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SamInTheLoop · #**16041** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 4:27 PM**

It's not the surface parking (for now) that bothers me - it's the blank walls that are just wrong. No excuse whatsoever for that. There should really be pressure placed (not sure who would really step up and do it for this location) on the developer - and Mariano's - to make some major changes here. I recall the changes that Target made to their West Loop store's design.....admittedly their initial design was I think not quite as bad as what we're looking at here with Mariano's, but there really does need to be a lot of glazing added to at least 2 if not 3 of the buildings sides.......

george · #**16042** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 5:22 PM**

Fourth Presbyterian Church

ChiPhi · #**16043** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 5:56 PM**

^^
Is that the final look for those siding panels? A little disappointing. They look very lime green and less like copper with a heavy patina.

ChiPhi · #**16044** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 6:18 PM**

Sloopin' says an old building is being torn down, hopefully making way for the Maxwell to go in.

I really like that one. Only wish it could have been done on the east side of the river as I prefer to deal with the urban decay in bits first so we can create small neighborhoods that might take 10 years instead of see the Sloop take 50+ years to reach the density of its northern counterparts.

george · #**16045** Posted: **Jun 28, 2012, 8:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChiPhi

^^
Is that the final look for those siding panels? A little disappointing. They look very lime green and less like copper with a heavy patina.

The panels look a little over the top with a faux painted on look. Possibly an accelerated oxidized process on cooper but not a natural copper patina result.

sentinel · #**16046** Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 2:27 PM**

I think it looks quite nice - it adds texture to what could have appeared very flat and uninteresting.

ardecila · #**16047** Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 5:48 PM**

I'm okay with the copper but the smoked glass is a big disappointment. This could have been beautiful with a really clear, low-iron glass.

I'm hoping this is just a lighting issue in the photo, and the glass is actually clearer...

ChiPhi · #**16048** Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 6:38 PM**

^^^
Having walked by this a few times, I am quite sure the glass is as it appears in the pic.

george · #**16049** Posted: **Jun 29, 2012, 9:18 PM**

6-28

Esquire shops

ardecila · #**16050** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 12:38 AM**

Not technically Chicago, but the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood:

wrab · #**16051** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

I'm okay with the copper but the smoked glass is a big disappointment. This could have been beautiful with a really clear, low-iron glass.

I'm hoping this is just a lighting issue in the photo, and the glass is actually clearer...

I second you on the undesirability of the smoked glass.

Ch.G, Ch.G · #**16052** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 7:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Not technically Chicago, but the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood:

Get OUT! I thought it was slated for demolition???

ardecila · #**16053** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 8:13 AM**

Nope. It's faced demolition several times but keeps coming back. Koo & Associates is leading the renovation. I love the bold use of color and the shade still seems very fresh to me, but apparently many Lincolnwoodies find it tacky, so Koo's added some floating perforated panels in an attempt to screen the purple.

I really wish we didn't have such a conservative approach to color here in Chicago.

tyler1 · #**16054** Posted: **Jun 30, 2012, 3:36 PM**

Has anyone heard anything on Block 37 recently? I wonder what success the new owners are having in attracting tenants.

Ch.G, Ch.G · #**16055** Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Nope. It's faced demolition several times but keeps coming back. Koo & Associates is leading the renovation. I love the bold use of color and the shade still seems very fresh to me, but apparently many Lincolnwoodies find it tacky, so Koo's added some floating perforated panels in an attempt to screen the purple.

I really wish we didn't have such a conservative approach to color here in Chicago.

I'm glad to hear it, and also glad to hear that Koo has got some new work. I really hope this pans out.

Frustrating that they don't like the purple. That whole area (near north/northwest burbs, the far northside) has a ton of fun, sometimes kitschy architecture. They ought to just embrace it.

ardecila · #**16056** Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 3:21 AM**

Actually there are, to some extent, young people with mid-century tastes moving to Lincolnwood, Skokie, and other suburbs (Mad Men etc.) Problematically, Lincolnwood doesn't offer much in the way of retail or entertainment to draw younger people with discriminating tastes, and Chicagoland has boatloads of mid-century suburbs stretching from Elmhurst to Des Plaines to Glenview. Lincolnwood has a more urban feel and its upper-middle-class original residents wanted something with a bit more flair, so it has some "fancier" houses with real stone, flared walls, etc.

Skokie really has a better shot at developing a critical mass of mod-lovers, with rail service and a sizable downtown area to lure outsiders, but it's strong Jewish history may lead Gentiles to believe they wouldn't fit in.

Tom Servo · #**16057** Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 9:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by george

Fourth Presbyterian Church

OH WOW. That's awesome!

J_M_Tungsten · #**16058** Posted: **Jul 3, 2012, 3:18 AM**

7-1

Target Practice

Hayward · #**16059** Posted: **Jul 3, 2012, 4:45 AM**

Nice to see this building shine out at street level again. You can kind of see between the paper on the windows and the store looks done, just no merchandise yet.

denizen467 · #**16060** Posted: **Jul 3, 2012, 7:11 AM**

^ Not to jump ahead of things, but Target also has a target (no pun intended) for their opening in the West Loop -- second weekend of October.