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Originally Posted by IrishIllini
It's been discussed here, but Dearborn Park and Roosevelt Collection really throw everything off down that way. Different time, but the city goofed up allowing that to happen. When the rail yard was destroyed the street grid should have been fully integrated within the area, even if only down to Roosevelt. Printers Row and the surrounding blocks are some of my favorite in "old" Chicago. It's like stepping into a time machine.
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I can forgive the city a bit with regards to Dearborn Park, since that was built during a time when the city wasn't doing all that well, and any development was better than zero development.
The city really dropped the ball with the Roosevelt Collection, however. It was built during a huge real estate boom cycle in the city, and I'm sure it would have been very easy for the planning department to demand that Delano Ct be a through street that connected to the grid (routing north to Financial Pl, and connecting to Wells at 9th St), instead of a dead end that is only accessible by the traffic clusterf*ck that is Roosevelt Rd. They also should have forced them to do something better with the Wells St facade, instead of building a quarter mile blank wall with only a garage entrance to break up the monotony.
That said, the errors with Roosevelt Collection still pale in comparison to Dearborn Park. The sooner that is dealt with the better.