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Originally Posted by pilsenarch
It took me forever to figure it out... but the address is correct, it's indeed 633... based on the rendering, you'd think that it was on the north side with what appears to be the Chase tower in the background... but this must be one of those Chinese outsourced renderings, because it is actually located att 633 S LaSalle (looking southeast, so no way you'd be able to see Chase)... the glass canopies in the foreground are actually depicting the metal canopies of the LaSalle St station...
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And the glassy building with the horizontal banding peeking out from behind is the rear elevation of the Dwight lofts - built as Columbia housing but I think is now disassociated from Columbia but still student housing.
This will make a huge change for that block of LaSalle which is currently quite barren, although there have been a couple small projects there. The west side is nothing but the Metra tracks as they approach LaSalle station.
One of the renderings shows sidewalk umbrellas that I guess are meant to indicate some sort of cafe. That would be a hard sell at that location unless things really develop.
Directly behind on Clark street is a small single story brick building that's been everything from a tire repair shop to a car wash to daily parking. It's been empty for awhile. Recently there have been signs of activity including a backhoe cleaning it out and putting stuff into dumpsters. I wonder if it's somehow related.