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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ I for one disagree.
I'd rather see the brick and precast crap. It will age better than some fancy modernist design resembling a beetle humping a grasshopper which, after decades housing CHA residents, will almost certainly look a lot shittier over time.
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Oh come now, you and I both know that most of the happy brick schlock like this ages even worse than the modernist stuff you are decrying. Just take a look at some of the brick further east on Belmont that was built in the 90's. It is of such shitty quality that the bricks near street level are already dissolving from the salt.
Developments like this:
Will age fantastically because they will use premium, modern, materials which, frankly, will last an extremely long time even compared to stuff built with brick 100 years ago. Modern building materials like Vinyl or metal panels might never wear down or age even over a hundred years. For example, just look at materials like anodized aluminium used on buildings like 860-880. That building is 60 years old and looks as if it could have been built yesterday now that they've cleaned it up and repaired the plaza. Modernism actually tends to age extremely well if it is maintained.
Also, I think you are looking at the wrong site if you think anything is being demolished for this development. I'm pretty sure it is solely being constructed on the huge vacant lot that currently exists there.
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Originally Posted by Vlajos
Wow, I didn't realize you could buy a 2-flat in Logan Square for $80K. That's freakin' cheap!
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You can't. They only list that shit at $80k to generate interest, the lowest sale I've seen recently was $126,000. Anything that sells for less than $125,000 in LS probably requires a metric shit ton of work.