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marothisu · #**44841** Posted **May 6, 2019, 11:43 PM**

As my earlier post touched on, we were over at Lake & Damen this weekend while in town for a handful of hours. I know some of the development in West Loop is inching towards there with the office high rise going up at Ashland. I haven't been over there in awhile, but the sidewalks were all new and nice and the area was actually nice. Number of breweries - Goose Island, Finch, Great Central as well as Rhine Hall Distillery and Eden restaurant near there. It could actually turn into an interesting area and part of that kind of reminds me of parts of my current neighborhood Long Island City in Queens. We hit up a few breweries and they were hopping.

So point being, if that area around the Damen stop takes off once a new stop is there then I could totally see maybe in 10+ years EGP finally getting some of this wave. After going over there, I'm actually kind of excited for the potential of the area, especially when the new transit stop opens.

On a side note, met some people who have been living in Humboldt Park for a long time. I asked them about what they thought about all the new construction and said "We love it!" LOL Not everyone there is anti gentrification. I suspect their family actually owns their home, but still. They were completely open arms to the gentrification.

Randomguy34 · #**44842** Posted **May 7, 2019, 2:43 AM**

Reifman resigned today. I'm very curious who Lightfoot will choose for the DPD.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pl...michael-reese/

Via Chicago · #**44843** Posted **May 7, 2019, 7:03 PM**

Crawford in process of being demolished. Still think its unfortunate theyre not saving this historic elements

moorhosj · #**44844** Posted **May 7, 2019, 7:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Reifman resigned today. I'm very curious who Lightfoot will choose for the DPD.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pl...michael-reese/

Interesting nugget in this interview:

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On Monday, Reifman disclosed there is a “long-term idea” to build a soccer stadium on the site that could be the future home of the Fire, if the professional soccer team that currently plays at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview returns to Chicago.

“It could be a location for the stadium. … It could be a piece of the puzzle for Michael Reese. But, there are a lot of pieces of the puzzle for Michael Reese. Michael Reese is a large site, multi-phased development. It will need multiple uses to be successful,” Reifman said.

SamInTheLoop · #**44845** Posted **May 7, 2019, 8:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Reifman resigned today. I'm very curious who Lightfoot will choose for the DPD.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pl...michael-reese/

My emphatic vote would be for not another real estate attorney.

How about, I don’t know - I’m straight spitballing here - someone with planning expertise?

ChiPlanner · #**44846** Posted **May 7, 2019, 8:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

My emphatic vote would be for not another real estate attorney.

How about, I don’t know - I’m straight spitballing here - someone with planning expertise?

It would help if the Department of PLANNING and Development actually did some planning. Give the department some teeth!

LouisVanDerWright · #**44847** Posted **May 8, 2019, 12:21 AM**

^^^ If Lightfoot is serious about perogative, this is an excellent chance to start rebuilding the bureaucracy to move away from aldermanic power and the property tax racket. Would do her well to purge the Landmark committee while she is at it and install some real professionals in relevant fields instead of former assessors and other machine stooges.

harryc · #**44848** Posted **May 8, 2019, 2:27 AM**

May 1

BonoboZill4 · #**44849** Posted **May 8, 2019, 3:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Via Chicago

Crawford in process of being demolished. Still think its unfortunate theyre not saving this historic elements

Oof... this one hurts

LouisVanDerWright · #**44850** Posted **May 8, 2019, 3:37 AM**

Yeah what a disgusting waste...

BrinChi · #**44851** Posted **May 8, 2019, 4:46 AM**

Where is (was) that located?

Mister Uptempo · #**44852** Posted **May 8, 2019, 5:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by BrinChi

Where is (was) that located?

35th and Pulaski.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8285...7i16384!8i8192

LouisVanDerWright · #**44853** Posted **May 8, 2019, 2:25 PM**

Check out the last few pages of this PD document to see Lagunitas' eventual plans for a roof deck:

https://gisapps.cityofchicago.org/gi...pds/PD1367.pdf

I have no idea if this will actually end up happening, but I saw they got a PD approved and this is what was in it.

Via Chicago · #**44854** Posted **May 8, 2019, 6:33 PM**

worth mentioning the same fate awaits Fisk as well, barring some miracle..

https://farm8.static.flickr.com/7115...19aca836_b.jpg

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G1PMHY/chi...ion-G1PMHY.jpg

https://americanhistory.si.edu/power...ges/44191f.jpg

https://cdn.archpaper.com/wp-content...chicago_07.jpg

Blahshead · #**44855** Posted **May 8, 2019, 6:34 PM**

I have a general, off-topic question I thought of while looking at NEMA:

Do concrete buildings expand and contract in the winter/summer months? Can they get "potholes" or erode the way roads do?

harryc · #**44856** Posted **May 8, 2019, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Blahshead

I have a general, off-topic question I thought of while looking at NEMA:

Do concrete buildings expand and contract in the winter/summer months? Can they get "potholes" or erode the way roads do?

Everything expands and contracts with changing temperature - concrete buildings not so much. All the recent ones I have seen have insulation - even on the slab edges, so probably even less.
Potholes are caused by cars driving over the hole repeatedly, not usually a problem in residential buildings ;-) .

Spalling - where the outer layer of concrete breaks off of the rebar IS a common occurrence, and probably a hefty special assessment. Not sure how much is due to thermal effects, and how much is do to salt+iron => Fe02, for the last 10yrs any rebar that may be exposed to salt has been vinyl coated (green in the photos).

LouisVanDerWright · #**44857** Posted **May 8, 2019, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Blahshead

I have a general, off-topic question I thought of while looking at NEMA:

Do concrete buildings expand and contract in the winter/summer months? Can they get "potholes" or erode the way roads do?

As Harry says, spawling is a major maintenance issue with concrete structures. The issue is that, no matter how well you coat or bury rebar, iron will rust when oxygen reaches it. That wouldn't be an issue except that oxidation of iron results in it gaining two oxygen atoms which means it is actually gaining mass out of the air and more mass means it takes up more space which means it expands and eventually shatters the concrete around it.

This is fix by continually repairing any cracks or spawling that is occurring to limit the amount of oxygen reaching the rebar as much as possible.

PittsburghPA · #**44858** Posted **May 8, 2019, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

May 1

Does anyone know why this is taking so long?

jc5680 · #**44859** Posted **May 8, 2019, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

This is fix by continually repairing any cracks or spawling that is occurring to limit the amount of oxygen reaching the rebar as much as possible.

I assume it is like any sort of preventative maintenance, where the buildings you see doing it more often save quite a bit in the long run.

The k station tower on desplains has been slowly patching and painting for a year or so now. The tower portion of skybridge went through a similar job recently and looks good.

Then I think about R+D 659 and all the noticeable cracks in large flat spans of concrete and can't help but think those folks are in a huge bill in their future

SamInTheLoop · #**44860** Posted **May 9, 2019, 1:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

^^^ If Lightfoot is serious about perogative, this is an excellent chance to start rebuilding the bureaucracy to move away from aldermanic power and the property tax racket. Would do her well to purge the Landmark committee while she is at it and install some real professionals in relevant fields instead of former assessors and other machine stooges.

Amen