CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[OhioGuy]

Clark & Barlow redevelopment. Is that intended to be a residential or office tower?

[rlw777]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

Clark & Barlow redevelopment. Is that intended to be a residential or office tower?

With all those balconies it's definitely residential.

Also that looks 1000 times better than the previous version.

[the urban politician]

It's horrible.

Too tall, not enough parking, and it doesn't "fit in". It should look more like buildings in the neighborhood. More brick, more beige concrete.. also, it causes too much traffic. What will happen to my cat that likes to bask in the sun? What will happen to children when all those cars whiz by? We need more parking. It casts too many shadows. I'm outraged. Back to the drawing board...

[BorisMolotov]

Quick question. Why the hell is there an Office Depot with parking lot in River North of all places!?!

[harryc]

Originally Posted by BorisMolotov

Quick question. Why the hell is there an Office Depot with parking lot in River North of all places!?!

It outlasted the CDW across the street.

[10023]

Originally Posted by Chi-Sky21

Usually a walker myself, just stating how congested it will get. It will barely move and then the idiots who block the intersection will stop everyone from getting to the highway ramps....it will be CARMEGEDDON!!

Do they not have yellow boxes in the intersections in Chicago? Just give anyone that blocks an intersection a massive ticket.

[Freefall]

Clark & Barlowe tower looks great. And they set the building back further against the alley instead of filling the lot line, which should assuage some of the NIMBY hysteria.

Now just let a Mariano's go in the base!

[Mr Downtown]

Originally Posted by 10023

Do they not have yellow boxes in the intersections in Chicago? Just give anyone that blocks an intersection a massive ticket.

Nope, no yellow boxes, and Chicago police don't really do any traffic enforcement.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Freefall

Clark & Barlowe tower looks great. And they set the building back further against the alley instead of filling the lot line, which should assuage some of the NIMBY hysteria.

Now just let a Mariano's go in the base!

In all seriousness, to me the biggest issue is the base. If that’s a massive, blank parking podium then I basically hate it.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

In all seriousness, to me the biggest issue is the base. If that’s a massive, blank parking podium then I basically hate it.

On first glance it looked like Office space to me, but now I look at it - it'll probably be at least some parking. I am hoping though it's not, or at least only maybe half of it is. I guess the silver lining is that it looks like there could be at least *some* ground floor business/retail/commercial space.


Also, weren't there plans for that Office Depot? Would be pretty transformative for the corner to see both of these things be redeveloped into high rises.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by OhioGuy

This area is growing so rapidly I would love to have those surface rail Metra tracks put in a trench and a half mile linear park constructed above, stretching from Racine to Halsted, lined with a mix of condos, apartments, and office buildings on both the north & south sides of the park. It just seems likely to become a very pedestrian heavy area and surface heavy rail tracks aren’t an ideal mix. Could the city, in exchange for approving developments lining the rail corridor, push developers to contribute funding for future construction of a rail trench and park development above? Maybe something similar to the park Boston developed downtown after the big dig moved the interstate underground. Park space is rather limited in this neighborhood anyway.

Honestly it would be cheaper to build an elevated viaduct with four tracks like Toronto is planning. There are plenty of design tricks to make the viaduct into a good neighbor, and the space below could be enclosed and rented to shops/retail, or left open for plazas.

Usually this would be a non-starter, but in this case, the rail line is already there and the area has very few residents to complain. (There’s also the existing viaduct on UP-W, which everyone seems to be okay with)

[harryc]

Jan 27





From the McHugh FB page

Major props to James McHugh Construction Co team, Great Lakes Stair and Steel, Imperial Construction and Atlas Cranes for safely executing the erection of the 145 foot long, 250,000 pound pedestrian bridge at the 123 East Cermak jobsite. The bridge will connect pedestrians from the Hiltons at McCormick Place to McCormick Place Convention and Event Center.

[10023]

Originally Posted by Mr Downtown

Nope, no yellow boxes, and Chicago police don't really do any traffic enforcement.

Well, there's your problem.

Make yellow boxes (or diagonal crossing lines or whatever). Stick cameras at intersections to snap photos of cars that stop in the intersection. Start sending out tickets.

You'll raise money in the near term, and improve traffic.

[JK47]

Originally Posted by 10023

Well, there's your problem.

Make yellow boxes (or diagonal crossing lines or whatever). Stick cameras at intersections to snap photos of cars that stop in the intersection. Start sending out tickets.

You'll raise money in the near term, and improve traffic.

Traffic enforcement in Illinois is pathetic in general when compared to back east. Cars parked within 20 feet of intersections, cars making illegal right on reds, cars failing to properly signal a lane change (something you learn to do religiously unless you want to meet a State Trooper), cars stopped in intersections after the signal changes, etc.

Illinois drivers are just lazy.

[joeg1985]

Originally Posted by JK47

Traffic enforcement in Illinois is pathetic in general when compared to back east. Cars parked within 20 feet of intersections, cars making illegal right on reds, cars failing to properly signal a lane change (something you learn to do religiously unless you want to meet a State Trooper), cars stopped in intersections after the signal changes, etc.

Illinois drivers are just lazy.

Amen. This only adds to the air of lawlessness in Chicago. Start enforcing the law.

[the urban politician]

^ That's not laziness really. You see that kind of stuff in big cities all the time.

But my biggest pet peeve is delivery people who block alleys

[left of center]

Originally Posted by JK47

cars stopped in intersections after the signal changes

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. These genius drivers block the intersection because they want SO BADLY to make that light, not realizing that if my street has a green, their street will have a red. Thus, my street cant move at all, and they are stuck waiting until the next light cycle anyway to proceed. SO WHAT WAS THE POINT OF BLOCKING CROSS TRAFFIC!?

Driving in Chicago will quickly make you lose faith in humanity. Take transit instead.

[JK47]

Originally Posted by Jibba

I have a source at Omni (Canadian developer behind the Atrium Village site) that informed me that they have possession of the Clark and Barlowe site (or soon will). Brininstool and Lynch behind the architecture.

Honestly I thought Reilly killed this one. Not seeing much online that would show that this thing is back from the dead. Wouldn't it have to go back through the PD song and dance before construction can begin?

[Freefall]

Originally Posted by JK47

Honestly I thought Reilly killed this one. Not seeing much online that would show that this thing is back from the dead. Wouldn't it have to go back through the PD song and dance before construction can begin?

There was a brand new rendering that seemed to alleviate some of the concerns Reilly had. No idea where it came from tho.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Freefall

There was a brand new rendering that seemed to alleviate some of the concerns Reilly had. No idea where it came from tho.

The new proposal will get approved.

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