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Halsted & Villagio · #**40121** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 9:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Hyde Park rocks. I love it there.

The fact that it's kind of isolated from the north side is a drawback, but ironically I kinda think that's what makes it interesting. The annoying "bro" culture on the north side is conveniently nowhere to be seen.

Glad to hear it. As a native southsider (grew around the Beverly area), after moving to Naperville for a short while my wife and I were both looking forward to getting back into the city while hoping to find something more organic and natural in feel and character. Hyde Park has done the trick. Wonderful history, character, and culture in Hype Park.

Really like the diversity as well in HP... that was on our "must-have" list for sure.

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10023 · #**40122** Posted **Feb 8, 2018, 11:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

One word for the Crawford reuse naysayers:

Battersea...

Except that property values in that part of London are several orders of magnitude higher than in Lawndale. Like, add two zeroes to the value of whatever Crawford or Fisk could be developed into, and you might be approaching what the space in Battersea Power Station is worth. You can do a lot when you can command £2.75 million ($3.85 million) for a two bedroom apartment.

I agree that it would be nice, but that’s not really a precedent.

harryc · #**40123** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 2:34 AM**

Can't recall which project this is - about 770 S on Wabash.

Fvn · #**40124** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 2:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Can't recall which project this is - about 770 S on Wabash.

IIRC Columbia student center which broke ground in November

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/11/9...center-gensler

gebs · #**40125** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 3:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Fvn

IIRC Columbia student center which broke ground in November

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/11/9...center-gensler

It's about time! I've been waiting for this to actually start.

harryc · #**40126** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 3:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by gebs

It's about time! I've been waiting for this to actually start.

Sorry that was just soil testing.

Tom In Chicago · #**40127** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 6:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by HomrQT

I wonder if being on the cover of a Pink Floyd album helped give it a more protected status.

http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/u...38-animals.jpg

http://www.feelnumb.com/wp-content/u...38-animals.jpg

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KWillChicago · #**40128** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 8:19 PM**

We got ourselves another webcam for Gems

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/2/9/...y-upper-school

HomrQT · #**40129** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 9:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

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I was wondering what kept happening to the link. I thought something was broken. I also thought I was on topic but ok.

harryc · #**40130** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 11:17 PM**

Feb 6

Fvn · #**40131** Posted **Feb 9, 2018, 11:24 PM**

Such a nice little building Moxy is.

harryc · #**40132** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 3:25 AM**

Jan 30

Feb 6

marothisu · #**40133** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 3:40 AM**

More suburban BS coming to Bucktown. This time it'll be 34 units + ground floor commercial. Building permit was issued yesterday. Getting rid of a mostly 1 story non descript manufacturing building at Western & Altgeld (near the expressway) --> https://www.google.com/maps/place/24...!4d-87.6873504

Here's a look at the last rendering known from over 2 years ago via DNAInfo:

ChickeNES · #**40134** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 3:48 AM**

Can't say that I'm not sad to see the Rock and Roll McDonald's like that. I always pictured it at the base of a supertall on the rest of the lot. Probably because I watched "*batteries not included" as a kid.

the urban politician · #**40135** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 4:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

More suburban BS coming to Bucktown. This time it'll be 34 units + ground floor commercial. Building permit was issued yesterday. Getting rid of a mostly 1 story non descript manufacturing building at Western & Altgeld (near the expressway) --> https://www.google.com/maps/place/24...!4d-87.6873504

Here's a look at the last rendering known from over 2 years ago via DNAInfo:

Ok, I’ve been reading comments like this for years.

Look at this picture.

Now answer me this:

Have you been to the suburbs? Have you lived, or spent time out here?

Because other than some older stuff, or some newer TOD kind of stuff built near the Metra, we have NOTHING—nilch—zero—that resembles stuff like the above getting built.

So I don’t have a clue where comments like this come from.

west-town-brad · #**40136** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 3:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

More suburban BS coming to Bucktown. This time it'll be 34 units + ground floor commercial. Building permit was issued yesterday. Getting rid of a mostly 1 story non descript manufacturing building at Western & Altgeld (near the expressway) --> https://www.google.com/maps/place/24...!4d-87.6873504

Here's a look at the last rendering known from over 2 years ago via DNAInfo:

Not sure what we should expect that would be better, especially on Western Ave next to the highway onramp and far from public transit?

the urban politician · #**40137** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 3:56 PM**

People spout out the word “suburban” now to describe anything they don’t like, or looks boring, without it meaning anything.

If you look at your typical prewar commercial building on a strip in Chicago, it pretty much looks the same as a prewar commercial building on a main street in an old suburb.

So this notion that inner city buildings somehow are supposed to look different, be edgier or more stylish, than their counterparts in the suburbs, has no historic precedent.

left of center · #**40138** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

People spout out the word “suburban” now to describe anything they don’t like, or looks boring, without it meaning anything.

What a suburban post...

Yeah, I'm not sure what is so suburban exactly about that development. Ground floor retail, no curb cuts... sure the design isn't stellar, but like West Town Brad said, what do you expect when the project is right by an expressway on ramp? And on busy and noisy Western Ave? The design will reflect the pricing/rent flow of the units.

marothisu · #**40139** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 4:11 PM**

I've spent plenty of time in suburbs. Not only the Chicago area but numerous other areas. You are right..I meant it to mean a boring design. Even though it's a small development it could be better in design. It replaces a worse building, and the density is nice but it's too bad too many of these types of buildings have inhabited various parts of Chicago.

the urban politician · #**40140** Posted **Feb 10, 2018, 4:21 PM**

Dull is fine by me.

But seriously, I get a chuckle when city residents complain. I mean, you need to take a field trip out to Schaumburg to really get an appreciation for how good of a development the one pictured above is.