Marlowe is humming along.
Really kinda hit me today as I drove around the city that all of these projects came to fruition. Several years back I remember reading about all these new proposals and the potential they would have at transforming the city. Here we are a few short years later and everything is either built or being built and more continue to be proposed. This has to be the greatest "cycle" I've witnessed in Chicago ever. Not just the signatures like OBP, OGP, and Vista but the transformations of large swaths of former areas like Wells, Riverline, Wrigleyville, and the South/West Loop. From the McCormick entertainment district to the rehabs of epic buildings (Londonhouse, Athletic Assoc Hotel, Post Office, Atlantic Bank and now Carbide) to the creation of the Riverwalk and Maggie Daley. Now WPE and poss 1000 S Mich, 110 Wacker, 300 N Mich, completion of LSE?....it seems surreal. I guess I've grown so accustomed to everything streaming along Ive become somewhat immune to the sheer audacity of the transformation. Its really quite striking that in a city this size you can still change her appearance in a matter of a few short years.
Last edited by SteelMonkey; Jul 22, 2017 at 5:16 PM.
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