The huge "Ogden Commons" project in Douglas Park right by Cinespace/Lagunitas/Sinai is about to start. Construction fencing and barricades are going up. I heard from someone involved on the equity side of this project that it was moving forward.
Exciting times for the Lower West side... Finally chipping away at the blight wholesale.
As a reminder of what this entails:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/4/24...t-douglas-park
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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
this looks like it belong off an Edens offramp, but i guess at least its not a podium. definitely not up to par to replace what could have have been a restoration of the arcade building, given the will
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When did they deface the 5 story warehouse building just to the South of this? Wasn't that a nice terracotta "fireproof storage" building?