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Originally Posted by Toasty Joe
ah right. not the best design but I guess the density is good and hoping it spurs some activity in those parking lots across the street.
still sad they couldn't incorporate the existing building in a meaningful way. Looks like they're replacing it with a more modern base structure covered in "brick" that's not even the same color as the remainder of the base, anyways... seems like an opportunity to do something like 601 W Randolph or various other west loop developments have planned/done
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Yeah.. They could have incorporated it. It would have been more expensive, but if the city mandated it, the developer would have been required to incorporate the facade or not build. We need better landmarking in Chicago. In DC and Toronto, they allow facademies to preserve their mediocre old building where we demo outright gems left and right...