CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 348

SolarWind · #**6941** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 2:19 AM**

February 21, 2017

SolarWind · #**6942** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 2:21 AM**

February 23, 2017

^ FLATS River North - 676 N LaSalle in the background

SolarWind · #**6943** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 2:22 AM**

February 23, 2017

SolarWind · #**6944** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 2:22 AM**

February 23, 2017

KWILLSKYLINE · #**6945** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 11:22 AM**

Is it just me or is the Bentham got a rediculous small site. Or are they going to tear down Lasalle body shop?

marothisu · #**6946** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 1:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by KWILLSKYLINE

Is it just me or is the Bentham got a rediculous small site. Or are they going to tear down Lasalle body shop?

Yes..

emathias · #**6947** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 3:33 PM**

This is a nice looking building. Also happens to be exactly next to where I was standing a couple years ago when I witnessed a drive-by shooting.

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Looks like 975 W. Wilson grew in height, because of feedback from the DPD and Uptown United, and is now 12 floors

http://chicago.curbed.com/2017/2/23/...son-apartments

emathias · #**6948** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie

River North Crane Forest
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I think I count 8 - am I missing any?

r18tdi · #**6949** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Arm&Kedzie

I also count 8 emathias.. and hope we get a couple more up before Optima and others come down.

Gallery on Wells is already coming down.

Joe Zekas · #**6950** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:12 PM**

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Sinclair apartments, 1201 N LaSalle by YoChicago, on Flickr[/IMG]

Mikemak27 · #**6951** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:20 PM**

The Sinclair pool deck will be blocked by sun for most of the afternoon. Why these builders continue to put their pool to the east of the building is beyond me.

aaron38 · #**6952** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:39 PM**

2-17-17

The New City area. Altium Village is visible in the bottom right corner.

aaron38 · #**6953** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:48 PM**

2-17-17 Just for fun, not very construction update worthy, but a nice shot coming home.

r18tdi · #**6954** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 6:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mikemak27

The Sinclair pool deck will be blocked by sun for most of the afternoon. Why these builders continue to put their pool to the east of the building is beyond me.

It was the other way around first, but those NIMBYs at that dump called Eliot House threw a hissy fit. They're still not happy with the plan.

ChiPsy · #**6955** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 7:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

It was the other way around first, but those NIMBYs at that dump called Eliot House threw a hissy fit. They're still not happy with the plan.

Understandable someone might think that, but by the time the development was first presented to Eliot House residents, Steven Fifield had already migrated to the current permutation (tower on SW corner of the site). Whether he made that move pre-emptively to garner community support is another question, but he definitely got/has some from many EH residents who appreciate the upgrade from the crappy sea of the old Jewel's parking lots.

Mr Downtown · #**6956** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 7:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mikemak27

The Sinclair pool deck will be blocked [from] sun for most of the afternoon.

Not ideal siting, but the sun won't be blocked by the building until 4 pm or later during months that the pool is open.

emathias · #**6957** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 8:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChiPsy

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Too bad someone couldn't do the same with the Mark Twain Hotel building, which seems destined to be preserved in perpetuity, apparently out of civic guilt, as an SRO/drug-dealing outpost. http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...527-story.html

Obviously not everyone who lives there is a drug dealer. I know a non-dealer who lives there, actually.

But the bigger issue is that SROs in this city have weird regulations. Most won't let people on disability live in them, for example. They also require income above a certain level but below another level. So, let's say you have full disability you almost certainly can't afford market-rate rent in this city, but you also are disqualified from most of the SROs you might otherwise be able to afford. So unless you win the social services lottery or come from a family with the means to support you beyond what disability pays, you have an extremely high likelihood of ending up homeless due to poorly-considered public policies. It's really a frustrating situation for anyone in that situation or trying to help someone in that situation.

Notyrview · #**6958** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by ChiPsy

Too bad someone couldn't do the same with the Mark Twain Hotel building, which seems destined to be preserved in perpetuity, apparently out of civic guilt, as an SRO/drug-dealing outpost. http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...527-story.html

You lose. Justice wins. ✊

HomrQT · #**6959** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 9:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

2-17-17 Just for fun, not very construction update worthy, but a nice shot coming home.

Excellent photo. The amount of cement and steel involved in that one photo is heartwarming. Just a beautiful city. Thanks for sharing!

BuildThemTaller · #**6960** Posted **Feb 24, 2017, 10:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mikemak27

The Sinclair pool deck will be blocked by sun for most of the afternoon. Why these builders continue to put their pool to the east of the building is beyond me.

I mean, you can see that the pool is completely bathed in sun in the winter light in this picture, right? I think the placement is fine.