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harryc · #**17661** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:05 AM**

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the urban politician · #**17662** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

Millennium Park is a public park. You don't have to climb two steep flights of stairs, hidden in the far side of a building, to access it.

McCaffery is proposing landscaping that would be owned by and controlled by the shopping center. The Park District will not accept it. At an earlier meeting, their president even claimed that the new bits of landscaping they've put in the middle of the shopping center should count as part of their "public park" requirement. I asked what would happen if some of the residents in the apartments above decided one Saturday morning to play ball there. He claimed he didn't understand what I was asking and never answered.

As you can see from the renderings, a big chunk of the roof will be occupied by mechanical equipment, and because of the long-span roof over the auditorium and gym just underneath, trees can't be planted on most of it.

The cafeteria is in the basement.

^ Okay, I can see where you're coming from. I think at this point one good compromise from the community should be to allow for the development with the rooftop park but to push very forcefully that there should be more access points for the park, the park to be publicly available, and for there to be limited programming for the British School.

wierdaaron · #**17663** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:25 AM**

What happens now? The parks department comes back with a response? Does the parks department have a public meeting?

Mr Downtown · #**17664** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 4:25 AM**

What happens now? Well, I think the PD amendment is likely to be denied. A color rendering doesn't automatically entitle a developer to a zoning change.

denizen467 · #**17665** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 6:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Halsted Lake

You know I think the Lake Street corridor from Clinton to Morgan and beyond is kind of a "sleeper hit" in this downtown mini-boom saga - lots of mini-infill (like this photo, and the irish pub on the NW corner too, not to mention the el station) that will liven up this dark corridor, as its adjacent bigger brothers Randolph and Fulton come of age.

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As seen from the green.

The Fulton Market Cold Storage building is also plainly visible from the sweeping Ohio off-ramp of the inbound Kennedy. Never realized that before, but now it's obvious, and in case they are cladding the entire north facade with glass like with the west facade, or put some unique illumination near the top of it, it could become a mini-landmark on that dramatic entrance into the city.

LouisVanDerWright · #**17666** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 2:37 PM**

Pile driving underway at about 16th and State. I thought it was that new AMLI at first, but that's too far South. What is going up there? They are putting foundations for something fairly large.

SamInTheLoop · #**17667** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Pile driving underway at about 16th and State. I thought it was that new AMLI at first, but that's too far South. What is going up there? They are putting foundations for something fairly large.

16th and State?

16th and Clark maybe? Or 16th and Wabash??

SamInTheLoop · #**17668** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

What happens now? Well, I think the PD amendment is likely to be denied. A color rendering doesn't automatically entitle a developer to a zoning change.

I hope you're right, frankly. Concerns about this version of a park, and all sorts of related issues such as physical access, public access with regard to British School programming, staircases, connections to the upper retail level, etc are all very valid. For, me, in addition, the design is just dreadful. What the hell is wrong with Antunovich (not to mention McCaffery!!)? Just a lousy design architect, period. You'd think British School, with their tremoundous design in (south of) Lincoln Park, would care just a little about this sort of stuff.....what did McCaffery say - 'hey I got this cut-rate, third-rate, order-taking, totally submissive lackey hackitect that does all my junk, let me hook you up'. Makes me very weary of what we're going to end up with as far as the high-rise design(s) at RC......I can only assume the work regretably goes to Antunovich.....

the urban politician · #**17669** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:47 PM**

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the urban politician · #**17670** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

16th and State?

16th and Clark maybe? Or 16th and Wabash??

There is a huge Mariano's planned for 16 th and Clark

harryc · #**17671** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 6:55 PM**

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Vlajos · #**17672** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Jan 24

What's going up here?

harryc · #**17673** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 7:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vlajos

What's going up here?

Looked today and they have installed a nice clean flat gravel lot, with a fence around it ;-)

the urban politician · #**17674** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 7:48 PM**

Starwood venture plans 39 apartments in Logan Square

^ I really hope to see this one happen. Not only does it replace a vacant lot, but I am desiring to see more development like this enclose the Milwaukee Ave corridor.

Vlajos · #**17675** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Starwood venture plans 39 apartments in Logan Square

^ I really hope to see this one happen. Not only does it replace a vacant lot, but I am desiring to see more development like this enclose the Milwaukee Ave corridor.

I just read this, I hope it happens. I would love to see more of this around the city.

Vlajos · #**17676** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 9:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Looked today and they have installed a nice clean flat gravel lot, with a fence around it ;-)

Nice!

Via Chicago · #**17677** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 11:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by untitledreality

I don't know where to put this, but its pretty darn terrible and is a visual scar on an otherwise beautiful, vibrant community.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/CtaStationWatch

i went up to Argyle and had some pho for the first time over the weekend (loved it) and couldnt help but notice this mess. its like they just picked a font at random (and a poor one at that: it dosent even fit properly, spacing is a visual mess, and if im not mistaken the letters are different sizes?! who designed this? im utterly stupefied).

Rizzo · #**17678** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 12:29 AM**

Reminders of Detroit's "Asiantown" [parking garage] comes to mind

denizen467 · #**17679** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 2:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

There is a huge Mariano's planned for 16 th and Clark

Speaking of which, the old industrial building at Ashland & Webster has now been cleared, so we may have a case of duelling Mariano's projects on the north and south sides. Probably will be more interesting than what our north & south side MLB teams will have to offer this year.

Baronvonellis · #**17680** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 2:53 AM**

Also, the Marianos on Lawrence should start any day now too.