Umm, why is it called an island when it is a peninsula? And its on the southside? Southernly Peninsula? It's name makes my head hurt lol
Because it was originally part of a larger plan to build a chain of islands starting in Jackson Park all the way up to downtown. This was the only one that got built and the Isthmus was there as a connection allowing them to drive out on the future island to dump more fill. This would have been the northern most island of the chain and therefore was called Northerly Island. It's a shame the other islands never came about.
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Those islands are cool but they never happened. So in reality today it is southerly peninsula.
Actually a landmass surrounded on all sides by water, but connected to the mainland by an artificial isthmus is still technically considered an island:
Also, the N/S centerline of Chicago is not actually Madison, but somewhere in the 20's. So actually it is still and island and north of most of the City of Chicago.
The whole peninsular landmass is artificial. It's being created as we speak. It is also south of Belmont Ave., the Wisconsin border, on the southern end of Lake Michigan, and facing in a southerly direction.
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Interesting bit of rehab happening on the building just south of the Old Colony Building at Dearborn/Van Buren. Looks like it's separate from the Old Colony work.
Could just be the lighting, but the particleboard happens to be almost the same color as the brickwork.
Any update on the Old Colony Building's conversion to 204 units?
frame building came down for a new SFH. photos from yesterday
^Pretty easy to spot that the corner apartment building came after frame building was built to the lot line, or perhaps the lot was subdivided and sold when the denser building was constructed.
frame building came down for a new SFH. photos from yesterday
^Pretty easy to spot that the corner apartment building came after frame building was built to the lot line, or perhaps the lot was subdivided and sold when the denser building was constructed.
That sold recently and I figured it to be a teardown, confirmed now.
The frame buildings were built before it was part of Chicago. Lakeview township I think. Since Chicago required masonry construction after the fire. So the brick stuff came later, when it got annexed to Chicago.