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...0-million-loan

Is this confirmation that they are preliminarily attempting to finance NEMA II next door? I know this is related to the one up now, but the fact that they are refinancing and not straight up selling feels like the move to make as you progress to the next stage of construction. I'm probably out of my depth here. And maybe trying to come up with I want to hear, but is this a good sign for an upcoming Stage Two???

35% already leased is a damn good sign if you ask me. By the end of the summer they could be half way filled

BonoboZill4 · #6 Posted **Jul 3, 2019, 11:24 PM**

aaron38 · #7 Posted **Jul 10, 2019, 1:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4

Is that Armour Square Park? Is that shot from inside the ballpark? It's a great angle.

The Lurker · #8 Posted **Jul 10, 2019, 3:17 PM**

^I love this viewpoint. If you showed me this picture 12 years ago I would have asked, What the hell is every building to the right of AON?

gebs · #9 Posted **Jul 5, 2019, 1:25 PM**

I love how Vista lines up in this shot with NEMA's last setback. Great framing!

BonoboZill4 · #10 Posted **Jul 9, 2019, 3:38 AM**

Distant cousins?

Chi-Sky21 · #11 Posted **Jul 10, 2019, 3:14 PM**

The ramps at Comiskey...sorry....the G spot....(Guaranteed Rate Field) have one of my favorite views of the skyline.

bhawk66 · #12 Posted **Jul 10, 2019, 5:01 PM**

^^^ Yes! It's almost weird to wrap my mind around it. So awesome.

Meanwhile, our black beauty friggin holds fort like a champ the whole time.

*I love the trees in Chicago. More please.

BonoboZill4 · #13 Posted **Jul 14, 2019, 4:57 PM**

Blurry photo from Friday:

Freefall · #14 Posted **Jul 14, 2019, 8:57 PM**

It looks like a Minecraft building, in a good way

BonoboZill4 · #15 Posted **Jul 17, 2019, 8:00 PM**

SolarWind · #16 Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 1:17 AM**

July 31, 2019

bnk · #17 Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 1:58 AM**

Yeah Im ready for its taller twin now.

I never liked the idea of the [ twin towers ] to begin with but his one has certainly been hitting it totally out of the park!

Steely Dan · #18 Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 4:22 AM**

Fantastic shot, solar!

This building is so freaking Chicago that it already kinda seems like it's always been there.

Such a natural fit. Mr. Vinoly, the southwall is forever in your debt.

SamInTheLoop · #19 Posted **Aug 15, 2019, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Fantastic shot, solar!

This building is so freaking Chicago that it already kinda seems like it's always been there.

Such a natural fit. Mr. Vinoly, the southwall is forever in your debt.

It is.

And - man did the southwall, and Chicago, ever dodge a bullet when P/H was taken out of the equation for the Indiana-Michigan parcel?! Remember those tacky, gimmicky towers they drew up for the previous owner? At least Musuem Park 3 was an actual design (where NEMA now stands), and 4 if I recall may have been just a placeholder/massing concept......but 3 was trash.

gebs · #20 Posted **Jul 18, 2019, 9:22 PM**

Some actual images from inside NEMA from Curbed today:

Curbed's first look inside NEMA

Too much focus on the fitness amenities, but so far, I'm a fan of it. Makes me wish (a) they were instead condos and (b) I could afford to live in them if they were. If they ever de-convert, this building is my #1 place I'd want to call home.