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west-town-brad · #**48381** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 8:39 PM**

I was surprised to see this is already up:

https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/04/emm...an-square.html

I must be experiencing covid lockdown time warp

marothisu · #**48382** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 8:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by west-town-brad

I was surprised to see this is already up:

https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/04/emm...an-square.html

I must be experiencing covid lockdown time warp

They should just leave it like that - it looks like some half European brutalist communist type of thing

Steely Dan · #**48383** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 9:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Pimp

Stop it. As a Sox fan I have to say that the Old Comiskey was a piece of garbage.

I got to go to roughly a half dozen sox games at old comiskey back in the 80s.

And I've been to new comiskey many times over the decades.

If I had a magic wand, I'd trade the old for the new in a heartbeat.

Post renovation, new comiskey isn't nearly as awful as it once was, but it still doesn't have the intimacy of the old stadium.

Chicago is the only city that still has both of its old school MLB teams. I will NEVER stop hating reinsdorf for depriving the city of also having both of its old school ballparks.

F1 Tommy · #**48384** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

I got to go to roughly a half dozen sox games at old comiskey back in the 80s.

And I've been to new comiskey many times over the decades.

If I had a magic wand, I'd trade the old for the new in a heartbeat.

Post renovation, new comiskey isn't nearly as awful as it once was, but it still doesn't have the intimacy of the old stadium.

Chicago is the only city that still has both of its old school MLB teams. I will NEVER stop hating reinsdorf for depriving the city of also having both of its old school ballparks.

I also went to the old Comiskey back in the 1980's and was very upset when they tore it down. It was painted white on the outside by that time and needed a good restoration but was still a good looking ball park. Much better looking than Wrigley was before it's current renovation. Anyone who says it couldn't have been done needs to look at Wrigley.

Busy Bee · #**48385** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 9:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

They should just leave it like that - it looks like some half European brutalist communist type of thing

A Lenin statue out front and a rickety old trolleybus and you've got a picture perfect Soviet postcard.

marothisu · #**48386** Posted **Apr 6, 2021, 10:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

A Lenin statue out front and a rickety old trolleybus and you've got a picture perfect Soviet postcard.

You might be giving what was in the USSR more credit than it deserves architecturally

At least the ones from the 1950s I've seen in China - like where my "grandparents in law" live - total concrete rectangle with no creativity whatsoever. Every other building around them exactly the same. This place in Chicago at least has some creativity in its shape.

To me it looks more post communism brutalist

SteelMonkey · #**48387** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 3:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

I got to go to roughly a half dozen sox games at old comiskey back in the 80s.

And I've been to new comiskey many times over the decades.

If I had a magic wand, I'd trade the old for the new in a heartbeat.

Post renovation, new comiskey isn't nearly as awful as it once was, but it still doesn't have the intimacy of the old stadium.

Chicago is the only city that still has both of its old school MLB teams. I will NEVER stop hating reinsdorf for depriving the city of also having both of its old school ballparks.

Exactly!

marothisu · #**48388** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 12:18 PM**

DOM Properties is building a new 48 unit luxury residential building with 9000 sq ft of retail space at 4137-59 S Cottage Grove Ave (between Bowen and 42nd St). It will have 50 total parking spots (27 interior and 23 exterior). They are also responsible for other properties in the same area as you can see from the link below, as well as other parts of town. It looks like they have a planned 36 unit + retail development planned nearby on 43rd St too, on vacant land too.

Anyway, this takes up totally vacant land. The building permit to construct this was issued today.

Street view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/41...9!4d-87.606413

You can find a rendering here (not going to win any awards) http://dompropertiesinc.com/projects/

Handro · #**48389** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 1:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

DOM Properties is building a new 48 unit luxury residential building with 9000 sq ft of retail space at 4137-59 S Cottage Grove Ave (between Bowen and 42nd St). It will have 50 total parking spots (27 interior and 23 exterior). They are also responsible for other properties in the same area as you can see from the link below, as well as other parts of town. It looks like they have a planned 36 unit + retail development planned nearby on 43rd St too, on vacant land too.

Anyway, this takes up totally vacant land. The building permit to construct this was issued today.

Street view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/41...9!4d-87.606413

You can find a rendering here (not going to win any awards) http://dompropertiesinc.com/projects/

Oof. I guess the important thing is adding some density to Bronzeville.

On another note, a new, non-chain grocery store is opening up (permits issued yesterday) in the retail component of the Spoke apartment building near the Chicago blue line: https://urbanmarketchicago.com/?fbcl...WoZGCtmoXisJm4

Nice to see more neighborhood amenities filling in there go with all the new res development

the urban politician · #**48390** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 1:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

I got to go to roughly a half dozen sox games at old comiskey back in the 80s.

And I've been to new comiskey many times over the decades.

If I had a magic wand, I'd trade the old for the new in a heartbeat.

Post renovation, new comiskey isn't nearly as awful as it once was, but it still doesn't have the intimacy of the old stadium.

Chicago is the only city that still has both of its old school MLB teams. I will NEVER stop hating reinsdorf for depriving the city of also having both of its old school ballparks.

Never been to Comiskey, but I would guess that you are correct on this one

ardecila · #**48391** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Handro

Oof. I guess the important thing is adding some density to Bronzeville.

The continued development of Bronzeville gives me hope that even the most bombed-out neighborhood can eventually be filled in and repopulated.

Many of the residents of the new buildings in Bronzeville are Black, too. If we found a way to grow the Black middle class this could happen all over the South and West Sides instead of being confined to just one neighborhood.

the urban politician · #**48392** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 3:16 PM**

I'm just glad that there is a effort to create urban, walkable designs down there.

If this were 1995, it would be all strip malls and gated communities

Thank Pizza God that this development is occurring now, instead of back then

Jibba · #**48393** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 4:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

DOM Properties is building a new 48 unit luxury residential building with 9000 sq ft of retail space at 4137-59 S Cottage Grove Ave (between Bowen and 42nd St). It will have 50 total parking spots (27 interior and 23 exterior). They are also responsible for other properties in the same area as you can see from the link below, as well as other parts of town. It looks like they have a planned 36 unit + retail development planned nearby on 43rd St too, on vacant land too.

Anyway, this takes up totally vacant land. The building permit to construct this was issued today.

Street view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/41...9!4d-87.606413

You can find a rendering here (not going to win any awards) http://dompropertiesinc.com/projects/

In their "Upcoming Projects" is a proposal for 1109 W Berwyn. It appears to take out that entire block of white-brick buildings. Their drawing shows it at 5 stories; that will likely get scaled back to 4, IMO. Article from last July said the buildings were sold. I would bet a demo permit isn't far away.

cityofneighborhoods · #**48394** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:05 PM**

The 4137-59 S Cottage Grove Ave and 920 E 43rd St developments will complement more North Kenwood/Oakland amenities coming:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/11...ible-overpass/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/enter...owq-story.html

ardecila · #**48395** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jibba

In their "Upcoming Projects" is a proposal for 1109 W Berwyn. It appears to take out that entire block of white-brick buildings. Their drawing shows it at 5 stories; that will likely get scaled back to 4, IMO. Article from last July said the buildings were sold. I would bet a demo permit isn't far away.

I don't think it will be downsized. The parcel already carries B1-5 zoning (as do all of the little commercial nodes along the Red Line here). The developer can build this as-of-right without going to the community, unless they want to do a parking reduction in excess of 50%.

The alder is Osterman, he could downzone the parcel if he really wanted to block it.. But I don't think he cares about blocking dense developments that were allowed through an act of omission, since he doesn't have to publicly vote at City Council and he can always claim he was unaware.

Via Chicago · #**48396** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:42 PM**

kinda unfortunate only because that retail strip has always been pretty diverse and eclectic. bodega/art gallery/storefront theater/coffee shop....i seriously doubt anything like that makes its way into the new development.

tjp · #**48397** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:51 PM**

^ Yeah, it's a bummer. Those one story buildings are nice compared to the sh*tshow on the western side of the tracks.

Jibba · #**48398** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 5:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Via Chicago

kinda unfortunate only because that retail strip has always been pretty diverse and eclectic. bodega/art gallery/storefront theater/coffee shop....i seriously doubt anything like that makes its way into the new development.

Yes. Though, Edgewater has a LOT of old storefront space (i.e., cheap) that these business types can relocate into. If sites near the L are now being eyed for resident-dense redevelopment (and current development trends indicate that this is so), that will only add to the potential client base for those businesses.

Kenmore · #**48399** Posted **Apr 7, 2021, 6:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Via Chicago

kinda unfortunate only because that retail strip has always been pretty diverse and eclectic. bodega/art gallery/storefront theater/coffee shop....i seriously doubt anything like that makes its way into the new development.

Yeah this is my neighborhood, total bummer like so much of the recent development

harryc · #**48400** Posted **Apr 9, 2021, 2:29 AM**

March 25